A University of Missouri-Kansas City researcher has discovered an important element of how Staphylococcus aureus disables the body’s immune system. Normally, when a threating bacteria enters the body, the body sends immune system protiens that break into smaller protiens and trigger the body’s further immune system defense. Staph bacteria produces a protien calle Efb that changes the shape of your body’s protiens and causes them to not be able to break down, inhibiting the total immune response.
With any luck, this will lead to a new class of antibiotics that can effectively disable Staph bacteria. I am no researcher, and some of this scientific information really goes way over my head, but to me, this is a very important discovery, and one that can help explain the mystery of why perfectly healthy young people can succomb to an MRSA infection so quickly.
If you follow MRSA closely, be sure to follow this researcher from the University of Missouri, Dr. Brian Geisbrecht. I have heard his name a good deal recently - and will be watching him for you. 
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DigitalGravy // Mar 22, 2007 at 1:49 pm
It interesting how much of the “new” medicine is being withheld from the general public. Just one example is HIV/AIDS ie Ryan White 2 years w/HIV died. Magic Johnson 16 + years HIV very much alive and kicking…. go figure.
MRSA Notes » Fight MRSA With Your Immune System // Mar 28, 2007 at 10:25 pm
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Laura Hook // Apr 24, 2008 at 6:38 am
Heya, i am so glad i have came across your article!
For my A-level health and social coursework we had to research into a communicable and non-communicable disease and for my communicable disease i chose MRSA. From which i had to find the biological basis of this illness and i can not find anything on why our body responds like it does. I do now have some information from yourself, which i cannot thankyou enough for! However i was wondering if you have any more information on why our body reacts like it does to MRSA.
Thankyou so so much!
Hope to hear from you soon,
Yours truly
Laura
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