Scientists discover new method to fight "Superbugs"

The Milk of the Tasmanian Devil contains important peptides that appear to be able to kill hard-to-treat infections.

What do you think, investment opportunity? I'm going to start my Tasmanian Devil milking ranch now!!

Milk

a reply to: AshFan

Pointless if agriculture continues to use human antibiotics in industry - resistance spreads like a cold, and it doesn't take long.

Reduce the unnecessary vast antibiotic use in agriculture including a ban on those "highly critical" to human health

I heard you can milk anything with nipples.

This would be funny.

Mum could i have Tasmanian Devil milk with my CoCo Pops please lol.

a reply to: Tempter

I tested this theory. Nothing's coming out Day-ruiner

a reply to: soficrow

I look forward to a time when half of our genome is tartigrade. OR we retrovirus ourselves into such a toxic state that no external virus or bacteria can survive.

originally posted by: Tempter
I heard you can milk anything with nipples.

Really Greg?

Oh great more antibiotics.

Count down started for super 'duper' bugs!


Okay joking aside, who the hell milks a Tasmanian devil and trys this stuff out. As surprising as it is, what else have people 'treated' with the milk of what other obscure animals. So weird!

Big pharma boutta start harvesting Tasmanian devils like pumpkins

a reply to: soficrow

That will bring the price per pound of meat up .05 cents per pound. And the big meat producers use purposely confusing labels.

A Center for Science in the Public Interest analysis of Food and Drug Administration data shows that 80% of all antibiotics administered are to animals, and not to help them get better when they’re ill.

Labels to look for – Organic – No antibiotics used (or similar) – American Grassfed Food Alliance – Certified Grassfed

Confusing labels – Natural – Antibiotic-free – No antibiotic residues – No antibiotic growth promotants

consumerist.com... -free-meat-doesnt-mean-what-you-think-it-does/

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: soficrow

That will bring the price per pound of meat up .05 cents per pound. And the big meat producers use purposely confusing labels.

Oh. Well then. If it threatens profits...



Illuminating, this:

A Center for Science in the Public Interest analysis of Food and Drug Administration data shows that 80% of all antibiotics administered are to animals, and not to help them get better when they’re ill.

Thanks.

originally posted by: AshFan
a reply to: soficrow

I look forward to a time when half of our genome is tartigrade. OR we retrovirus ourselves into such a toxic state that no external virus or bacteria can survive.

Just remembered my old hypothesis... when you have a prion infection, it jumps into high gear when you get another infection, uses your immune system to spread in the body and destroys the other 'invaders' - thus preventing other infections from hurting you. Seems a tad symbiotic.




[Watch. Someone's going to jump on this and try to market prions like they did tapeworms last century. ...Oh wait. They're already doing it.]

I've been drinking it years and nothing has happened to meeeow .

I'll see myself out .

a reply to: soficrow

It seems all that matters is price and profit. But the true price isn't reflected in that low, low price per pound. Here are some costs of production that are "externalized" :

Low wages at farms, and processing facilities
Low wages for employees to transport the animals and products
Costs of super bugs to be treated in hospitals
Costs to clean up animal waste and fertilizers/Herbicides in waterways
Encourages illegal immigration to fill minimum wage/under the table/below min wage jobs
Housing/healthcare/incarceration/schooling/social/policing costs for illegal aliens

a reply to: SuspiciousTom

Nah, they would sooner trigger an ecological disaster eradicating the Tasmanian devil to promote their proprietary bioequivalent maintenance drug.

originally posted by: seasonal
a reply to: soficrow

It seems all that matters is price and profit. But the true price isn't reflected in that low, low price per pound. Here are some costs of production that are "externalized" :

Low wages at farms, and processing facilities
Low wages for employees to transport the animals and products
Costs of super bugs to be treated in hospitals
Costs to clean up animal waste and fertilizers/Herbicides in waterways
Encourages illegal immigration to fill minimum wage/under the table/below min wage jobs
Housing/healthcare/incarceration/schooling/social/policing costs for illegal aliens

What clean up?

originally posted by: Biigs
Okay joking aside, who the hell milks a Tasmanian devil and trys this stuff out. As surprising as it is, what else have people 'treated' with the milk of what other obscure animals. So weird!

The same people who tasted Beaver anal secretions to find out it tastes of vanilla.

a reply to: soficrow

true

a reply to: Azdraik

Hey, its a recognized and legitimate past time.