Bacteria can secrete protective proteins which are of benefit to our skin and this type of symbiosis is remarkable since why should it not simply take whatever it wants and get on with its busy bacterial day. Silas speculation: maybe the advantage to the bacteria is the body won't work up a defense against it so long as it gets something in return. Unknown. (Science Daily: Skin bacteria could protect against disease)
There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to researcher Rolf Lood from Lund University in Sweden, this is true for the skin as well. He has shown that the most common bacteria on human skin secrete a protein which protects us from the reactive oxygen species thought to contribute to several skin diseases. The protein has an equally strong effect on dangerous oxygen species as known antioxidants such as vitamin C and vitamin E.
- Science Daily
This part had me stopped for a while since wtf are 'oxygen species' and it turns out this is chemist slang for a reactive molecule which has oxygen in it and hydrogen peroxide is a common example. (WIKI: Reactive oxygen species)
"This protein is important for the bacterium's very survival on our skin. The bacterium improves its living environment by secreting RoxP, but in doing so it also benefits us," explains Rolf Lood.
- Science Daily
This clarifies a little bit what the bacterium gets out of it but it doesn't describe the specific nature.
The interested student is invited to research further whether your 'very survival' differs from any other kind of survival.
Note: it doesn't.
The research thus far isn't conclusive except with regard to the potential importance of the RoxP protein. They will continue their research to try to determine how it plays into things.
This will now be further investigated in both patients and laboratory animals by Lood and his team. The human study will compare patients with basal cell carcinoma, a pre-cancerous condition called actinic keratosis and a healthy control group. The study will be able to show whether there is any connection between the degree of illness and the amount of RoxP on the patient's skin.
The study on laboratory animals will also examine whether RoxP also functions as protection. Here, mice who have been given RoxP and others who have not will be exposed to UV radiation. The researchers will then observe whether the RoxP mice have a better outcome than those who were not given the protective protein.
There are more and more examples of the ways in which we can benefit from our bacteria. According to researcher Rolf Lood from Lund University in Sweden, this is true for the skin as well. He has shown that the most common bacteria on human skin secrete a protein which protects us from the reactive oxygen species thought to contribute to several skin diseases. The protein has an equally strong effect on dangerous oxygen species as known antioxidants such as vitamin C and vitamin E.
- Science Daily
This part had me stopped for a while since wtf are 'oxygen species' and it turns out this is chemist slang for a reactive molecule which has oxygen in it and hydrogen peroxide is a common example. (WIKI: Reactive oxygen species)
"This protein is important for the bacterium's very survival on our skin. The bacterium improves its living environment by secreting RoxP, but in doing so it also benefits us," explains Rolf Lood.
- Science Daily
This clarifies a little bit what the bacterium gets out of it but it doesn't describe the specific nature.
The interested student is invited to research further whether your 'very survival' differs from any other kind of survival.
Note: it doesn't.
The research thus far isn't conclusive except with regard to the potential importance of the RoxP protein. They will continue their research to try to determine how it plays into things.
This will now be further investigated in both patients and laboratory animals by Lood and his team. The human study will compare patients with basal cell carcinoma, a pre-cancerous condition called actinic keratosis and a healthy control group. The study will be able to show whether there is any connection between the degree of illness and the amount of RoxP on the patient's skin.
The study on laboratory animals will also examine whether RoxP also functions as protection. Here, mice who have been given RoxP and others who have not will be exposed to UV radiation. The researchers will then observe whether the RoxP mice have a better outcome than those who were not given the protective protein.
- Science Daily
Skin cancer and actinic keratosis are common and I've been enjoying my own plague of such things so there's high interest in what this can bring in that context. It's been reviewed here previously if you're not graced with a high level of melanin in your skin at birth then you're skin cancer bait (i.e. white people).
Note: some articles exist on Ithaka about God's preference for giving skin cancer to white people since honkies get far more of it than other races. (Ithaka: Proof God Hates White People)
The thinking with the researchers is showing RoxP has a clear protective effect means it would likely be an excellent addition to sun blocking ointments and things of that nature.
Note: some articles exist on Ithaka about God's preference for giving skin cancer to white people since honkies get far more of it than other races. (Ithaka: Proof God Hates White People)
The thinking with the researchers is showing RoxP has a clear protective effect means it would likely be an excellent addition to sun blocking ointments and things of that nature.
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