BIOE 301/362 Name: Exam 2 March 13‚ 2008 The exam consists of 10 questions. Show all work to receive credit. Clearly organize your work and draw a box around your final answers. NEATNESS COUNTS! Good Luck! Problem 1 (5): Problem 2 (18): Problem 3 (12): Problem 4 (15): Problem 5 (8): Problem 6 (12): Problem 7 (12): Problem 8 (18): Extra Credit (4): Total (100): PROBLEM 1: Development of technology
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UNIT 5: Promoting Health and Wellbeing Pearson BTEC Level 2 First Certificate and Extended Certificate in Health and Social Care. UNIT Introduction How can we improve the health and wellbeing of the nation? Why do we need to try to do this and what are the benefits? Being healthy can mean different things to different people. Many injuries and diseases can be prevented if people make healthy lifestyle choices and know how to reduce risks to their health. Health promotion is the area
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nanopatch‚ which was then tested on mice. This method of vaccine delivery was equally as successful in achieving immunisation as alternative methods (i.e. needle and syringe) and only required a hundredth of the usual dose. Other vaccines‚ including the human papilloma virus (responsible for causing cervical cancer)‚ have also proven to be successfully transferred via the nanopatch. It is anticipated that vaccination costs will be significantly reduced with use of the nanopatch. Manufacture of the patch
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Questions The Biology of Henrietta Lacks 1. There are two types of cervical cancer: invasive and noninvasive. What is the difference between the two and how does noninvasive carcinoma grow? 2. Henrietta’s cancer cells grew with mythological intensity. Why do cancer cells grow so rapidly? 3. Cells often behave differently‚ even cells from the same sample. What gives cells these unique traits? 4. Researchers began to identify chromosomal disorders and discovered that some diseases
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acquires cervical cancer some time in their lives. Everyday‚ about 12 Filipino women die from cervical cancer and for five years‚ more than half of women population diagnosed with cervical cancer die. Cervical cancer is caused by a virus called Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). This is acquired bywomen who had physical contact with a person who have HPV too. Women‚ 30 years and above‚ are most likely prone to cervical cancer. But according to Dr. David‚ she had a patient who got pregnant at the age
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HEALTHY LIVING (BY ROSELINE ONWUKAH‚ ABSUTH) Health as defined by World Health Organization is a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. Many factors affect your health. Some you cannot control‚ such as your genetic makeup or your age. But you can make changes to your lifestyle. By taking steps toward healthy living‚ you can help reduce your risk of heart disease‚ cancer‚ stroke and other serious diseases. For example‚
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life there are decisions that need to be made‚ decisions that could potentially change your whole future. Many parents these days are coming to the point where they need to decide whether to vaccinate their sons and daughters against HPV or not. The human papilloma virus a very common virus. It is the most common sexually transmitted infection that affects about 80% of sexually active people. Doctors‚ scientists and physicians have worked for a long time trying to generate a vaccination against HPV
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Rosario Y. Lopez Mrs. Walker ENG. 1301 November 02‚ 2012 Summary #1: HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny Mike Adams essay‚ “HPV Vaccine Texas Tyranny”‚ demonstrates that the order made by Rick Perry‚ bypassing all the legislatures‚ to mandate the vaccination of young girls with the HPV vaccine sold by Merck‚ one of his contributors in his campaign‚ is absolutely worthless and an outright fraud.(445-447) Adams assumes that reality of all this situation is the push of profits. Adams starts to support
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s is true that La Oroya is the most polluted towns in South America? If so what happens to the people who are living there? - Anonymous Yes‚ La Oroya‚ Peru is the most polluted places in the world. Workers‚ who lived in La Oroya‚ built the factories nearby the Peruvian Andes for lead‚ coal and oil. The operations with the lead smelter running in the town has caused the air covered with toxic. It is most likely effected by children‚ women and other family has been affected by lead poisoning. What
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Cervical Cancer‚ HPV and HPV Vaccine 1. Some types of HPV are strongly associated with a high risk of developing cervical cancer. Scientists believe that HPV initiates a process that leads‚ over time‚ to the development of cervical cancer; and that other factors‚ such as cigarette smoking‚ poor nutrition and infection with the sexually transmitted disease Chlamydia‚ stimulate and lay the groundwork for cervical cancer. 2. Developed countries that have pap
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