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    The Andromeda Strain

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    In the book‚ The Andromeda Strain there is a problem that faces mankind. This problem is a strange virus that comes to Earth from an unmanned satellite‚ which was in space. This satellite crashes into a small town in Arizona‚ which has a population of 38 people. When this satellite crashes into the Earth‚ it kills everyone‚ except for an old man and a two-month old baby. There are two scientists who have the job of going to the crash site and gathering up the remains from the satellite. While the

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    fight off this infection. Type C only affects humans and causes mild infections. The flu shot contains three virus strains to help you fight the flu. Two of them are subtypes from both type A and B. These strains are the biological form of the flu‚ and having them in your body they create a stronger immune system. Then your body will be able to fight off infections that are found in those virus strains. The vaccines goes through a process called DNA sequencing where they

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    Michael Chitko Mrs. Schultz Accelerated Biology March 29‚ 2012 What ways do viral illnesses spread and How can we protect ourselves from these illnesses Have you ever got coughed on and then the next day you are at home in your bed resting because you got sick. Well‚ everyone probably knows what I am talking about and got sick this way at least once in their life time. Today I am here to talk about many different ways a viral illness can spread and how you can protect from it. The most common

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    Momordica charantia The phytochemical prospection of the fresh and dried leaves extracts‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ and bark of the plant contains resins‚ alkaloids‚ flavonoids‚ glycosides‚ steroids‚ terpenes‚ cardiac glycoside‚ saponins having various medicinal importance viz. anti-HIV‚ anti-plasmodial‚ shigellocidal‚ anti-diarrheal‚ anti-septic‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-viral‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-microbial‚ hypoglycemic‚ antioxidant‚ analgesic and hepatoprotective properties. PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi

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    means that they are passes from one person to another. Chicken pox is an infectious disease and in some cases it can be deadly. Chicken pox is caused by the herps varicella zoster virus. The first time that you get the varicella zoster virus it always causes chicken pox. Chicken pox is spread through contact with the virus filled blisters‚ via the

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    For many years‚ leukemia and cancer had taken the lives of many victims. There have been numerous attempts to kill off these diseases but to no avail. However‚ Immune Engineering may change the way that we view cures for leukemia and cancer. This new type of research and cure process might just be the answer that the human race as a whole had been looking for. Using T Cells from the human body and mutating them to help defend the human body. Certain genetically altered white blood cells are made

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    Nine Properties of Life

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    living things evolve with time. The final and ninth step of life is the Adaptations‚ the ability to overcome and fit in lives structures‚ behaviors and most important the environment. Viruses cannot reproduce without the help of living cells. A Virus has to infect a cell and once the cell is infected it will marshal the cells ribosomes and enzymes to reproduce. A prion is mostly protein and although proteins are components of living cells‚ a prion is not. The interesting thing about prions are

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    E. coli O157:H7

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    mature phages. One of the phages has the incorporated bacterial DNA‚ that one are called defective virus. This defective virus infected other bacterium but instead of injecting viral nucleic acid it is injecting bacterial DNA. The new infected bacterium will recombine its own DNA with the received bacterial DNA from the phages. The virus will not replicate or lyses the cell because it is a defective virus. The bacterium survives and can use this new genetic material that was incorporated into its chromosome

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    Outline on Genital Herpes

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    Symptoms of Genital Herpes Treatment for Genital herpes The definition of Genital Herpes. A. Definition 1. Genital herpes is highly contagious‚ sexually transmitted viral infection of the genital and anal regions caused by herpes simplex virus and characterized by small clusters of painful lesions. B. First discovered by Hippocrates in the early ancient Greek times. Hippocrates was a Greek physician and that was highly reckoned as the superlative physician of his time. The human body

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    Eric Zhong D17C 10/14/11 Infectious Disease (Extra credit paper) Infectious Disease - A disease caused by a microorganism or other agent‚ such as a bacterium‚ fungus‚ or virus‚ which enters the body of an organism. Chickenpox (Varicella Zoster infection) The cause of chickenpox is caused by a virus called Varicella Zoster. Varicella Zoster is one of 8 herpes viruses knows to infect people it’s common for kids but more dangerous for adults. It is known to spread mostly to kids at the

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