Homo sapiens have been around on planet Earth for only about 200,000 years and counting. Though the human race has only inhabited earth for a fraction of Earth's existence, mankind has become the foremost species on the planet. How did we achieve such dominance? The reason behind the humans' rise to power was our ability to solve problems. Our relentless effort to achieve a perfect society has driven humanity to new heights. However, there are still major problems that face us today: dangerous viruses, climate change, the social divide between sexes, etc. Currently, what mankind needs the most is to solve these issues.
Millions of people today suffer an illness. Though some diseases can be far more dangerous than others, viruses, in general, pose a great threat to humanity.
A universal cure to these viruses can greatly benefit humanity in the future. Some scientists have devoted their entire lives to create this universal cure. However, technology has proven to be useful in several scientific research areas. With the help of modern technology, a universal serum may be created within our lifetimes. A universal cure will not only be greatly useful to those who are ill but
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More than 95% of scientists agree that fossil fuels does and will continue to cause Earth's temperature to rise to an unhealthy extent. Prohibiting (or greatly limiting) the use of fossil fuels will help not only the environment but also our economies and society. By setting a global standard, we can gradually decrease our dependence on these harmful gasses. However, nations and corporations reluctance to comply with these proposed regulations will eventually cause a global catastrophe. If the only way to prove that this unwillingness can be detrimental to the globe's health is by showing them the consequences firsthand, then the next generation will be negatively impacted by our
The bombing of Pearl Harbor transformed the lives of virtually every single person of Japanese descent living in America. No matter how much they tried, they could only wait for their final destination: a crowded and subpar American concentration camp that gave very minimal wages and barely had enough resources to live. They met this with the common phrase shikata ga nai, or “it cannot be helped”. Between the life of Jeanne Wakatsuki depicted in the book Farewell to Manzanar, who was in one of these concentration camps, and a boy in an average household in times without world wars raging on, there are, expectedly, many more differences, both emotional and physical, than the similarities, between our lives.
In Healthcare System the role of finance is an important aspect in healthcare. In the financial role of healthcare it involves handling operations such as negotiating contracts, making cash available for expenses such as payroll and cover cost for unexpected expenses. The role of finances also makes it capable for leadership to better make plans for the future, when finances are in order organizations can better equipped to make decisions such as is the organization financial able to expand test or treatments and are they able to buy new medical equipment.
Viruses have always made themselves a part of history. Yellow fever, smallpox, and Ebola are only a few that were once dangerous outbreaks. Throughout history viruses have primarily emerged from developing countries and since, affected its population. Action is taken
“This viral vector engineered by my former supervisor, Dr. Rod Stinguard, will indeed seal his personal legacy,” Surina continued. “Overnight, he has propelled his name to the top of the list of contenders for the Nobel Prize in Medicine. Using his formidable connections with the World Governing Body, Stinguard readily gained their approval to distribute the viral vector globally. However, since they only tested twenty healthy subjects with a short follow-up, they could have missed the possibility of mutations on a statistical basis. For this reason, they are phasing in the launch starting in Africa and later in other countries. Stinguard rushed this viral vector’s development, and it is far from being ready for distribution. I always
Current trends in technology help to produce a variety of jobs in the healthcare field. In Contagion, scientists used expensive machinery to discover what the virus was composed of and what the sample determined. Computers helped to look in depth and detail at the the virus’ structure and composition. This helped the scientists determine a number of things such as where it could have originated and how fast it could spread through person-to-person
Climate change, specifically in reference to C02 Emissions released by human use of fossil fuels and their consequential effects on the environment, is perhaps one of the most pressing issues we, not just as Americans, but as human beings face in our lifetimes. Though it may sound like a sensationalist statement the facts are hard to deny. In May of 2013, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The idea of a superbug sweeping the world has long fired up people’s imaginations, the 2011 movie Contagion is one manifestation of such fears, albeit a pretty scientifically-accurate manifestation. While the film certainly depicts a “worst-case scenario,” where an unknown and highly-contagious virus that is difficult to grow in a lab infects millions of people around the globe, it carefully works with the technical details, providing a plausible situation.
In 1971 the twenty-sixth amendment brought down the voting age to eighteen for all states. Voting has gained some astonishing ground. From the picked few to everybody that meets the present voting essentials. Initially, the United States constitution had been controlled so that only white citizen men were qualified to vote. Equity has critically affected this law and today both genders have the right to vote. The principles of voting have changed consistently through many of the years. The fight for decency is still present today and has been exemplified already. With different dubiously discussions, it is always critical for any country to be made of values and rights. In spite of the way that it is seen that the US has accomplished full equity;
Doctors see the importance of vaccines on a local scale, as they protect children and communities, but researchers and scientists see the importance of vaccines on a global scale. Over the years, the world has seen many close calls with viruses such as Ebola, Swine Flu, and Zika, each proving to be slightly more difficult to address yet preparation has not changed to accommodate for the adapting viruses. Researchers and scientists are educated to be a step ahead of viruses that threaten society and the implementation of the CEPI would allow science the means to commence the process of eradicating viruses. Already the CEPI has funding to research three high profile viruses however the more money the CEPI can allocate, the bigger its targets can become. Researchers hope to eventually take on viruses such as HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, three of the most widespread and adaptive viruses in the world today. With most viruses much easier to address when compared to the abilities of HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, researchers hope funding comes quickly. Sciences ability to protect the world from pandemics depends wholly on the success of the CEPI, nowhere else is there funding dedicated solely to the research of viruses and their possible vaccinations. For researchers and scientists, the success of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparation Innovations is crucial for the future of a world threatened by adaptive viruses that currently have no
Viruses directly trade genetic information with living organisms which, “is within the web of life itself.” (Villarreal, 2004) Viruses have formed many ways to avoid being detected by its host immune system. Steps in the immune process can be altered and even controlled by the virus genes found in the virus. If viruses couldn’t adapt to what they are affecting, then how getting one single virus could, multiply up to 100 trillion times in just a few
Hello class. In today’s compare and contrast we will be question bacteria and viruses to see some of their similarities.
It is more difficult to develop drugs against viruses then bacteria because viruses are always changing and producing new strains, enabling scientists to make a drug quick enough to target it. There is also a problem with vaccinations as viruses might work one year and the next year they could be less effective or not work at all.
For as long as we can remember, we have been fighting off viruses as they try to hijack our bodies for their own gain. They attack our cells and force them to create more new viruses, bringing discomfort, illness, and sometimes death to those afflicted with them. Viruses, however, are proving to be more necessary than we initially thought. Scientists have found that some DNA from viruses are vital for our survival as our bodies have learned to harness their abilities.
The article first addresses the issue of whether or not to consider viruses as living. Although viruses used to be thought of as being biological chemicals due to the fact that they consist of nucleic acids
The virus that I had for this project was the virus Polio. The scientific name for this virus is poliomyelitis. poliomyelitis was discovered in 1908 by Karl Landsteiner and Erwin Popper. They discovered the infectious disease was infact polio. They even went as far as taking the spinal cord fluid from a person, who in fact had the disease, and they injected it into a monkey and that monkey was infected with the Polio Virus. They were further able to find that the muscle paralysis was linked to the polio virus. Even though they knew the virus was polio, they could not physically see the disease until the 1950’s due to the invention of the electron microscope. Polio is a Rna based Virus that infects the muscle system on your body that can have