ContraFect Corporation is developing novel therapeutics for infectious diseases. Lysins are enzymes that are capable of immediately killing specific bacteria with extraordinary potency. This video demonstrates their mechanism of action.
- Diagram of Gram Positive Bacteria
- Bacteriophage Infect Bacteria; Produce Progeny
- Progeny Escape by Making Lysin (Small Orange Spheres)
- Lysins Digest Bacteria from Inside of Cell Wall
- Purified Recombinant Lysins Digest Bacteria from Outside of…
Every day, more than 6,000 children and young adults in Georgia with diabetes go to school, play sports, have friends and do pretty much everything they did before they found out they had diabetes. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta sees about 400 newly diagnosed patients with diabetes every year, caring for nearly 4,000 families.
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Find out how GMOs are made by following the Hawaii Papaya GMO case study. The Hawaiian Papaya is a good example of a GMO crop that was genetically modified because of a disease that had a negative effect on the quality of a commercial food cultivation.
The Papaya Ringspot Virus was ruining Hawaii’s papaya industry. So scientists decided to use genetic modification to resolve this problem. GMOs are created to withstand certain environmental problems, like insects or diseases.
In order to do…
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