The Search for New Antibiotics Under the Sea

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8 жыл бұрын

Clad in scuba gear, with an air tank attached to his back, a casual observer might mistake William Fenical for a particularly intrepid archaeologist. But rather than examining the artifacts hidden away at the bottom of the sea Bill is looking for antibiotics to save human lives.
In this episode of Symptomatic, Motherboard meets Fenical and his team at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to learn about the future of antibiotics, and speak to specialists and researchers about just how important these discoveries are to ensuring a future of the human race against the ever growing threat of resistant disease.
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@JohnsArchipelago 8 жыл бұрын

These are the types of videos that need to blow up on the internet

@yungsloth8336 8 жыл бұрын

fucking exactly

@dtdw1988 8 жыл бұрын

nobody gives a shit about antibiotics drugs resistance. until it hits home.

@yungsloth8336 8 жыл бұрын

david tan True, pretty shitty how society rarely prepares for a problem rather than just responding to an immediate problem

@FexileTV 8 жыл бұрын

but most kids on yt rather watch ksi and pewdiepie 😥

@charliepouliot8529 4 жыл бұрын

It's like when Kennedy was shot, the big lobbyists dont want the truth out

@hohosims5432 8 жыл бұрын

thank you motherboard for putting a good documentary, please continue this standard

@KnolltopFarms 8 жыл бұрын

That Scientist was a Bad Ass!!! He looked like some old tough as nails scientist/surfer dude, LOL. Crabby old man on a cold morning at the pier yelling "Get off of my wave you little whipper-snapper, I'll be giving you an "F" in Bio Chemistry if you even think of stealing my sweet waves!"

@MalaysianTropikfusion 8 жыл бұрын

LOL ^.^

@pizzamasterf5 8 жыл бұрын

probably not but we get gisy

@WolfGrin86 8 жыл бұрын

This guy deserve more attention, modern day real hero.

@MrTigerlore 8 жыл бұрын

...And we're just gonna ruin them on cows.

@JuusoAlasuutari 8 жыл бұрын

That is if we have enough time to develop these new antibiotics before we ruin the oceans.

@tossigetotte12 8 жыл бұрын

+Juuso Alasuutari And then we pump antibiotics into the water of prawn farms which just seems like trying to ruin the oceans.

@jblazingame 8 жыл бұрын

+Tiger H. Lore I'm a staunch conservative, usually completely against government regulation. However, I think we should ban the use of antibiotics in farm animals, and consider stricter rules on when antibiotics can be used in humans. Rather they die than us. And we have to get other nations to join in with us. Colistin resistant bacteria found in China- of course- they were pumping pigs full of the stuff.

@LittleRainGames 6 жыл бұрын

These resistent strains are actually coming from farms. Not from us humans taking them, i think vice has a video of it in india.

@boshamburger123 6 жыл бұрын

+jblazingame I consider myself relatively conservative as well but government regulation is absolutely crucial, as shown in situation you mentioned as well 1000s of other cases. This is what government regulations should be used for protecting their people

@warmccl 8 жыл бұрын

I have blepharitis. An incurable but common infection caused by either staphalococcus, melasazzia, or meibomian gland dysfunction. They can't find a cure for something that should be curable because they don't want to try hard enough. Since it's so common big pharma would lose money if they found a cure. They want people to continue suffering. War and disease is very profitable.

@nicksmith6629 8 жыл бұрын

+warmccl because they dont focus on curing diseases, just the symptoms. its not really the fact they arent trying hard enough, its that they arent even trying.

@nicksmith6629 8 жыл бұрын

***** yup. they are paid to push psychotropic meds as well, not just pain meds. meds are now the leading cause of overdose and rehab.

@rarepepe9166 6 жыл бұрын

M O N E Y

@ismoketwojointsbeforeismok5882 5 жыл бұрын

I have psoriasis. Incredibly common. Yet nobody is even completely sure of what causes it or how it comes about. Theres not much known about it besides that it’s an overgrowth of skin and how to treat it but no cure. Usually it’s something a person will have for life.

@lechsiz1642 2 жыл бұрын

"they" are at fault for *your* health? wow. glad i don't have to work or live with you. the blame game is not how one improves her life.

@sebastianhenshaw2766 8 жыл бұрын

great educational non bias video!!! thanks

@SCIFIaction 8 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to build a company around finding and creating antibiotics, giving funding to people like him and the students he's involved with

@eden7010 4 жыл бұрын

SCIFIaction Not a company, a charity

@ericspace121 8 жыл бұрын

William I'm going to give you one of the many thanks you truly deserve. Thank you for pursuing the solution to a threat the general population is idiotically ignoring.

@lmeza1983 5 жыл бұрын

general population is idiotically ignoring EVERYTHING that matters, thats how the big machine is still rolling....

@Samsaraslug 8 жыл бұрын

This was really good....

@samanthav 4 жыл бұрын

And look at us now. 4 years later and in the midst of a global pandemic.

@grail68 5 жыл бұрын

He is literally a hero.

@jaypatton217 4 жыл бұрын

Damn all the comments are from like 2-4 years ago. No one else is watching this in 2020 during the COVID pandemic??

@bigmonmatt 8 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh congress....

@bookdream 8 жыл бұрын

+sr20det They never fail to disappoint

@MultiAblee 6 жыл бұрын

this dude is like the coolest most badass scientist that ever lived.

@tngchinghwa 8 жыл бұрын

what if the snapper hits a fish? its just gonna retrieve fish from the sea, lol "Guys, seem like we have caught our dinner."

@kotodamamidnight412 5 жыл бұрын

wow. just wow.

