Viruses

manipulation DNA. Although testing and administering knowledge of genetically engineering people is the only way to discover whether the damage to the environment will be calamitous or minimal, is risking our planet 's function worth it? Practices where viruses are altered and injected into the body, using animal DNA to genetically enhance humans, and traits of infants are handpicked to create the…

13. Our advantage in the “survive and reproduce race” is that we are intelligent. We know that we want to reproduce and survive. We learn mechanisms or tactics to protect ourselves and survive. An example of this is antibiotics. The author describes the battle between bacteria and antibiotics as an “Arm race” because whenever new antibiotics are introduced or discovered bacteria always develop resistance to it. An example is penicillin when it first came out in 1928, it worked great but 22 years…

each of your selected events. A short History of Computer Viruses: 1983 – This is the year when the term “Virus” was introduced by Frederick Cohen for the computer programs that are infectious as it has the tendency to replicate. The beginning of the virus history is much older. The very first implication for program acting like a “VIRUS” is “Self-Reproduction Automata” established in 1949 to produce a large amount of viruses. In 1966, an article wrote by the…

flu epidemics. This strain’s viruses is so strong, it can even infect animals. Wild birds often act as hosts to spread this strain, but you can even catch it from your pet. This strain is also spread through contact with surfaces touched by an infected person. B, on the other hand, can only infect humans. This strain’s viruses do not cause severe reactions, but can still be lethal. This strain’s viruses has, so far, not caused any known epidemics. Influenza C viruses are also found in people.…

surface of a bacteria, the tube portion contracts, then the legs or tails of the virus inject the genetic materials into the bacterium. Bacteriophage could be used to combat bacterial diseases in the process called bacteriophage therapy. This is when viruses are injected or transported to the place of the bacterial disease, then the virus located and destroys the bacteria which fights infections. This is better than regular antibiotics because they try to kill all of the bacteria that the…

7. (2 points) Discuss the arguments for and against the classification of viruses as living organisms. For: viruses are classified as living organisms due to their possession of DNA or RNA in their systems. DNA and RNA are essential components of any living organism. Against: Viruses are only alive when they are present and depend on another living…

In the 1920s and 1930s, Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union began to utilize phages to treat bacterial infections, realizing that they had the potential to kill harmful viruses. Though the use of bacteriophages to treat infections has diminished since the creation of antibiotics, antibiotic resistant illnesses are causing scientists to begin reexamining the potential medical applications for phages. In addition to their…

Viruses are typically species-specific, with one type of virus affecting one species of host. Therefore, a human virus cannot infect a feline and vice versa. The reasoning behind this limitation is that viruses use docking proteins to attach to surface receptors on host cells. Moreover, the cell membrane proteins attach to docking chemicals (Daempfle, 2016). In addition, viruses also utilized this docking system in order to attach to host cells. Obvious exceptions exist which include…

eukaryotic and prokaryotic. Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells are similar yet very different. But in addition to the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, we have viruses—they are not regarded as life in the scientific community, however, they are important because they infect those which have life (i.e humans). Eukaryotes, prokaryotes and viruses are entities that we come in contact with everyday and therefore need to be studied. There are three prominent ways in which biologists can compare and…

recovery of an illness. Viruses can become resistant to medicine just as our bodies could resist to some sicknesses. In the book Biological Terrorism by Steve Goodwin and Randall W. Phillis they present a history of microorganism used to help cure diseases and misused by Medics, and biological warfare. To combat sickness scientist have studied ways to reduce deaths caused by diseases by developing vaccines. The use of vaccinations aids a sick person to cure a certain viruses like the flu or…