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pneumonia that is caused by a virus that was discovered in 2003. SARS is caused by a member of the family of Coronavirus, the same family that causes the common cold. It is believed that this epidemic was caused by small mammals in China. When someone with the SARS disease sneezes or coughs, droplets of the infection spray out of their mouths. You can easily catch and spread this virus if you breathe in or even touch these particles of infected droplets. The SARS virus can live up to almost six hours

the plants have adapted to that. Where is this place? You may be thinking, well it’s no other than the Boreal Forest. The Boreal forest has a ton of animals actually it has millions of species. Knowing that viruses spread fairly easy. A common virus in the White tailed deer and many others is Herpesviridae or Herpes. The Herpes infection type

The Pros and Cons of Gene Therapy Gene therapy is a very controversial topic that has been discussed in the last five years and is being heavily studied to help cure cancer. Gene therapy is a technique aimed at treating genetic disorders by introducing the correct form of the defective gene into the patient’s genome (Dunlop et al., 2010). There are two main groups of gene therapy and they are germ line gene therapy and somatic gene therapy (Baksh, 2007). Germ line therapy consists of germ cells

A lot of the time when a virus come into contact with the host or as we may know it, the cell, it can insert its genetic material into its host, literally taking over the host's functions. Some viruses may remain dormant inside host cells for long periods, causing no obvious change

“To date, there are no clinical trials involving humans for virus specific therapies for MERS-CoV infection. Data regarding ribavirin, interferon and convalescent plasma are limited. Other medications, such as mycophenolic acid, chloroquine, chlorpromazine, loperamide, and lopinavir, have shown an inhibitory effect

blood transfusions are potentially exposed to transmissible biologic agents that are known or suspected to be associated with specific disorders. These agents range from major known threats such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Hepatitis B virus (HBV) to novel or emerging agents of public health concern such as Dengue and Zika viruses or the agents causing babesiosis and malaria. Human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA has been detected in the peripheral blood mononuclear

includes suicide genes, antiangiogenesis genes, and cellular stasis genes. A common form of gene therapy is to take a genetically engineered virus, or a viral vector, like the Herpes simplex virus (HSV) or Adenovirus. These viruses purposes are to infect cancer cells while leaving the healthy cells in the body alone (Cross). Viruses are modified to rid the virus of the toxicity, but maintain the virus’s high gene transfer capability (El-Aneed). The genes are modified by deleting parts or all of the

viruses cannot be considered alive, on the grounds that’s cells are considered alive as a result of their functions. Since a virus does not contain these functions originally, they cannot possibly be alive. Viruses can be considered alive after they infect a cell host, after transcription they are capable of performing all of a cells metabolic capabilities. This defines a virus as present inside the living metabolic system of a host cell although only as a non-living parasite. This makes it difficult

For this assessment, I have been asked to discuss the mode of transmission, consequences of infection and prevention of a chosen pathogenic organism. I have decided to study the Streptococcus organism which causes Scarlet fever; this occurs in patients with strep infections. I have chosen to study Scarlet fever because this is mainly a childhood disease; an area I hope to study in the future as I continue my journey to become a children’s nurse. Therefore, I would like to study in-depth detail into

Designer Children The chance of a baby receiving every trait and gene that their parent’s desire is like winning the lottery. Yet that dream has become a reality with the new scientific breakthrough of genetic engineering. Now parents are actually able to prevent their child from inheriting a disease as well as choosing eye color, gender, and eventually intelligence and athleticism. Genetic engineering is the process of extracting embryos from the mother that are then examined by a doctor. The