Cutter Laboratories

Throughout history, humans have always held a fascination with extraterrestrial life. Science fiction tales were written in the second and tenth centuries (Joy and “Satire or the First Science”). Crop circles were claimed to be found in medieval times (Radford). Searches for canals built by martians were carried out more than two hundred years ago (Simon). The fascination with alien life integrated itself into human culture and as it changes, the beliefs change as well. Science fiction allows…

immunity quickly waned when the first handful of children who had fallen ill after receiving the vaccine were reported to Washington. After two weeks, six children were identified as paralyzed after getting doses of the immunization from Cutter’s Laboratories, a pharmaceutical company manufacturing and distributing Salk’s vaccine. As time went on dozens more children vaccinated with Cutter’s product were falling to their demise or becoming completely paralyzed (Mnookin…

Sports is the vigorous physical activity involving exertion and skills. It helps in maintaining the physical and mental health of the individual. So, some choose it up as a profession and some pick it as an antidote to stress of fast moving life. Oxford describes sports as a game or competitive activity in which individuals come together for competition or for amusement (1). Irrespective of the reason of playing that is competition or amusement “Injury is part of the game” and is inevitable.…

Anthrax, smallpox and plague potential bioterrorism agents and are caused by microbial pathogens. Bioterrorism is the deliberate release of viruses, bacteria, or other germs (agents) used to cause illness or death in people, animals, or plants. These agents are typically found in nature, but it is possible that they could be changed to increase their ability to cause disease, make them resistant to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment. These…

The Mercedes Benz’ “Close to Our Hearts” advertisement utilizes professional rhetoric to alter it’s audience’s mood with auditory and visual cues in order to evoke emotions and thoughts that tie the company and audience together in hopes that the audience may be persuaded to purchase a new vehicle. Because this is a marketing strategy by Mercedes Benz to connect with consumers, it is fairly obvious that the speaker in this commercial is the brand themselves. With Mercedes propagation of this…

I remember how obtaining a blood culture from the patient was so important. The laboratory values played an essential part in providing treatment for the patient. I never realized how much information these values truly reveal. The ER doctor informed me that the type of treatment the patient was going to receive from her, was fully dependent…

unambiguously heterosexual, then Holmes is a genius of deductive science and criminological diagnosis. There is a sense in which this genius is psychologically abnormal in the stories; Holmes is first encountered in a medical environment, the chemical laboratory at Bart’s, a setting which is more immediately suggestive of the mad scientist than the detective. His medical knowledge is described as “desultory and eccentric” (16). He, Sherlock, beats the cadavers in the mortuary with a walking…

and Development of Neurological Conditions Using Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Samir Nacer Lab Partners: Krystine Sora, Sierra Sandler, Ali, Alfredo Lam, Natalia Figueroa Biology 3600 Genetics I with Lab Instructor: Dr. Robert Smith Laboratory Assistant: Eileen Date of Experiment: November 7th, 2016 Abstract: A migraine is a neurological condition in which blood vessels dilate causing an extreme aching pain on a specific side of the human skull. There may be a link between…

Digital recording was a much more exact science facilitating easy editing, reproduction and storage solutions. The emergence of digital audio coincided with the development of the audio compact disc which is the most common medium in the commercial audio industry to date. Due to its precise nature, there is a growing culture of running a signal through analogue equipment to give it ‘warmth'. Towards the end of the 1980s, computer based sequencing and studio controlling exploded onto the…

Introduction Hindustan Aeronautics is an Indian state-owned Aerospace and defence company based in Bangalore, Karnataka. It is governed under the management of the Indian Ministry of Defence. The government-owned corporation is primarily involved in the operations of the aerospace industry. These include manufacturing and assembly of aircraft, navigation and related communication equipment and airports operation. The Engine Division, which is ISO-9002 certified, was set up in 1957 to…