IS GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS REALLY SAFE AS WE THINK ? Since the beginning of life‚ nourishment is the first requirement for all kind of alive. According to Chassy (2007)‚ early humans lived a hunter gatherer lifestyle and that around 10000 years ago they started to transition into an agricultural lifestyle. Also they feed animals to their milk‚ meat and eggs. Later‚ some people interested in agriculture in order to survive and earn money. In today’s world‚ technological developments
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Stem Cell Research Adult stem cell research is providing opportunities to treat people with a various diseases and conditions. In 2010‚ a man’s ankle refused to heal so the doctor took bone marrow from the man’s pelvic bone with a needle‚ condensed it to about four teaspoons of rich red liquid‚ and injected that into his ankle. Four months later‚ the ankle was healed! Adult stem cells are found in all tissues of the growing human being and‚ according to latest reports‚ also have the potential
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forming microorganism have a major medical significance as they decrease the susceptibility to the antimicrobial agents. Furthermore‚ the cell with biofilm forming ability can facilitate a plasmid exchange and hence enhance the spread of antimicrobial resistance. (Watnick P‚ Kotler R
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restrictions on certain foods. For example‚ the cholera outbreak in Peru in 1991 cost the country US$ 770 million due to food trade embargoes and adverse effects on tourism. Treatment The most important treatment for cholera is rehydration and antibiotics‚ which consists of prompt replacement of the water and salts lost. Early rehydration can save the lives of nearly all cholera patients. People living in high-risk areas can protect themselves by following a few simple rules of good hygiene and safe
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bodies are to new viruses. Drug resistant bacteria has been a warning from officials for sometime now‚ yet no one seemed to take it seriously until recently. It was first realized in 1940 with penicillin‚ which was less than ten years after antibiotics were introduced to the medical field. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has brought attention the these superbugs by categorizing them by threat level; concerning‚ serious‚ and urgent. The main concern is how quickly these superbugs
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I wrote an Op-Ed article to The Daily Nexus‚ the UCSB-run campus newspaper. I discussed the topic of antibiotic resistance and how bacteria’s resistance to antibiotics is on the rise. Various strains of bacteria are no longer affected by some antibiotics‚ which could become a significant threat in the future if modern antibiotics are ineffective. We as humans rely heavily on antibiotics and other medications to deal with diseases and other illnesses. Modern medicine was one of the greatest advancements
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Two different types of procedures were carried out over the course of this experiment: tube inoculation and plate inoculation. We started with plate preparation. Three different lysogeny broth‚ or LB‚ agar plates were prepared for E. coli growth every other week: a control where water was used‚ one for triclosan‚ and one for streptomycin. Using an inoculation loop‚ E. coli was transferred from the test tube to the agar plate. This was done to each plate twice‚ creating a grid-like pattern of bacteria
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scientist are trying to find new antibiotics to kill off the so-called superbugs spreading around. The article starts off by expressing the valid point of the spreading of harmful diseases. A 12-year-old boy named Omar Rivera‚ from Brooklyn‚ died after getting infected by a disease. This disease was Methicillian Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus‚ otherwise known as MRSA. This bacterium is resistant to one of the most potent drug classes in the current antibiotic arsenal. Because of these dangerous
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Enterococcus faecalis is a gram positive‚ commensal bacterium inhabiting the gastrointestinal tracts of humans and other mammals [1].E. faecalis can cause life-threatening infections in humans. Moreover‚ the antibiotic resistance exhibited at high levels by E. faecalis contributes to its pathogenicity [2]. Several reports state that enterococcal species possess the property of causing a variety of diseases in humans [3‚ 4]. It is known from previous studies that Enterococcus faecalis can cause endocarditis
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sick on certain occasions. These colds are usually treated with a antibiotics and will go away in a short period of time. Some bacteria however will develop a resistance to these antibiotics and are known as super bugs. These super bugs kill millions of people every year and will continue to do so until we get on top of it. People in the medical industry need to prevent this bacterial infection so we don’t have to use antibiotics as much anymore (Spellberg). Super bugs have become a huge problem
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