Honey Destroying Harmful Fungus

The healing powers of honey have been known for thousands of years. Now a graduate from The University of Manchester has discovered a powerful link between a medicinal type of honey and the destruction of a fungus that can cause blindness or even death.

In the first study of its kind, student Zain Habib Alhindi used different concentrations of Surgihoney, a biologically engineered honey that produces chemically reactive molecules containing oxygen, to test how effective it could be in destroying the fungus Fusarium, which is found on plants and in soil and can cause devastating infections in vulnerable people.

Zain discovered even the lowest concentrations had a significant effect in breaking down the cell wall of the fungus, demonstrating its potential as a future treatment for patients.

She said: "Chronic infections, such as those found in long-lasting wounds comprise about 60-80 per cent of infectious diseases in humans and the way fungi invades wounds is associated with the use of broad-spectrum antibiotics.

"However, we know that biofilms -- thin layers of microorganisms, which group together -- contribute to the severity and delayed healing of chronic wounds.

"Through my research I wanted to show the potential for honey as a healing agent to break through these biofilms and in doing so increase the process of healing. What I found amazing is that honey actually works better than some antifungals."

Zain (29) from Saudi Arabia is one of only handful of students who have completed The University's new master's degree course in Medical Mycology which runs for just one year instead of the customary two, making it a world first.

Because of the way the course is structured Zain was able to spend almost a third of her time in the lab working on experiments to test her theory under the supervision of Dr Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Infectious Diseases in The University's Institute of Inflammation and Repair.

Dr Rautemaa-Richardson believes it's this intensive, hands-on approach, which appeals to her students and equips them for a career in specialised medicine or research.

She said: "This dynamic course provides a solid foundation to the scientific, practical and clinical aspects of fungal diseases, which allows clinically relevant research like this. In the world of increasing antimicrobial resistance new approaches to the management of infections, sparing the real antibiotics, are highly relevant and important."

Professor Malcolm Richardson, Professor of Medical Mycology at The University of Manchester added: "Honey has been used since ancient times for the treatment of several diseases. Only a limited number of investigations have looked at its effect on pathogenic fungi.

"This opens an exciting door for further work on the application of honey for many fungal infections and allows researchers to adopt different options for treating a range of superficial infections."

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NY: 65,000 % Increase in Radiation

Note: The Indian Point nuclear plant, is located less than 40 miles from NY City and is currently leaking highly radioactive cooling water into the ground around the plant. There are 40 wells that were drilled to monitor and track the ground water around the plants two nuclear reactors to track just such an eventuality. One of those wells is now showing a 65,000 percent increase in radiation in the ground water. This means the plants very highly radioactive cooling water, as atFukushima in Japan, is leaking cesium-137 into the ground water where it will continue to move and spread including perhaps to New York City and might even go beyond there in the several generations. Unlike at Fukushima where new cesium is made daily and released into the environment by the multiple ongoing meltdowns in NY the cesium is typically captured and stored on site. This system failed again.

As is typical of the nuclear industry, that any critical radiation information regarding any leak or leaks is being suppressed. For example, we aren't told and so don't know when the leaking began but just that at one of wells readings began to rise and that it is now up over 65,000 percent. But radiation data for the other wells have not been released. We are also only given the data that tritium levels are up and that at that single well head is 65,000 % higher for tritium. But no readings for the other radioactive poisons that travel with tritium in water such as cesium-137 which lasts and remains deadly in the environment for over 60 years and up to 100 years it is not even mentioned. We dont get one in the cooling water without the other. They are made together in nuclear reactors and leak together in the reactors cooling water.

There is no such thing as a safe level of exposure to any radiation and cesium-137 with its high rate of ionization inparticular is very dangerous. It goes to the heart, other muscles and to the brain where after a time, it can cause cancers in of and by itself. One possible treatment for cesium137 exposure is daily doses of Prussian Blue as Radiogardase, aka Prussian Blue in soluble capsules.

Shut Down Indian Point NOW!


By Dennis H. Clarke