Bacteriology

Martha Chase: DNA Discoveries Alfred Hershey was born in Owosso, Michigan. He graduated from Michigan State in 1934 with a Ph.D. After his Ph.D., Hershey accepted a position at the Washington University School of Medicine in the Department of Bacteriology, where he started working on bacteriophage. In 1946, working with Max Delbruck, a fellow scientist, Hershey discovered that phage can recombine when co-infected into a bacterial host, which lead to research a new area of phage genetics. Martha…

1942, he worked with Dr. Thomas Francis, a respected virologist and epidemiologist, researching on influenza virus and a vaccine for the virus at the University of Michigan. In 1947, he went to University of Pittsburgh and became a professor of bacteriology from 1949 onward. He later applied to National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and began research on poliovirus. During the 1950s, Poliomyelitis or polio was one of the most feared epidemic disease. It is an acute viral infection that…

different from the centuries–old humoral theory, germ theory revolutionized the theory and practice of medicine and the understanding of disease.” (Germ Theory, paragraph 1) Scientist Dibdin’s solution of a water filtration system and strategy of bacteriology proved to be the most rational sanitation strategy of its kind. “Within this politically charged atmosphere, bacteriological science was cast as a shining beacon of knowledge that could lead the city from the dark pessimism of the council…

According to Abraham Lincoln, “it’s not the years in your life count, it is the life in your years”. This quote is important to me because I believe a life well lived is that which has impacted the society in a positive way. My parents deserted me at the age of four due to reasons unknown to me but known to them. I lived most of childhood with my grandparents who greatly took care of me. However, while I was in high school, my grandpa was diagnosed with diabetes Mellitus, which had affected his…

One of the most well known bacterial diseases is strep throat, which is caused by the streptococcal bacteria. To cure strep, most doctors would prescribe antibiotics. However, without the discovery of penicillin, strep would still be a very dangerous infection. Penicillin is an antibiotic from the mold penicillium notam, and works by indirectly breaking down a bacteria’s cell walls. The drug prevents a protein from repairing holes in the wall, and by osmosis, water rushes in and the bacteria…

Victorian Era Have you ever heard of the Victorian Era? In this research paper I will teach you different subjects of what happened in this era. Some of the subjects are health, government, and social classes. In this era Queen Victoria reigned for 63 years, making her the longest reigning monarch in the history of England and Scotland. During this era daily life was harsh for commoners. The Victorian period was very prosperous for the middle class. In the Victorian era health was very…

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In the three years that have passed since I earned my undergraduate degree, much has changed in my life. For a year and half, I moved to West Virginia to work with an intracellular human pathogen, Chlamydia trachomatis, that has caused a serious public-health problem. In afterward, I transitioned to Maryland where I am currently working as an Intramural Research Training Award postbaccalaureate (IRTA) research fellow at the National Institute of Health (NIH) investigating against the common…

HISTORY OF PREVELANCE: It is not clear when gas gangrene was officially discovered, although records from the Civil War indicate it was known at the time (Gillett, 1987, p. 280). Hospital gangrene was much more common than Gas Gangrene during the Civil War because it spread through direct contact (Gillett, 1987, p. 280). Gas gangrene was relatively uncommon during the Civil War, but became much more common in later wars such as World War I and World War II. In World War I, gas gangrene was the…

Introduction: Microbiology is the study of all living microorganisms like bacteria, fungi, protozoans…etc, and non-living microorganisms like viruses, viroids and prions. The significance of identifying an unknown microorganism is first to understand what type of organism it is and what structures it has to help figure out their potential benefit, danger or even neutrality to humans. Physicians benefit from this by identifying what their patients are suffering from and how to treat them. Also…