I’ve never killed an insect bug for my experiments! However, if we are talking ‘bacteria’ ‘bugs’, then yes, I have killed many bacteria for my experiments! I worked with silver nanoparticles for medical applications, and silver nanoparticles have natural antiobiotic properties. That means that silver nanoparticles destroy bacteria! When you see things at the store that are labeled as having natural antibiotic properties, like vaccuum cleaners or dog bowls or clothing, they may likely have silver nanoparticles inside the them!!!
I kill millions of bacteria every day so they don’t infect the skin samples that the kind donors give us! However I don’t use bacteria on a day to day basis for my experiments – I use tumour cells, skin cells and the mitochondria I extract from them.
I suppose bacteria don’t have feelings but…….like sheep (reduced in size) going to slaughter…….. Does killing a bacteria or a bug make you a killer??? Or do they not count???? Can bacteria feel anything????? Sorry….. Poor bacteria….. Poor dead bacteria….. But I guess it’s all in the name of Science….. 🙂
Bacteria are really clever machines, ecoli for example know exactly how long to sample their environment before they make a decision. The sampling time relates directly to how noisy the measurement they are making is. However, I don’t feel to bad at killing them.
Don’t feel sad for the bacteria. If they had their own way – they colonise the heck out of you! It’s just a good job your skin is such an awesome barrier to your insides!
Poor bacteria! But to make you feel better… bacteria don’t have brains. I don’t think killing bacteria makes you a killer! There are bacteria that we HAVE to kill to stay alive ourselves, because the bacteria are killers! Bacteria don’t have senses like we do, they don’t know they are being killed and they don’t feel it! Does that make you feel better?
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buttercreamicing commented on :
I suppose bacteria don’t have feelings but…….like sheep (reduced in size) going to slaughter…….. Does killing a bacteria or a bug make you a killer??? Or do they not count???? Can bacteria feel anything????? Sorry….. Poor bacteria….. Poor dead bacteria….. But I guess it’s all in the name of Science….. 🙂
Ash commented on :
Bacteria are really clever machines, ecoli for example know exactly how long to sample their environment before they make a decision. The sampling time relates directly to how noisy the measurement they are making is. However, I don’t feel to bad at killing them.
SJ commented on :
Don’t feel sad for the bacteria. If they had their own way – they colonise the heck out of you! It’s just a good job your skin is such an awesome barrier to your insides!
Paige commented on :
Poor bacteria! But to make you feel better… bacteria don’t have brains. I don’t think killing bacteria makes you a killer! There are bacteria that we HAVE to kill to stay alive ourselves, because the bacteria are killers! Bacteria don’t have senses like we do, they don’t know they are being killed and they don’t feel it! Does that make you feel better?