Carbon loss from soil accelerating climate change

            It seems like there is another development in the increase of climate change in the world. Two Northern Arizona University researchers discovered that the increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere causes soil microbes to produce more carbon dioxide accelerating climate change. The researchers conducted an experiment from 53 different areas around the world e.g. forests, grasslands and agricultural fields. This experiment measured how the extra carbon in the atmosphere affected the plant growth, the microbial production of carbon and the total amount of soil carbon at the end of this experiment. The past accepted belief was that carbon is stored in wood and soil for a long time slowing the climate change. But this new belief suggests that extra carbon provides fuel to microorganisms in the soil whose byproducts, like carbon, are released into the atmosphere, which contributes to climate change.  

            It is crazy to think that the soil microbes are contributing to more carbon into the atmosphere creating a faster climate change. It makes one think that the nature areas around cities are actually doubling the cities impact of carbon into the atmosphere. So not only is the cities inhabitants are causing the climate to change rapidly so is nature, that is so intense. However if we cut down on our carbon output then maybe nature will be able to cut down its carbon output.   

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140424140907.htm

Commonly used pain relievers have added benefit of fighting bacterial infection

 

It seems that some NSAID’s, which are common drugs, used for aches, pains, fever, and inflammation in joints seem to have the ability to kill bacteria from drug resistant infections as well as superbugs. This discovery is extremely important, this means that NSAID’s can be used to attack and kill superbugs that have become resistant to many or most of the antibiotics on the market. DR. Oakley said that these bacteria killing anti-inflammatory drugs can be developed to create a whole new line of antibiotics against these superbugs. The researchers on this case analyzed three different NSAID’s; bromofenac, carpofen, and vedaprogen the more common NSAID’s such as aspirin, ibuprofen, and naproxen were not tested. They discovered that these drugs bind and inhibit a protein in bacteria called the DNA clamp. The DNA clamp is part of an enzyme that allows the bacterial species to multiply, by stopping this it kills the bacteria and not allowing it to grow.

            This is wonderful news for the world of medicine as well as for those who have drug resistant infections or have superbugs. To think that those with these infections will finally have a way to kill these bugs and go back to being a healthy happy individual. I, for one, am super excited for when they develop these NSAID’s into a new line of antibiotics. It means that we are finding more cures for illness’s that are in basic medicine that has been around for a while. It makes me wonder if other commonly used medication can be studied to see if they are helpful in the treatment of other illnesses.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140313123127.htm

Gut Microbes Spur Development of Bowel Cancer

   

 Gut Microbes Spur Development of Bowel Cancer

     It seems that not only is dowel cancer is genetic, and if you are related to someone who has bowel cancer you are not predisposed to it. It seems that there are microbes living in the gut that help in the development of intestinal tumors. Bowel cancer also known as colorectal cancer results in a sequence of genetic mutations that change healthy cells to cancerous cells: by first creating tumors also known as polyps that can become malignant. This new research has shown that polyps are the bacteria that are important for early tumor development. Using mice discovered all this new information in the discovery of these microbes in the gut.

     It seems like to me that more and more cancers are being found to be created or improved by the microbes in the body; also showing that anyone can get cancer and that it isn’t always inherited by genetics. However it could be safe to say that if you are related to someone who has cancer and that anyone can get this kind of cancer if these microbes live in you that you can possibly get cancer. In this case it would be bowel cancer, however it is suggested that this can be avoided if certain gut bacteria is removed; more research is needed to see if this is possible and a true fact that can be implemented in the future. If it is found to be true so many people can be saved and treated before they even get sick.  

 http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140303135902.htm