Edward Jenner

Edward Jenner was a country doctor in the 18th century during an outbreak of smallpox. He had heard stories that nearby farmers were immune to smallpox because the had been infected with cowpox. Jenner had an idea to try to find the cure for smallpox. He infected a yound boy with cowpox from the pus of an open sore. After the boy was recovered he then infected him with smallpox. After waiting a few days Jenners' theory was proven true. The cowpox caused immunity to smallpox. :)

Hearing Test

Over the past week we have done various hearing test that have been interesting. There was one test that we used a tunning fork to be able the tell the pitch of sound. After the fork was struck it sent out a high pitch noises. Another test we took was a speech and noise test. In this test we put on head phones while a lady talked. She would say a pattern of numbers while back ground noises tried to cover her voice.

At the end of the week we researched chochlear implants and then had a debate on it. There were many different views of whether or not implants were a good idea. On the pro side, statements about the advicements of communication skills were disscused. On the con side, the diffuculties of the proceedure were explained. They were both very convincing sides.

Antibiotics

For antibiotic therapy we played a hands on activity that showed us what would happen if you were to stop taking your antibiotics half way through the treatment. Even if a person were to feel better we learned that there sickness could get worse if they did not complete the antibiotic. We also learned of conjugation, transformation, transduction. Conjugation is mediated by a circular DNA called plasmid, which replications independently of the chromosome. Transformation is the process in which genes are transferred from one bacterium to another through free floating DNA. Transduction is when bacterial DNA is trasferred from one bacteruim to another inside a virus that infects bacteria.

Antibiotic Resistance

An antibiotic resistance is a resistance that the body has to a certain antibiotic. A mutation is any change in the DNA that could sometimes cause change in gene product which is the target protein of the antimicrobial. Genes can be transferred three different ways. One way is by conjugation is mediated by plasmid, which is a kind of circular DNA. Plasmid replicates independently of the chromosome. The second way is by transformation is a process in which genes are trasnferred from a bacterium to another as "naked DNA." Naked DNA is the free floating that is eaten. Lastly genes can be transferred by transduction. Transduction is when bacterial DNA is from one bacterium to another inside a virus that infects bacteria called bacteriophage. Pilus is a hairlike appendage found in bacteria. Pili connect a bacteruim to another bacterium and builds a bridge. This stops the transfer of plasmids between bacterium.

Public Speaking

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Public speaking had got to be one of the most nerve racking things on the planet! In that video it described the different emotions that you feel when have to talk in front of an audience. It truly is as if you are a completely different person. First you start thinking about how horrible it will be. Your knees and hands start shaking and your heart starts to race even before you get up there. Now when you actually get to the podium you start losing memory of every reason why you’re standing there. You ask yourself a million times why you volunteered for this. As you start to speak your words jumble in your head and come out something like this, “alkmvadaiuhiowhpoeijaudha;kvnaskjadfjhauh.” Giving a speech is very hard, but to be honest I am not sure why. Every one messes up from time to time so why be so scared to mess up a little bit. To me it is all a mindset that people have that give a speech is really a scary thing when in reality all you have to do is relax.

1.1 Summary (M.I)

Our journey started off with a college student named Sue Smith. She was having symptoms such as headaches, fatigued and a fever. Sue overlooked it thinking it was just a simple cold as did many other students at her college. We linked all of them together to see how thier illnesses could be related. We ran a few test and tested sue for different possiblitys for the illness. Sue, Marco, Jill and Anthony all test positive for Meningititus by test thier spinal fluid. They needed to be treated with antibotics. Because they all had the same thing we ran an ELISA test to see who was infected first. First we recieved samples from each patient. Then specfic proteins stuck to each sample because of certain detergents we used in the samples. Once the degtergents were cleaned out each test tube had a blue color to it. The darker the color showed us who had been infected the longest. After the ELISA test we ran blast test on all the other patients DNA strands. This test showed us that Anthony and Arnie had influenza B, Maggie had strep throat, and Alvin and Wanda had Herpes.





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Meningitis

When it comes to having meningitis there can be many different symptoms depending on the patient. Some general symptoms are vomiting, high fever, headach, stiffness of the neck, and change in mental status. If the infection becomes worse, symptoms may become fatal. The human brain is surrounded by many different elements. One of these elements is the meninges. The meninges surround the brain and the spinal cord. Being a warm, dark enviroment the meninges is an ideal ground for meningitis to grow. There are not many ways to treat this infection. One way to prevent it is to recieve vaccinations. If you are concerned about having the bacteria you should see your physician so appropriate actions.

When it concerns Sues' situation, the bacteria has already spread through the college. The only way to stop the spread is to get everyone infection treated and vaccions given out to help prevent the spread from getting worse.