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Can high blood glucose level be controlled or reduced by introducing some non pathogenic strain of bacteria that is biotechnologically modified to not reproduce that will absorb glucose and decompose it.Is this possible.I am not a doctor but this idea occured to me.Please highlight and discuss.Has there been any research in this line. Ichgab ( talk) 07:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for the typing error but i mean that the bacteria if it is biotechnologically maodified with the presently available hitech processes or if that is developed in near future to avoid sepsis then cant it be good method to control blood glucose level. 117.194.232.254 ( talk) 11:22, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification. 117.194.238.140 ( talk) 13:04, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Which animals besides chimps do that? Then they eat with those hands? Really? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 09:45, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
I've had the experience of a Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) contracting Tetanus from faeces, but it happened only because the animal (a big male) had overgrown canine teeth that had damaged the opposing gums making an open wound inside his mouth. Never any problems with other primates though. (The Mandrill survived, but it took some pretty intensive nursing to bring that about!) 122.108.177.30 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 03:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
What's an obligate parasite, and what makes it different from other parasites? The article says it "cannot complete it's life cycle without exploiting a suitable host". I thought this was the case with all parasites. I'm confused. -- Yashowardhani ( talk) 11:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
This plant has mysteriously appeared in one of our garden beds, and we can't figure out what it is. This is in Harlingen, Texas -- the Rio Grande Valley, right at the southern tip of Texas. I haven't seen anything like it in local yards, gardens, or the countryside. In case the picture doesn't make it clear, it is a shrub currently about two feet high, with a straight central stem covered with small stiff hairs, and opposed leaves. Does anybody recognize it? Looie496 ( talk) 14:19, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Is Ethylhexyl palmitrate and ethylhexyl salicylate the same or akin to each other? I have recently been allergic to octyl salicylate and trying to figure out which cosmetics I can use and wanted to know the relationship of these two chemicals. thank you. 173.187.108.228 ( talk) 16:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
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Can high blood glucose level be controlled or reduced by introducing some non pathogenic strain of bacteria that is biotechnologically modified to not reproduce that will absorb glucose and decompose it.Is this possible.I am not a doctor but this idea occured to me.Please highlight and discuss.Has there been any research in this line. Ichgab ( talk) 07:00, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Sorry for the typing error but i mean that the bacteria if it is biotechnologically maodified with the presently available hitech processes or if that is developed in near future to avoid sepsis then cant it be good method to control blood glucose level. 117.194.232.254 ( talk) 11:22, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification. 117.194.238.140 ( talk) 13:04, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Which animals besides chimps do that? Then they eat with those hands? Really? Sagittarian Milky Way ( talk) 09:45, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
I've had the experience of a Mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) contracting Tetanus from faeces, but it happened only because the animal (a big male) had overgrown canine teeth that had damaged the opposing gums making an open wound inside his mouth. Never any problems with other primates though. (The Mandrill survived, but it took some pretty intensive nursing to bring that about!) 122.108.177.30 ( talk) — Preceding undated comment added 03:27, 25 April 2014 (UTC)
What's an obligate parasite, and what makes it different from other parasites? The article says it "cannot complete it's life cycle without exploiting a suitable host". I thought this was the case with all parasites. I'm confused. -- Yashowardhani ( talk) 11:03, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
This plant has mysteriously appeared in one of our garden beds, and we can't figure out what it is. This is in Harlingen, Texas -- the Rio Grande Valley, right at the southern tip of Texas. I haven't seen anything like it in local yards, gardens, or the countryside. In case the picture doesn't make it clear, it is a shrub currently about two feet high, with a straight central stem covered with small stiff hairs, and opposed leaves. Does anybody recognize it? Looie496 ( talk) 14:19, 23 April 2014 (UTC)
Is Ethylhexyl palmitrate and ethylhexyl salicylate the same or akin to each other? I have recently been allergic to octyl salicylate and trying to figure out which cosmetics I can use and wanted to know the relationship of these two chemicals. thank you. 173.187.108.228 ( talk) 16:23, 23 April 2014 (UTC)