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| Proteins. Catalysts for all chemical reactions in the body |
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| Ex: Enzymes stimulate cell growth and replication. To stop a bacterial infection, simply stop the enzymes. |
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| Haploid (23 chromosomes) sex cells. |
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| 4 important parts of a bacteria cell |
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| cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, Ribosomes |
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| Aids drug trial, where the patients broke contract. the trial was compromised when the patients shared their pills. |
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| Caplans three concepts for health and disease. |
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1. disease is statistically abnormal.
2. disease interferes with survival/reproduction.
3. Health corresponds with the natural design. |
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| Plagiarism. Misuse of Funds. Fabricating Results |
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| Pertains to Drug Trials. allows people to make educated desisions. use Kant to explain. |
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| Assuming the power that was once considered nature's. |
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| Researchers, in an attempt to quell high fertility rates in mice, desided to flood the female mouse's body with the jelly that naturally coats the egg. mouse pox were used as the trojan horse, and to defend the mouse pox from the antibodies they added IL4. although mouse pox is not normally to bad, (because mouse antibodies could stop regular mouse pox) with IL4 it was horribly fatal. |
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| Drugs as defined by Deamer |
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| Natural/synthetic compound that effects a biochemical of physiological process in the body. |
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| Drugs as defined by the FDA |
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| any substance that when used as recommended has a theraputic effect. |
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| Bind to receptors on cell membrane, or in the cytoplasm. they consist of proteins that fold to fit in specific receptors to cause an effect. |
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| needed when the body has a chemical imbalance. hormones facilitate (or provide themselves) chemicals that the body needs. |
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| halt or slow enzyme production needed for bacterias to grow and divide. .OR. slow the synthesis of cell walls or nucleic acids. |
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| Examples of bacterial infections |
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| Strep Throat. plague. Tb. Botcholism. Acne. |
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| are non-living and require a cell to reproduce. they infect cell and release their DNA within. thus producing negative proteins. |
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| Examples of Viral infections |
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| Influenza, chicken and small pox. |
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| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) |
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| Shake a double-helix of DNA until you have the specific gene you desire. heat up the gene until it is denaturized (split into two seperate strands). Cool it down and add Taq Polymerase. this will synthesize the exact opposite strand. in 21 PCRs you can go from 1 to 1,000,000. |
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| Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) |
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| A single instance of varyability in the DNA sequence. |
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| Substitution. Deletion. Insertion. |
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| Remove from an egg the nucleus. fill the nucleus with a diploid nucleus from another animal. initiate cell division with a growth factor. hopefully it will grow, and will be genetically identical to the animal from which the diploid nucleus came from. |
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| Crops with different genes. |
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| Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic |
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| both have: Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, DNA, and Ribosomes. Prokaryotic lacks a nucleus. |
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| It is ethical if it exemplifies the virtues that the user deems important. |
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| Justification due to the people you care about, and their needs. |
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| Don't treat merely as means. Universality. |
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| the making of judgments by government about what is good for people to have, rather than (Autonomy) letting people choose on their own |
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| Breaking down of red blood cells. often associated with Virus. |
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