Topic: Plasmocin Mycoplasma Removal Agent And cellwalless bacteria
treepatrol
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Elimination of Mycoplasma from Cell Culture Plasmocin� contains two newly developed bactericidal components strongly active against mycoplasma and related cell wall-less bacteria. Plasmocin� can be used to both treat and prevent mycoplasma contamination in cell cultures.
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yumm, another lovely yellow liquid. Sounds good, but I don't see how mycoplasmas can be eliminated so quickly? Other drugs can take 6 months to a year before seeing good results. Now if we can just get someone to try it. I know! Lets get tin cup to try it. She'll try anything.
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While I'm hopeful on this I have a gentle, but firm constructive critique of the company's advertisement.
A quick cursory look at both links did not show the IUPAC name, i.e., the chemical name, as one would find in the physicians desk reference at the begining of a drug description. This is omission is irregular, so my radar is up for this reason. This doesn't bode well with me,nor, I think to a physician who, at a 10 sec. glance at the molecular structure and/or an IUPAC name, could immediately determine a patient's suitability, compatibility with other meds., and/or conditions. Instead, the doc is forced to spend precious minutes, if not hours going through extraneous information, thats revealtory of little, if any data pertinent to his pharmaco-medical diagnostic algorithm(s).
If I were a doc, I'd be very annoyed by this, and consider the omission of its molecular struct.,or IUPAC name, deceptive. I'd have to spend at least an hour on the phone getting the company, and speaking with the right people about it, and otherwise searching patent databases, and other databases. For this reason, as a doc, I'd be disinclined to use it, and wait a minimum of 2 years when the truth(s) about are revealed, then decide. Again, this may even sound harsh, but consider the consequences if ....
Guardedly optimistic,
pq
[This message has been edited by pq (edited 11 June 2005).]
This product is used to eliminate mycoplasmas that are known to contaminate cell cultures in lab work ( in the lab )
Mycoplasmas are a well known irritation to lab workers everywhere--they can comtaminate just about everything.
Sure would be nice if it worked in vivo( in human, other mammal), as well as in vitro( in test tube or petrie dish--or other culture medium)
Meaning: This product isn't ment for human indigestion--it's not a drug or medicine for our consumption
It is used to clear up cell lines that have been contaminated with mycoplasmas during research procedures,testing, ect
The statement that it can "clear mycoplasmas in intracelluar spaces" just means that the agent is capable of clearing the mycoplasma agent out of the intracelluar spaces without the need to *trash* this celluar line due to contamination
[This message has been edited by yankee in black (edited 11 June 2005).]
[This message has been edited by yankee in black (edited 11 June 2005).]
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