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| allows unambiguous identification of people |
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| Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) |
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| amplifies or produces large quantities of DNA. once this occurs scientist can cleave and cut DNA at specific nucleotide sequences |
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| cut DNA at specific nucleotide sequence producing fragments of different sizes |
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| separation of molecules when an electric current is applied to a gel technique |
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| gene manipulation. altering a gene within an organism |
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| combining DNA from different species |
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| circular piece of bacterial DNA which can make copies of itself |
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| scientists are attempting to map out human genes in order to create stem cells to detect and/or heal genetic diseases |
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| making exact copies of an entire organism |
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| this type of cloning technology involves the use or early embryos that can be induced to develop into particular tissues or organs to be used for transplants |
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| bacteria, archaea, eukarya |
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| plantae, animalia, fungi, protista, bacteria, archaea |
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| do not contain a nucleus. bacteria and archaea |
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| disease causing organisms |
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| group of single-celled organisms |
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contagious disease which spreads rapidly and extensively among members of a population |
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mechanisms of disease transmission
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exposure to body fluids, transmission through intermediate hosts, inhalation, ingestion |
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sexually transmitted diseases, mono, hepatitis B and C, common cold, influenza |
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transmission through intermediate host |
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lyme disease, west nile virus, malaria, bubonic plague |
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cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, food poisoning |
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skin, secretions and mucous membranes |
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ingestion of pathogens by (white blood) cells |
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phagocytic white cells which move throughout the lympathic fluid |
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reaction producing redness, pain, swelling and fever that is induced by chemicals released from macrophages |
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molecules that are foreign to the host and stimulate the immune system to react |
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B cells secret proteins that bind to and inactivate antigens |
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produce and secret defense proteins |
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| nuetrophils and macrophages enter damage tissue and engulf pathogens and debris |
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nuetrophil extra cellular traps which trap bacteria then have enzymes kill bacteria |
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pathogen= antigen=foreign substance |
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macrophages= fagocitic cell involved in inflammation
T c cells= killer of infected cells and strategy against viral infection
T h cells= regulate immune response
B cells= produce and secret defense proteins |
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