Introduction Every year‚ more than 60‚000 Americans die of pneumonia‚ an inflammation of the lungs that’s usually caused by infection with bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi or other organisms. Pneumonia is a particular concern for older adults and people with chronic illnesses or impaired immune systems‚ but it can also strike young‚ healthy people. Worldwide‚ it’s a leading cause of death in children. There are many kinds of pneumonia ranging in seriousness from mild to life-threatening. Although signs and
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Hansen’s disease‚ which is also known as leprosy‚ is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacteria mycobacterium leprae. Before the germ was discovered‚ the bible discussed leprosy and it was believed to be a condition brought to those who were sinful. The leprosy discussed in the bible is a completely different condition from the modern day disease of leprosy. In the bible‚ leprosy represented a social affliction connected to various skin conditions and mildewing fabrics. Those who had leprosy
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------------------------------------------------- Genetically modified crops Genetically modified crops (GM crops‚ or biotech crops) are plants‚ the DNA of which has been modified using genetic engineeringtechniques‚ to resist pests and agents causing harm to plants and to improve the growth of these plants to assist in farmers efficiency. Genetic engineering techniques are much more precise[1] than mutagenesis (mutation breeding) where an organism is exposed to radiation or chemicals to create
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Hampshire). An article entitled "Viral Infections in Man Associated with Acquired Immunological Deficiency States" appears in Federation Proceedings. Dr. MacArthur and Fort Detrick’s Special Operations Division have‚ at this point‚ been conducting mycoplasma research to create a synthetic immunosuppressive agent for about one year‚ again suggesting that this research may have produced HIV (Goliszek). (1973) An Ad Hoc Advisory Panel issues its Final Report on the Tuskegee Syphilis Study‚ writing
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Identification of Unknown # 15 Abstract. One of the most fundamental differential staining techniques used in the study of bacteriology is gram staining. There are two main types of bacteria‚ gram negative and gram-positive. The purpose of this experiment was to perform a variety of tests to identify the bacteria contained in the unknown sample labeled number 15. The following are the tests that were used to identify the two different bacteria. The
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cause urinary tract infections (UTIs) and infections associated with intravascular devices such as prosthetic heart valves‚ shunts‚ etc. (Bukhari‚ 2004). The second microorganism that was analyzed during this procedure was Escherichia coli. E. coli is a gram-negative and bacillus (rod-shaped) bacterium‚ that thrives in an optimum temperature of 37℃ commonly found in the intestinal tract of humans and other mammals (Cappucino and Sherman‚ 2011).. It is a facultative anaerobe that is not normally pathogenic
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biochemical reactions. Qualitative observations were made on the tests in identification process. The data from experimentation provided sufficient results to suggest that the identity of unknown bacterium was the gram-positive spore forming bacteria‚ Bacillus Subtilis. Introduction. One of the main responsibilities of a medical lab is to determine the identity of pathogenic bacteria. It is important to determine the specific type of bacterium causing disease so the physician is able to correctly
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observed the granules in the microscope as highly refractive inclusions. However‚ the first example of PHA came in existence until almost four decades later in 1926 when a French microbiologist Maurice Lemoigne discovered that a gram negative bacterium Bacillus megaterium accumulated intracellular granules of a polyester called polyhydroxy-3-butyrate (PHB) (Amara et al.‚ 2011). PHA accumulation ability has been reported for many microorganisms including Gram-negative and Gram-positive species (i.e. autotrophic
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B ioanalysis young i nvestigator | n ews & a nalysis Meenakshi Tripathi Position Quality and Technical Manager PhD Intake Profile & Risk Assessment of Some of the Commonly Used Food Additives Supervisor’s supporting comments I am pleased to recommend Meenakshi Tripathi for the Bioanalysis Young Investigator award. Research area Meenakshi is a bright‚ creative‚ dynamic and Food & Water Analysis and Toxicity highly motivated young bioanalytical chemist. She joined my laboratory for her PhD
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that she will be able to find some food today‚ a whole meal or just some discarded scraps out of someone’s trash bin to quill Elli’s hunger. Even if her mother does find some food to feed her‚ she may not be able to keep it down as she contracted Escherichia coli (E. Coli) from the polluted water she has been drinking (World Health Organization‚ 2013). Elli just celebrated her fourth birthday (if you can call it a celebration) as she weighed in at eighteen pounds‚ far below the normal weight of a four
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