NATURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF VIRUSES The Nature of Viruses Viruses are sub-cellular agents of infection that must utilize the cellular machinery of bacteria‚ plants or animals in order to reproduce. Composed of a single strand of genetic material (DNA or RNA) encased in a protein capsid‚ a virus is too small to be seen by standard light microscopy; indeed‚ most are less than one hundredth the size of a bacterium. Specific proteins on the viral capsid attach to receptors on the host cell; this
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a living thing? Are viruses alive or not? To figure out this question we first have to know‚ what defines a living thing. According to the online Merriam-Webster Dictionary‚ life is in particular “an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism‚ growth‚ reaction to stimuli‚ and reproduction.” For about 100 years‚ scientists have repeatedly changed their mind over what viruses are. First seen as poisons‚ then as life-forms‚ then biological chemicals‚ viruses today are thought of as
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VIRUSES Viruses are not classified in any kingdom yet because they are not really alive. They only show signs of life after they infect a host cell. Virus: lifeless particle that does not carry out any METABOLIC functions on its own and CANNOT REPRODUCE on its own until it invades a living HOST cell Viral history: Viral history is relatively short. It begins with the isolation of the human influenza virus in the 1930s and crystallization of the tobacco mosaic virus in 1933‚ and moves through
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A. Is a Virus Alive? 1. Viruses are segments of nucleic acids contained in a protein coat. 2. Pathogens are agents that cause disease. 3. Viruses do not grow‚ do not have homeostasis‚ and do not metabolize‚ therefore scientists don’t consider them to be living. 4. Discovery of Viruses i. Scientists filtered bacteria from the sap of infected plants‚ and were surprised to find that the filtered sap could still cause uninfected plants to become infected. ii. In 1935‚ Wendell Stanley of the Rockefeller
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Although computer viruses and biological viruses are not related in any way‚ they are very similar in many aspects. Both viruses need a host to replicate for a means of survival. Similarly‚ both enter their hosts passively. Biological hosts are infected by breathing‚ ingestion‚ or direct contact while infected software‚ email attachments and transfers infect the cyber host. Another notable similarity is the fact that both computer and biological viruses need the proper host as well as software and
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Viruses & Bacteria Title: Kirby-Bauer Method of Antibiotic Effectiveness Purpose: The purpose of this lab was to determine the effectiveness of certain antibiotics and determine their zone of inhibition Data: Name of Antibiotic Zone of inhibition (mm) Effectiveness Streptomycin 15mm Sensitive Chloramphenicol 29mm Sensitive Novobiocin 20mm Intermediate Neomycin 13.5mm Intermediate Tetracycline 22mm Sensitive Analysis: 1. Which antibiotic was the most effective? The most
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Keanna Barnes Abstract Current studies on oncolytic viruses have been underway to ultimately reduce the casualties cancer brings upon citizens globally. Lately‚ a series of clinical studies have shown clinical response when vaccines are combined with other forms of treatment in patients with all sorts of different cancers. Although scientists may be tempted to combine an oncolytic virus with an already existing radiation or chemotherapeutic‚ the long term goals have to be realistic and rational
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Lupita Garica Mr. Zarate 8/29/14 Period 7 Are Viruses Alive? For many years there have been numerous controversies over whether a virus should be classified as living or nonliving. It is believed that viruses are considered nonliving because they lack a substantial amount of qualities to be classified a form of life and they are incapable of carrying out all life processes. For example‚ some characteristics that would justify a virus being nonliving would be that they are acellular: they are not
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computers‚ but they usually cause computer and networks performance stability problems. A computer virus is a program or piece of code that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs against your wishes. Viruses can also replicate themselves. All computer viruses are man-made. A simple virus that can make a copy of it over and over again is relatively easy to produce. Even such a simple virus is dangerous because it will quickly use all available memory and bring the system to a halt
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