Friday, October 1, 2010

Cockroach Brains - The New Miracle Drug?

  What would it take to make you take a pill of cockroach brains? Maybe... Getting Sick? A new studies have shown that the brains of the common cockroach contain antibiotics that can kill antibiotic-resistant strains of E. Coli and Staphylococcus aureus (Another harmful bacteria, better known as MRSA). This is how cockroaches and possibly other insects in unsanitary environments survive without getting infected all the time. So would You take the cockroach Rx?


Sources:

National Geographic

Science News

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