https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/07/20/tedtalks-kary-mullis-next-gen <span>TEDTalks: Kary Mullis&#039; Next-Gen cure for Killer Infections</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><span style="font-size: 10px">tags: <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/TEDTalks" rel="tag">TEDTalks</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/medicine" rel="tag">medicine</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/infections" rel="tag">infections</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/new+technology" rel="tag">new technology</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/alpha-gal+aptomer" rel="tag">alpha-gal aptomer</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/antibiotics" rel="tag">antibiotics</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/Kary+Mullis" rel="tag">Kary Mullis</a>, <a target="window" href="http://technorati.com/tag/streaming+video" rel="tag">streaming video</a></span></p> <p>Drug-resistant bacteria kills, even in top hospitals. But now tough infections like staph and anthrax may be in for a surprise. In this video, Nobel-winning chemist Kary Mullis, who watched a friend die when powerful antibiotics failed, unveils a radical new cure that shows extraordinary promise [4:42] </p> <!--more--><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/wJttdkKo4nM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/wJttdkKo4nM&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><p> TEDTalks shares the best ideas from the TED Conference with the world, for free: trusted voices and convention-breaking mavericks, icons and geniuses, all giving the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. </p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/grrlscientist" lang="" about="/author/grrlscientist" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">grrlscientist</a></span> <span>Mon, 07/20/2009 - 01:59</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/biology" hreflang="en">biology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/medicine" hreflang="en">medicine</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/molecular-biology" hreflang="en">Molecular Biology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/alpha-gal" hreflang="en">alpha-gal</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/antibiotics" hreflang="en">antibiotics</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/aptomer" hreflang="en">aptomer</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/bacterial-infections" hreflang="en">bacterial infections</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kary-mullis" hreflang="en">Kary Mullis</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-video" hreflang="en">streaming video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/tedtalks" hreflang="en">TEDTalks</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/video" hreflang="en">Video</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/biology" hreflang="en">biology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/medicine" hreflang="en">medicine</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/molecular-biology" hreflang="en">Molecular Biology</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/streaming-videos" hreflang="en">streaming videos</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2068906" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1248092888"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Mullis has been an odious wackaloon. It would be great if he is actually doing something productive again.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2068906&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="shZKRn47tGFh7lAJ32U6AxM9zhCyYH8U-Y7z1i_-HeU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Trin Tragula (not verified)</span> on 20 Jul 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/21399/feed#comment-2068906">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/grrlscientist/2009/07/20/tedtalks-kary-mullis-next-gen%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 20 Jul 2009 05:59:43 +0000 grrlscientist 89251 at https://scienceblogs.com