Plasma tegen superbacteria
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Plasma tegen superbacteria
Plasma produces KO cocktail for MRSA
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails.
wo prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g. hands and feet) in hospitals and public spaces where bacteria can pose a lethal threat; and another to shoot bacteria-killing agents into infested chronic wounds and enable a quicker healing process.
Two papers published today, Thursday 26 November, as part of a selection of papers on Plasma Medicine in New Journal of Physics (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society), demonstrate how far the design of equipment to harness the bacteria-killing power of low-temperature plasma has come.
Lees verder: http://www.physorg.com/news178438994.html
En verder: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379604.stm
Bronnen: PhysOrg, BBC
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus) and other drug-resistant bacteria could face annihilation as low-temperature plasma prototype devices have been developed to offer safe, quick, easy and unfailing bactericidal cocktails.
wo prototype devices have been developed: one for efficient disinfection of healthy skin (e.g. hands and feet) in hospitals and public spaces where bacteria can pose a lethal threat; and another to shoot bacteria-killing agents into infested chronic wounds and enable a quicker healing process.
Two papers published today, Thursday 26 November, as part of a selection of papers on Plasma Medicine in New Journal of Physics (co-owned by the Institute of Physics and German Physical Society), demonstrate how far the design of equipment to harness the bacteria-killing power of low-temperature plasma has come.
Lees verder: http://www.physorg.com/news178438994.html
En verder: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8379604.stm
Bronnen: PhysOrg, BBC
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Re: Plasma tegen superbacteria
Please disinfect your hands here
Two related studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of low-temperature plasma for killing drug-resistant bacteria on human skin one of the biggest challenges facing modern medicine.
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Re: Plasma tegen superbacteria
En waarom zou dit geen schade veroorzaken aan de huid? Je maakt bacteriën kapot met UV en radicalen, dingen die voor zover ik weet ook niet zo goed samen gaan met menselijke cellen. Je zal er niet meteen aan dood gaan, maar de huid zal wel verzwakken en als je het toestel veel gebruikt zie ik zeker bijwerkingen ontstaan, onder meer mogelijk huidkanker.
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Klinkt inderdaad een beetje als je handen 2 minuten in de magnetron steken om ze te ontsmetten... smetvrij maar ook gegaard :eusa_whistle:
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Ik heb altijd goede hoop, dat dit niet wordt gepresenteerd als iets opzienbarens zonder dat de negatieve effecten op menselijk weefsel werden onderzocht. Deze quote doet dat trouwens vermoeden:
With other colleagues at the Max-Planck Institute, Morfill has examined the best way to use low-temperature plasma for cleaning open wounds. In some ways this is more difficult because ideally the plasma would not only kill bacteria but also prevent further growth of bacteria without having any negative side-effects on the living human cells.