The Elusive Prions and CJD: possible to treat? Introduction to Prion Disease Prion disease is an infectious neurodegenerative disease caused by a naturally occurring protein (PrPC) misfolding into an aberrant form (PrPSC) which aggregates and destroys neuronal tissue. PrPSC was originally posited by Stanley Prusiner to be the sole causative moiety in prion disease (Prion Theory)‚ however there is some evidence to suggest that unknown toxic intermediates‚ co-factors‚ and certain nucleic acids
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is not a genetic disease. It is an infectious disease caused by pathogens like: viruses‚ bacteria‚ and fungi.This disease can be inherited or passed down from someone in their environment. For someone to inherit whooping cough they have to get it from their parents or it has to run in their family. The inheritance of a disease depends on how important genetics are to the disease. Strong genetic diseases are inherited‚ partial genetic diseases are sometimes inherited‚ and disease that do not have
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vaccinations‚ vaccines have been around for nearly 200 years and are known to have saved millions of lives by preventing a person from infectious diseases through inoculation. The world’s first vaccine‚ the vaccination for smallpox was developed in 1796 by Edward Jenner‚ a doctor from England. Smallpox‚ which dates back to 1350 B.C.‚ is an infectious and contagious disease that plagued much of Europe and North American colonies during the 17th and 18th century. Smallpox claimed more than million deaths
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against harmful disease. It uses the body’s natural defence to build resistance to specific infections (Australia Government Department of Health‚ 2013). It was Edward Jenner who developed the first vaccine in 1976 against small pox. Centuries later the next vaccine was developed by Louis Pasteur. This was the anti-rabies vaccine (Lombard‚ Pastoret‚ & Moulin‚ 2007). It was these two men who gave hope to other scientist for the development and prevention of other infectious diseases for years to come
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Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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statistics of disease in our country‚ we then think about the safety of vaccinations with a more open viewpoint. Vaccinations can be our lifelong friend‚ or a lifelong enemy. Perhaps there can be no topic with a greater argument in the medical field‚ than that of childhood vaccinations. Vaccines have an important part in the prevention of certain diseases. Vaccine proponents are in full belief that without the help of vaccines we would be susceptible to many rampant diseases and epidemics
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Literature Review Aida Vega El Paso Community College March 8‚ 2013 Aida Vega Professor Kathleen Bombach English 1302 March 8‚ 2013 Everyone that has phenylketonuria or celiac disease knows that this is something serious and it will affect them. Emily Meyers is a mother of a child with phenylketonuria; she says it was the hardest thing. Because not only does she have to give her baby a diet. She knew that if she didn’t take her of her health‚ her daughter could be affected with
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Huntington disease Email this page to a friendShare on facebookShare on twitterBookmark & SharePrinter-friendly version Huntington disease is a disorder in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away‚ or degenerate. The disease is passed down through families. Causes Huntington disease is caused by a genetic defect on chromosome 4. The defect causes a part of DNA‚ called a CAG repeat‚ to occur many more times than it is supposed to. Normally‚ this section of DNA is repeated 10
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Sodaly Chhun Prof. Linda Mallen Due Date: 4/17/13 Research Paper The Effect of Gum Disease on Human Health. People think the way to have a charming smile is to have white teeth. However‚ that is not all there is to have good oral health. Healthy gum tissue also is an important part of tooth structure which enables our healthy bright smile. Healthy gums aren’t just important for your oral health‚ but they can also be important for your overall health. Numerous research studies suggest that other
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Disease is any condition that adversely affects the function of any part of a living thing. Health is the wellbeing of the organism. All our body functions‚ which are under the control of our genes‚ work together to maintain health. Difficulties in determining health and disease: Disease can cover a wide range of conditions including minor conditions‚ such as a cut finger or an ant bite‚ as well as the more obvious diseases like cancers. Health varies on a daily basis and is not just the absence
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