Let's be honest, ladies. We've always known our vaginas are pretty amazing, but now it seems like we finally have the science to back it up. Researchers have recently discovered a new miracle antibiotic made by the bacteria that live inside our lady bits!
While men's bodies appear to produce nothing but hormones, sweat, suspicious odors, and sperm, women's bodies possess the ability to produce adorable babies and life-giving milk, as well as a newly discovered antibiotic called lactocillin. Take that, hombres! We win!
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In the past, numerous studies have suggested that the bacteria living in our bodies may have a huge impact on our health, but the hypothesis has been generally difficult to prove. That is, of course, until researchers got all up and personal with ladies' miracle-makers.
Michael Fischbach, a microbiologist and chemist at the UCLA, San Francisco, led a team to prove this long-standing hypothesis, once and for all. He and his team created a computer program capable of identifying molecules found in the human body that could act as drugs. A few bleeps and blops later (actually, a whole lot of research later), they found thousands of these drug-making genes located within microbes living on and in the human body, including those that make lactocillin.
"People are eager to learn what exactly helpful bacteria are doing," Fischbach explains. "Nobody had anticipated that they have the capability to make so many different kinds of drugs. I don't think this is the only thing they do, but it's a big thing." I'll say!
As far as lactocillin is concerned, it's capable of curing skin infections, which is actually pretty cool. Think about it: everyone gets a skin infection at some point in their lives, meaning your man may need to someday harness the power of your good-good to make his skin feel better. How awesome is that? I don't know about you, but that tidbit of info makes me feel incredibly powerful. I'm "this close" to buying my novio a vadge signal to use whenever he has a rash or an itch or a bite or a tickle in the back of his throat. I know I'm not the only one. How many of you have already forwarded this post to your novios, captioned with the message: "Bow down, hombres!"?
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