Ep 53 - How Bacteria Survive the Immune System
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This episode is all about bad bugs.\\xa0 Specifically, a flesh-eating bacteria strain called Staphylococcus aureus (S.aureus).\\xa0 S. aureus is a very common bacteria that\'s best known for becoming resistant to antibiotics, and becoming MRSA.\\xa0 Bacteria and the immune system are always at war with each other.\\xa0 Antibiotics can give the body the edge in this battle, but common resistance is making this much harder in hospitals and homes across the world.\\xa0 Bacteria survive these antibiotics and the immune system is left to clean up the mess.\\xa0 Currently, S. aureus is a major cause of death for bacterial infections.
To make things worse, S. aureus and other bacteria can survive more than just antibiotics:\\xa0 Jenna Beam and the Conlon Lab study how bacteria escape and survive the immune system, and what we can do to stop bacteria in general.\\xa0 All that and more on this episode!\\xa0 Make sure to check out the full video on our new Youtube Channel!\\xa0
Jenna and the Conlon Lab just published a paper on this very topic!
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You can hear more about bacterial resistance mechanisms in general from a recent episode Dr. Brian Conlon did with Curioscity- check it out here.
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