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an acute transmittable disease caused by varicella zoster virus. [4] However, it is often times considered to be a relative mild childhood disease. Chickenpox is easily spread, and can be spread before symptoms are shown. It can be acquired when a person with the virus, sneezes or coughs. It enters the respiratory system, and the infection concentrates in the skin cells for about two weeks. [4] It can also be contracted by touching the virus particles that come from chickenpox blisters or from…

Daniel Noe Summary - Gene Transfer Properties and Structural Modeling of Human Stem Cell-Derived AAV The ability of adeno-associated virus (AAV) to establish latency without helper virus coinfection has made AAV useful as a gene therapy vector. In addition, AAV is able to maintain transgene expression in the absence of toxicity in vivo. AAV virus serotypes are abundant and novel genomes from primate tissues continue to be discovered. This has led to the creation of a variety of AAV vectors with…

The interferons and proteins are said to be involved in preventing a virus from duplicating. Apropos, its was found to have a higher expression of Major Histocompatibility Complex or MHC class II molecules, which interact with immune cells in order to initiate an immune response. Additionally, the MERS-CoV disease produced…

Coronavirus comes from the family of coronaviridae, they are pathogens found in birds and mammals. Coronaviruses is a positive sense RNA virus and it was classified into four genera: Alphacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus, Gammacoronavirus, Betacoronavirus. There are many human types of the virus, for example, MERS-CoV, and SARS-CoV. SARS-CoV is a Severe acute respiratory syndrome. The Severe acute respiratory was found in 2003 when it first hit China and caused a big outbreak. Studies have shown…

cruise ship outbreaks although these outbreaks account for less than 1% of all outbreaks worldwide (5). The symptoms and illness associated with Norovirus infections is often referred to as ‘stomach flu’, despite little resemblance to the influenza virus. Noroviruses are responsible for 21 million infections and over 70,000 hospitalizations annually in the USA, and account for 10-15% of severe cases of gastroenteritis in children less than 5 years old (6). In…

“Chickenpox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), chickenpox used to be a common illness among kids under the age of 12 (The Nemours Foundation, 2014).” An itchy rash of macules, papules, vesicles, pustules, and scabs appears with chickenpox, all stages are present on the body at the same time. “The incubation period is the time between the invasion by the pathogen and the onset of clinical manifestations, the incubation period for chickenpox is 2-3 weeks (Leifer, 2011).” An infected…

Would you change your unborn child if you had the chance? Would you want your child to have light or dark hair? Perhaps, blue eyes instead of brown or vice versa? How about his or her hobbies? What about their thought process concerning knowledge and intellect? Would you be a parent to take advantage of human gene editing to benefit your child? The purposely changing genes that are passed on to a child and future generations create genetically modified individuals. This gives the opportunity to…

As biotechnology continues to advance, a matter that interests both genetic and conservation scientists is the de-extinction of species, or the resurrection of lost species. The idea of Jurassic Park, a 1993 American film where genetic scientists created a wildlife park with cloned dinosaurs, is no longer science fiction. It is becoming an increasingly considered possibility, and with the present-day extinction rate of species higher than ever, scientists have commenced to ponder the prospect of…

Viruses are nonliving, microscopic organisms that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Since they do not have the ability to replicate by themselves, viruses must rely on a host organism which allows the virus to multiple. This is why they are often referred to as cellular parasites. Since they are very small, and they can only be seen by looking through a microscope. There are approximately 5,000 different viruses that have the potential to infect plants, animals, and bacteria. Some are…

cholesterol and take advantage of the clustering of receptors there.1 Attachment to the lipid membrane is advantageous to the virus as endocytosis uses (PI)-3 kinase…