Something to Grapple with: How Wily Lyme Disease Prowls the Body
From animals to humans, Lyme disease is affecting many individuals across the world. With symptoms such as fatigue and pain, Lyme disease can range from being debilitating to consuming your entire life. Scientists had very little research to find why the disease persists so long in the body until researchers at the University of Toronto investigated that the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi is the problem. It actually attaches to the inner surface of the organisms’ blood vessels. This allowed the bacteria to reach vulnerable tissues or hiding places inside the body. This is all made possible due to the adhesive protein from the bacterium that hooks onto endothelial cells that line blood vessels.
The researchers aimed to observe this attachment and understand how and where exactly it occurs. After watching it under fluorescent light, the researchers found that the bacteria is aided by a protein called BBK32 which helped it travel quickly through the vessels. This attaching as researchers found is …show more content…
From the time you knew nothing about your fetus, to now when you even know the color hair he or she will have, progress in the genetic field is overwhelming. For example, the article, “Too Much Information? Noninvasive Genetic Tests for the Unborn” describes how parents are now able to have noninvasive genetic tests for the unborn to know what really is going on with their unborn baby. Dennis Lo, a chemical pathologist did a study on 753 women whom were pregnant. “He counted the proportion of DNA molecules found in the mother’s blood that were derived from chromosome 21-individuals with Down syndrome have 3 copies rather than 2 and diagnosed 1000% of fetuses who would be born with the disorder. This prevents “98% of invasive procedures, such as amniocentesis. The trial did have false positives so invasive tests would have to be utilized”
From animals to humans, Lyme disease is affecting many individuals across the world. With symptoms such as fatigue and pain, Lyme disease can range from being debilitating to consuming your entire life. Scientists had very little research to find why the disease persists so long in the body until researchers at the University of Toronto investigated that the bacterium Borrelia Burgdorferi is the problem. It actually attaches to the inner surface of the organisms’ blood vessels. This allowed the bacteria to reach vulnerable tissues or hiding places inside the body. This is all made possible due to the adhesive protein from the bacterium that hooks onto endothelial cells that line blood vessels.
The researchers aimed to observe this attachment and understand how and where exactly it occurs. After watching it under fluorescent light, the researchers found that the bacteria is aided by a protein called BBK32 which helped it travel quickly through the vessels. This attaching as researchers found is …show more content…
From the time you knew nothing about your fetus, to now when you even know the color hair he or she will have, progress in the genetic field is overwhelming. For example, the article, “Too Much Information? Noninvasive Genetic Tests for the Unborn” describes how parents are now able to have noninvasive genetic tests for the unborn to know what really is going on with their unborn baby. Dennis Lo, a chemical pathologist did a study on 753 women whom were pregnant. “He counted the proportion of DNA molecules found in the mother’s blood that were derived from chromosome 21-individuals with Down syndrome have 3 copies rather than 2 and diagnosed 1000% of fetuses who would be born with the disorder. This prevents “98% of invasive procedures, such as amniocentesis. The trial did have false positives so invasive tests would have to be utilized”