Is BLIS a good idea? You can't replace one problem with another.
- 256 kbps mov - 1000 kbps mov - Video help If you're going to
use one type of bacteria to fight another, you've got to make
sure you understand any side effects. Cathy Buntting: What do
you think of the idea of putting bacteria in your mouth
deliberately to fight off the other bad bacteria? Student:
Pretty strange. Cathy Buntting: It does sound pretty strange,
doesn't it? But it seems be working pretty well. Student:
Clever, that it kind of works. Cathy Buntting: Yeah, it’s
extremely clever. Student: Giving yourself a bacteria to get rid
of another bacteria – will it have some side effects? Cathy
Buntting: I guess those are some really important questions that
scientists need to think about. Are the good BLIS bacteria going
to have side effects, exactly like you said? Because you can't
replace one problem with another. But the other interesting
thing, I think, is that it just reminds us that not all bacteria
are bad, and that we can find a whol