“A new DNA-based technique lets scientists build and customize bacteriophages entirely from scratch. The advance could accelerate efforts to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria with precision-designed viruses. Credit: Shutterstock” (ScitechDaily, A Virus Designed in the Lab Could Help Defeat Antibiotic Resistance)
Artificial viruses are emerging as new tools in medical research. Those tools can reprogram cells and replace damaged genetic material. Lab-designed synthetic viruses can destroy harmful cells. Those viruses can also boost the power of medicines. It can program the cell to waste its energy. That. The cell cannot resist antibiotics.
The artificial virus can turn wanted cells weaker. That makes them a better target for antibiotics. The artificial virus can destroy cells in many ways. It can dump the cell. Full of DNA that denies its own chemical processes.
The mRNA virus can simply accelerate. The cell organelles' functions. Which means that those cell organelles fill the cell with protein. The artificial virus can also prevent the cell from removing its waste. The idea is that the artificial virus acts like a natural virus. It can program cell organelles to make things that keep them busy. In the case of antibiotic resistance. The resistance to antibiotics forms when the cell “learns” to create chemicals that neutralize antibiotics.
The virus can program a cell organelle. To produce something. Like proteins that have no meaning to the cell. When a cell organelle has no time to react to the antibiotics, that means the cell cannot fight back.
Or. They can turn. The targeted cells’ mitochondria. Energy production. Into a lower level. Or they can disturb. The cell organs' functions. In this case, the virus slips the RNA molecule into cell organelles. And that turns them. To produce meaningless proteins. This type of action turns. The cell's energy production is reduced to meaningless points. This thing also keeps the cell factories busy, so that they have no time to react to the chemical stress. If the cell accelerates the energy production in mitochondria. But. At the same time. Cell closes. It's ion pumps. That can cause a destructive reaction.
The biggest problem with artificial viruses is: How to limit? Their. Effect on the wanted cell groups? If the phage virus is released in the human body, it can infect the entire body. The artificial virus can also program immune cells to create more effective antibodies. So, in those cases. The virus activates the human immune system to fight against unwanted cells. The artificial virus can help immune cells. To find cancer cells. That thing. It can make. A revolution in cancer therapies.
https://scitechdaily.com/a-virus-designed-in-the-lab-could-help-defeat-antibiotic-resistance/
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