Sweat can kill the virus

Natural antibiotics from sweat can kill dangerous viruses and tuberculosis strains, according to the Daily Mail.

That is the research result of scientists from Edinburgh University (UK).

TB can be treated more effectively with new generation antibiotics

They detected in human sweat have a chemical called dermcidin , which is activated in salty and slightly acidic sweat. They can puncture the cell membrane of harmful bacteria and kill bacteria.

Cell membranes that cannot change quickly to counter attack. Therefore, this chemical has the potential to help develop new generation antibiotics.

The team found that dermcidin has an unusually long molecular channel, which can permeate and adapt to a variety of cell membranes, allowing them to attack bacteria and fungi at the same time.

Dermcidin can fight many common pathogens like tuberculosis and taphylococcus aureus virus.

According to Dr. Ulrich Zachariae, we now know in detail how natural antibiotics work. Based on that, we can develop more effective anti-inflammatory drugs than current antibiotics.

The study is published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.