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By utilizing these two transgene expressions in a synchronized way, the adenovirus is granted the ability to replicate, specifically when it is within a tumor cell. The promoter hTERT controls the specificity of E1a’s ability for viral replication. This assures that the adenovirus only replicates within cancer cells because the gene marker is only triggered where the hTERT expression is prevalent, which, as indicated earlier, is only within cancerous cells. Another impressive dimension that adds

Poliomyelitis is a highly contagious and aggressive virus which attacks motor neurones attached to the spinal chord and brainstem. There is no cure for Polio however there is a vaccine which contains a mixture of live and weakened strains of the three types of polio; Bulbar polio, spinal polio and bulbospinal polio. Poliomyelitis is an aggressive virus which is able to pass through the three line of defence. It is passed through the first line by the faecal/oral route and enters the bloodstream.

The resistance of bacteria to antibiotics is becoming a grave and global medical problem. This is because whenever antibiotics are taken the development of resistance is a given consequence; bacteria adapt to changing environmental conditions through the continuous process of evolution. The main issue with antibiotics is not whether but when antibiotic resistance will occur. This resistance is caused by the lack of new antibiotics available and continuing over-prescription of antibiotics. Any bacteria

The world of genetics has mainstreamed into medical practice, transforming the way patients are treated. Recently, gene therapy has been propelled into the spotlight with the most recent successful clinical trial in which scientists reprogrammed ordinary cardiac cells in pigs to mirror the function of the sinoatrial node, thereby inducing a steady heartbeat. In the last few decades since its inception, gene therapy has rapidly advanced; there have been remarkable strides in its methods and an increase

Genetic engineering and enhancement is the modification of the genetic material of an organisms, usually to improve it or remove any genetic defects using biotechnology. There’s a lot of concern regarding the manipulation of human genomes, even those of other organisms and our food such as GMOS. Genetic engineering can be used for a lot of positive things, but it comes with great risks and has the potential to be taken to extremes where it does more harm than good; there’s also a threat of people

Counteracting Your Well-Being Unknowingly Pounding your pediatric healthcare professional for answers in relation to your illness? Demanding a solution to cure you? Put your irritation to rest and get educated on antibiotic resistance. Approximately fifty years ago antibiotics became readily available to society. Education has lacked vital information throughout these fifty years and continues to show today. Patient demands sway doctors to take the easy route by suiting demands. Pediatric Nursing

inflammation caused by a virus. It may also be called “acute viral encephalitis or aseptic encephalitis';. Encephalitis is an infectious disease of the Central Nervous System characterized by pathologic changes in both the gray and white matter of the spinal cord and brain. It may be due to specific disease entity such as rabies or an arthropod-borne virus (arbovirus), or it may occur as a sequela of influenza, measles, German measles, chicken pox, herpes virus infection, small pox, vaccinia

Hepatitis A virus (formerly known as Enterovirus 72) has a long history and it still has a big impact on human populations in the modern world. From time of the ancient Greek doctor Hippocrates, Hepatitis A virus (HAV) was noted for causing jaundice. By the 8th century, it was realized that icteric disease was caused by an infectious agent. Later in the history, in 1885, it was discovered by scientists that hepatitis could be spread through blood transfusions. Now, it is well- known that the virus is mainly

Ebola was first recognized in 1976 as the cause of outbreaks of disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then known as Zaire) and in Sudan. About three hundred people in each of the two nations were infected with the virus, resulting in a mortality rate of 88% in Zaire, and 53% in Sudan (Bulletin of the WHO 1978). The disease as it was discovered spread through direct contact of unmans to humans, and then thought, from non-human primates to humans. The epidemic was a result of unsafe and

INTRODUCTION Agrobacterium Tumefaciens is an aerobic gram negative bacteria that is commonly known as a causal agent of Crown Gall disease in a wide array of plants. Agrobacterium Tumefaciens uses horizontal gene transfer “which is any process in which an organism transfers genetic material to another cell that is not its offspring.” (Black, Microbiology, pg13) to cause tumors in plants. It causes tumors by transferring a small segment of its DNA and inserting itself in a semi random location