Comments on: PAST BLAST: Germ on Germ Action http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-5-1-155018-4040.html Scooping up science news and dropping it on your desk Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-5-1-155018-4040.html/comment-page-1#comment-3776 Mon, 15 May 2006 10:16:56 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2818#comment-3776 Indeed. That's half the problem with widespread antibiotic/antiseptic use, leaves us prone to more virulent strains apparently. Indeed. That’s half the problem with widespread antibiotic/antiseptic use, leaves us prone to more virulent strains apparently.

]]> By: barakn http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-5-1-155018-4040.html/comment-page-1#comment-3272 barakn Fri, 12 May 2006 20:13:19 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2818#comment-3272 I don't agree with the statement "[g]enerally, they don't touch animal or human cells, which is why they are harmless to human beings." Humans live with a large variety of normal flora on their skin and in their digestive system, and a phage wiping out a certain bacterium could leave room for pathogenic bacteria to move in, or wipe out a bacterium that is supplying a necessary nutrient. I don’t agree with the statement “[g]enerally, they don’t touch animal or human cells, which is why they are harmless to human beings.” Humans live with a large variety of normal flora on their skin and in their digestive system, and a phage wiping out a certain bacterium could leave room for pathogenic bacteria to move in, or wipe out a bacterium that is supplying a necessary nutrient.

]]> By: http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-5-1-155018-4040.html/comment-page-1#comment-2583 Tue, 02 May 2006 10:42:33 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2818#comment-2583 Links incorporated Links incorporated

]]> By: SEWilco http://www.sciscoop.com/2006-5-1-155018-4040.html/comment-page-1#comment-1629 SEWilco Mon, 01 May 2006 23:26:55 +0000 http://localhost/~arielschwartz/wordpress/sciscoop/?p=2818#comment-1629 How about some links to more info? How about some links to more info?

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