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Looking for vaccine research…
PhilGeis replied to Promachos's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
Her response it likely to be - we're all about "me". Folks get vaccinated for their own sake - not that of others. -
Thanks - I understand the potocoll. Likely's seem pretty subjective. "Much less likely" - on what basis is that assumption offered? Certainly cultural differences have been reported in willingness to obtain vaccination. If the nature of the job is a primary contributing factor - edvcuation rather than wealth per se would appear to be root cause.
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Sunscreens are drugs in US, and TiO2 in the products may "block" UV light and is also photoactivated to produce free radicals. France banned E171 (commercial TiO2 used in many products) in 2020 (https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2019-003009_EN.html) observing there was not enough data to confirm its safety in context. Subsequent research has challenged the study that provoked the ban https://scitechdaily.com/france-banned-this-common-food-additive-the-fda-says-is-safe-who-is-right/ and https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278691519305836?via%3Dihub FDA and (I think) EU to this point have not changed GRAS status. Zaffy - save you money. The brush at best is a gimmick. Gimmicks do sell - but not usualy not in volume.
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What you should take away from these observations is that microbes are everywhere. They're not necessarily growing - may be present as dormant spores. As RobertMD observed - it does look like Rhizopus sp. (look for it on Google images) but it's neither possible to identify specifically the microbes from the pictures nor estimate the health of using the water bottle bsed on th pictures.
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Environment and preventing the next global pandemic
PhilGeis replied to Buckeye's topic in Ecology and the Environment
I'd not take a book as reliable cite for patient zero. What are the relevant published data? -
Hydroalcoholic disinfectant from refineries
PhilGeis replied to Enthalpy's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
btw - Pasteurization does not replace hydrogen peroxide in WHO recipe and isopropanol not propanol is the alternative sanitizing agent. FDA and WHO recommend against additions irrelevant to sanitizer objective - perfume, aloe, essential oils etc.. -
A posible reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
PhilGeis replied to JamesVa94's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
"Research" is an activity and goat "example" is speculation. What is your hypothesis? -
A posible reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
PhilGeis replied to JamesVa94's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
James - again what is hypothesis and exp. design, simply stated, without reference or discussion. -
A posible reservoir for SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)
PhilGeis replied to JamesVa94's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
James - numbers aside, what is your hypothesis and ho would you test? -
Ralph Baric Study in Nature changed?
PhilGeis replied to BurninBeard's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
ask the corresponding author -
Hydroalcoholic disinfectant from refineries
PhilGeis replied to Enthalpy's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
Charon's cite - https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/60/8/e36/2462908 Water quality is critical in any context - even 70% alcohol. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/infection-control-and-hospital-epidemiology/article/outbreak-of-burkholderia-cepacia-bacteremia-traced-to-contaminated-hospital-water-used-for-dilution-of-an-alcohol-skin-antiseptic/15AAB3A9306E02D9DE9B2434EDDEA5CD -
Microbiome transfer from another species?
PhilGeis replied to Hans de Vries's topic in Microbiology and Immunology
Microbiome is more than fecal transplant,and only the last link is from a peer-reviewed source of data. The 1st announces FDA review - can you provide relevant citation?. The second is here say citing https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30775438 that does indicate at least temporary effect of fecal transplant to germ free mice. -
As with all the biased claims of Trump and therapy/vaccine. This too is BS. Who cares what allegedly angers Germans?
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As a German you should know Robert Koch, a contemporary of Pasteur, was much more the founder of medical microbiology both in describing the agents of disease and the accomplishments of his laboratory and students. See Koch's postulates. As you're interested in pathology, I'd not start with molecular biology but disease and their agents. See latest ed. of Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Diseases