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Being A Virologist
Number of words: 551 - Number of pages: 3.... find cures and vaccines. But I know that they need
antibodies to make these cures. And there are two primary ways of making
these antibodies. One, they can take them from patient zero. Patient
zero would be where the virus originated from.
Two, they could inject into an animal like a horse. If the animal,
horse creates antibodies to fight off the virus, we take some of its blood.
And from the plasma we extract the antibodies. Here is a method used
long ago. Lets say that you were going to get vaccinated from the common
cold. In the old days, they would take a dead virus an .....
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Vegetarian Diet
Number of words: 2410 - Number of pages: 9.... to be the father of vegetarianism, encouraged a non-meat diet among his followers as a diet that was the most natural and healthful (Messina 3).
A excludes the consumption of meat, and can be exercised by people for a number of reasons. The largest majority of individuals chose vegetarianism for health related reasons. For example, someone with an ulcer might be prescribed a strict diet of vegetables in order to promote the healing process. Or someone with a dangerously high level of cholesterol might be advised to follow a to lower his or her fat and cholesterol intake.
The immorality .....
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Mad Cow Disease
Number of words: 1987 - Number of pages: 8.... hope to set out the true facts about
BSE and that it only affects a small percent of the world population. Due to
the fact BSE is a new disease most of my information might be proven wrong in
the future because there is a great deal of testing going on in the scientific
community. They are also very concerned about this new disease and the effects
it can have on humans if it is not stopped.
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy is not some bacteria and it is not a virus,
but in fact it is an infectious protein or prion [Greger p.2]. Before I go into
more detail, I would like to discuss what .....
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The Ethics Of Euthanasia
Number of words: 540 - Number of pages: 2.... has frequently been severely punished. Euthanasia, however, occurs
secretly in all societies, including those in which it is held to be
immoral and illegal.
Organizations supporting the legalization of voluntary euthanasia
were established in Great Britain in 1935 and in the United States in 1938.
They have gained some public support, but so far they have been unable to
achieve their goal in either nation. In the last few decades, Western laws
against passive and voluntary euthanasia have slowly been eased, although
serious moral and legal questions still exist.
Cri .....
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Bipolar Affective Disorder
Number of words: 2040 - Number of pages: 8.... disorder refers to patients with preexisting psychiatric illness other
than depression or mania (Goodwin, Guze. 1989, p.7 ).
Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent or three
million persons in the United States, afflicting both males and females.
Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. The manic episodes
are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased
need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often reckless or irresponsible
behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). These episodes may alternate with profound
depre .....
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Side Effects Of Carl Djerassi And Syntex's Oral Contraceptive
Number of words: 1214 - Number of pages: 5.... of his accomplishment. The ethical dilemma was not explored before hand, and this to me is the great tragedy of most scientific discovery, since I firmly believe each scientist is responsible for that which he creates. Djerassi does confront a few questions of ethics and morality after the fact.
On page 61, in chapter 6, he reflects on the argument of the use of poor Mexican and Puertorrican women for preliminary experiments. Is this just another manifestation of exploitation of the poor? Djerassi says absolutely not.
Yes, the poor our the initial guinea pigs for research but this .....
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Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
Number of words: 1443 - Number of pages: 6.... use of cotton. In 1936 Dupont
joined Hearst and using scare tactics and effective lobbying were able to ban
the growth, sale, and use of Marijuana.
Besides denying the public of the use of Marijuana as a textile, food
source, and alternative energy source, these large companies selfishly robbed
many sick people of a drug that can help them. Marijuana can be used to combat
glaucoma, epilepsy, Multiple Sclerosis, back pain, asthma, rheumatism, arthritis,
migraines, emphysema, cystic fibrosis, and promotes appetite in some cancer and
AIDS patients. Drugs like morphine, valium, lithium, and .....
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Alcohol Abuse
Number of words: 720 - Number of pages: 3.... for alcoholism. There has been extensive studies on factors in
the genes that could determine or influence the use of alcohol from generation
to generation. However, these studies have shown no hard evidence for an
association between alcoholism and inherited factors.
The learning and social model proposes that alcoholism is a process
that is slowly developed within a social situation or atmosphere. This model of
alcoholism has also been researched by using both human and animal subjects. A
conditioning model of alcohol tolerance has demonstrated that specific cues from .....
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An American Crisis: Gulf War Syndrome
Number of words: 2057 - Number of pages: 8.... of low-levels of chemical and biological warfare agents the troops were
exposed to during their service in the Persian Gulf. I can justify my belief by
the number of ailing vets and Saddam's stockpile of chemical and biological
weapons.
The use of chemical warfare in the Gulf is a reality. First there was the Iraqi
Arsenal, they possessed several weapons of the death. They were building
nuclear weapons and already had chemical and biological weapons. Iraq owned
1500 gallons of anthrax which were in 50 bombs and 10 missiles, and 100 bombs
and 15 missiles were loaded with the toxin .....
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The Functions And Disorders Of The Liver
Number of words: 702 - Number of pages: 3.... the body. The liver also regulates
the amount of red blood cells in circulation by breaking down and absorbing
the cells. As a filter the liver absorbs harmful chemicals and even some
poisons and breaking them down into less harmful materials. The liver then
allows the substance to pass out of the body.
The substance left after the blood cells have been broken down, any
unusable nutrients have been broken down, and chemicals that are to be
passed are ready these substances are combined and made into bile. Bile is
the common substance that the liver produces to aid in the digesti .....
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