@andrewklein7997 8 жыл бұрын

This man is literally a life saver

@christianjohannes8871 3 жыл бұрын

Well, this aged well

@GSD- 8 жыл бұрын

Vice is so freeking dramatic 😂😂😂😂

@BoStanfordify 8 жыл бұрын

I am dealing with a foot infecion I got swimming in the Phillipines. It's been a month and still on antibiotics. It's taking so long. I wonder if that's why...

@craigterris1802 8 жыл бұрын

biology student here how do i go into drug discovery? it looks sick.

@thecoolman1234able 8 жыл бұрын

I've had pneumonia for 6 years every year in a row now i believe i will die from it when i get older im always using antibiotics

@eternalroamer4809 8 жыл бұрын

Its not about healing, its about prevention. Humans will need to start practice living more ecological and healhty lifestyes. Quality of water, air, food, etc. all this effect someones health and vitality.

@anirbanpatra3017 3 жыл бұрын

This old man is great

@HireDeLune 8 жыл бұрын

rip

@BLUEGENE13 6 жыл бұрын

the fact actually is that we have lots of compounds that are highly effective against things like MRSA but they aren't FDA approved, and the FDA is just taking so long because of all their regulations and all the money it costs.

@jonathonhang 8 жыл бұрын

This is nature fighting humans back. All this pollution in the earth is coming back around.

@maxp9292 6 жыл бұрын

Motherboard is like a more serious VICE without as much drugs

@ASickCoAsikoE 8 жыл бұрын

Genius!

@amidhmi5243 6 жыл бұрын

6:12 Keep calm and wear your PPE, why doesn't he?

@eden7010 4 жыл бұрын

What about bacteriophages though?

@ValhallaMovement 8 жыл бұрын

Wow this is scary...

@ItchyKneeSon 8 жыл бұрын

Because we've expended our resources on land, we run to the oceans. How long until the oceans' effective antibiotics discoveries run out? What then? Space?

@homerjay1385 5 жыл бұрын

Nanobots helping the immune system

@natureswrath7665 5 жыл бұрын

Yes actually we have been testing with that for a long time now.

@alexanderblechschmidt6206 8 жыл бұрын

what if one day the same shit happens with the stuff out of the ocean? inst it only a matter of time till it become the same problem?

@randomgladospotatogaming4724 6 жыл бұрын

5:44 look guys its GTA

@lachlantaylor1225 8 жыл бұрын

JUST EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT TAKING ANTIBIOTICS UNTIL THE *END OF THEIR CYCLE*

@lechsiz1642 2 жыл бұрын

why not educate them *first* on how to keep a strong immune system? that is the line of first attack.

@jimboburgess42069 8 жыл бұрын

antibioctics are one thing but what about also working to make our immune systems stronger?

@samatarahmed3706 8 жыл бұрын

I was wondering...

@josephvintuks7183 8 жыл бұрын

What did motherboard use to edit this video??

@devinptacek9122 4 жыл бұрын

you should check the amazon and the congo rain forest

@SinanTuran17 8 жыл бұрын

name of music at 0:50 please?

@SinanTuran17 7 жыл бұрын

nice 1

@socialweedia 8 жыл бұрын

what a ledge

@dzaesonp8599 5 жыл бұрын

why not use bateriophages?

@colbydauphinais9240 8 жыл бұрын

Nice Shirt Man

@changoTCL 7 жыл бұрын

Isn't this the backstory to Cloverfield?

@mrgarland5210 8 жыл бұрын

once upon a time a simple cut could kill you not from blood loss but infection. Now with the start of the rule of MSRA we, as a species, will return to a time like that but you know whats gunna happen, not enough people are going to work on finding new anti-boitics until it's too late.

@mattatk92 8 жыл бұрын

i got bacteria behind my right eye from the hospital and now i cant see. we need new meds

@kilimangan 8 жыл бұрын

what xD

@Jay94Gee 8 жыл бұрын

Perhaps things like this in addition with others keep the growing population rate down slightly so the Government prefer to not bother..

@waltermarlin1730 8 жыл бұрын

Can hydrogen peroxide be used in the body without poisoning? Anthracimycin just looks like a complex hydrogen peroxide molecule.

@888888dude 5 жыл бұрын

Sure seems like the free market isn't working in this case.

@ivan-ih7vt 8 жыл бұрын

God damnit I'm scared

@ItsRyanStudios 8 жыл бұрын

I don't see how finding new antibiotics will solve the problem. Won't viruses/ bacteria develop resistance to these new compounds and render them ineffective just as is happening now?

@yakuone3066 8 жыл бұрын

good point. new drugs are stupid lets just keep using the same old shitty ones

@saintofchelseathomascarlyl5713 8 жыл бұрын

i wish i knew enough to work in this bio tech stuff my biology and chemistry are alright but math and physics killed me :

@jblazingame 8 жыл бұрын

Finally a video I wanted to click on

@spiker2014 8 жыл бұрын

This is so fucking scary.

@Calallal 8 жыл бұрын

I'm massively concerned about miss use of antibiotics for humans, but also animals. a lot of farms inject their animals with antibiotics, just so they don't get sick, to increase their profit, by having less animals die or become ill. please consider the food you eat before infectious diseases are able to spread from animals to humans. Oh wait! too late... its already happened

@jarheadv7532 8 жыл бұрын

Yay

@larmalai5971 8 жыл бұрын

@themrjones 8 жыл бұрын

scary as hell. God's way of thinning us out.

@eddymancilla872 8 жыл бұрын

we just got served.

@VincentGonzalezVeg 5 жыл бұрын

so are people like this astronaut leved great but with the added plus of less suffering for their exploration?

@me5ng3 8 жыл бұрын

Do they have a bank account so that we can donate? :)