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Reptile Blood a Cure?

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“Reptile Blood a cure”
Amy Parsons
HCA/210
September 10, 2012
Cathy Wilburn

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In this paper, I will inform you of the ways that Reptile blood has been tested in hopes of finding cures for different diseases. There are several people testing the reptilian blood in experiments to help find a cure for a number of diseases.

The thought of using a reptile’s blood to cure someone is a strange one. However, it was brought to the attention of Dr. Mark Merchant, of McNeese State University, that crocodiles, as well as other reptiles, heal with a great deal of quickness. He wondered how they could fight with such aggression and remain healthy. They fight to the points, sometimes, that they rip off limbs and expose bone and muscle. Then they swim off, into mucky, filthy water and yet they still do not get any kind of major infection. Humans exposed to the same type of battles and the same disgusting water they would have a devastating outcome, possibly death. This gave him and others ideas to check into their blood to see if they had something humans lacked. In 1998, Dr. Merchant found that American Alligators have a powerful antibiotic in their blood. Dr. Merchant demonstrated the “unscientific” evidence suggesting that reptile are resistant to bacterial infection. He identified reasons these creatures were immune to infection. Like humans, they have a natural defense system against invading bacteria, viruses, and fungi, which involves a group of proteins called the complement system. So Dr. Merchant tested his theory by exposing the alligator blood to pathogens such as HIV, West Nile Virus, and E Coli. His results- it started to kill the bacteria. As it turned out the alligator complement system is much more effective than that of humans. The problem: no possibility of isolating the crocodile or alligator cell(s) that could be given to humans intravenously that the human body would accept. If attempted the body itself would recognize it was not human and reject it. Dr. Merchant, in turn, hopes to find something in the blood that can be mimicked in to a drug that the human body will accept. He has begun to look at white blood cells in the creatures’ blood. Since white blood cells are the cells that make and fight invading pathogens and release tiny proteins to fight off infection, he believes that can isolate them from the crocodile and alligator blood. If he is able to do so, this will be the beginning of a new world for antiviral drugs and new types of antibiotics in humans. There was another doctor that had a similar outcome in his experiments with another reptile blood. Dr. Gill Diamond of New Jersey did a study on the Komodo Dragon blood to see how they could fight and have poisonous saliva, yet never infect the other Komodo dragon. He developed a technique that fractionated serum into its constituents and amplified them for analysis. Since he developed this process, he was later sent crocodile blood samples to see what he came up with. He later isolated the blood samples and tested them against a range of bacteria. It killed them all. He later checked them against MRSA, which is resistant to all antibiotics. The constituent in the crocodile blood killed the MRSA bacteria. Research on the reptiles still continues to go forth. One day, I believe they will have the answer. If this innovation turns out to be beneficial, it would benefit patients in a variety of ways. Those who had contracted HIV could be cured. Patients that come into contact with E Coli could also have a hope of survival and the West Nile Virus as well. This could be a excellent discovery in the innovation of healthcare. The quality of life would definitely be improved with this innovation. I am somewhat unsure about the effect of healthcare innovation and the increase or decrease of healthcare spending in the future. In some ways, it would cause an increase in spending, because of the need for money in the testing of the new ideas. I believe it would be worth it if they could develop cures for such bad diseases. I believe that no amount of money can replace a life. So if it takes money to heal a person or even save a person’s life, it is well worth it. Innovation always has been a trend. I do believe it will continue to be an innovation until the end of time. People are always coming up with new ideas. Sometimes, it takes more than one person to put their ideas together to make up a stupendous idea. This is what makes the world a better place. I believe that if everyone continues to work together in the healthcare industry and continue to search for new ways in innovation, considerable feats can become of it.

References http://www.croccity.co.za http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4155522.stm http:// www.worldhealth.net/news/crocodile_blood_may_yield_powerful_new_a/ http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/broward/sfl-cgatorscience14xaug14,0,1364003.story http://voices.yahoo.com/mrsa-infection-healing-clay-alligator-blood-may-1364431.html?cat=5 Sources:
American Chemical Society (2008, April 8). 'Healing Clays' Show Promise For Fighting Deadly MRSA Superbug Infections, Other Diseases. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 9, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/04/080406155621.htm
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American Chemical Society (2008, April 7). Alligator Blood May Put The Bite On Antibiotic-resistant Infections. ScienceDaily. Retrieved April 9, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com /releases/2008/04/080407074556.htm

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