Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA

Northwestern University ^ | February 13, 2011 | Unknown

[decimon]

Ping

[BobL]

“Every year an estimated 700,000 people in the United States and 50 million worldwide acquire gonorrhea. While the disease is curable with antibiotics, only one drug is now recommended for treatment because the disease developed resistance to previously used antibiotic options over the past four decades.”

...and considering that the drug makers have pretty much thrown in the towel, once Gonorrhea gets resistance to this last drug, look for it to make a surging comeback here.

...and maybe that will slow down our free-love culture, at least somewhat. So not necessarily all bad news.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Ping"

In this case, I think "Clap" may have been more appropriate.

[rickmichaels]

In more scientific terms, a direct transfer of DNA has never been recorded from humans to bacteria. Until now.

Sorta like converting to Islam.

[decimon]

"Ping"

In this case, I think "Clap" may have been more appropriate.

I wouldn't want the thread to go viral, so to speak.

[Joe 6-pack]

LOL....you forgot to alert Spirochete...

[windsorknot]

The “Slick-Willy” gene.

[mrsmith]

Or, as Obama puts it:

"Together we thrive!"

[who_would_fardels_bear]

"our free-love culture"

As Uncle Milty would have said:

There's no such thing as a free hook-up.

[bigheadfred]

eating barry’s what???...oh...nevvverrrmind...

[digger48]

[BobL]

“As Uncle Milty would have said: There’s no such thing as a free hook-up. “

If Gongareea (as Rush calls it) pulls off this next mutation, there are going to be a LOT of liberal women suffering life-changing consequences, thanks to the health care system they worked so hard to dismantle.

LOL.

[Twinkie]

People have scoffed in the face of God; and now they’ve literally become a part of what they’ve embraced.

[adorno]

Gonorrhea acquires a piece of human DNA

Okay, how do researches know that it's the Gonorrhea bacterium doing the "acquiring", and not the human defense mechanism trying to alter the DNA of the bacterium in an attempt to render it helpless or diminish it's damaging qualities?

[James C. Bennett]

Ping.

[rfp1234]

[davisfh]

I’m elated to say that no doctor has ever told me, “The disease that you have is nothing to ‘clap’ about.”

[LibFreeOrDie]

Gonorrhea plush toy!

[Past Your Eyes]

I thought we did a number on gonorrhea lectum a few months ago.