Encounter (2)

              Our world is full of many things that we are unaware of. We may have so much knowledge on a subject that another person would have no clue on. Today, at my music lesson, I learned about the Hand-Foot-and mouth disease. At my lesson, I asked my teacher how is children were doing and he let me know that is youngest child had this viral infection. He let me know how common this was among kids. I was familiar with many kids contracting chicken pox but this was something that I was completely unaware about. The most common disease has the coxsackievirus A16 strand. This non polio enterovirus is mostly common in children because of diaper changes, potty training, and little children putting their hands in their mouth. Adults are also able to contract this disease as well. The disease causes rashes around the mouth, feet, and hands. The virus is able to stay in the infected individuals system for about a week. You can contract this disease by coming in contact with bodily secretions from the infected individual. In class, we learn about how our bodies can do so many diverse functions. Each cell is different, whether it be red or white blood cells. They all have a specific role. We rely on how our bodies fight foreign material in order to survive. The fact that this disease is not fatal is because we are assuming that our body will fight the virus. White blood cells play a quintessential part in our daily lives. The world is full of things that we do not know and so we never stop learning new things. 

                                 

                                         

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http://www.cdc.gov/features/handfootmouthdisease/

Dictionary (3)

• Chaperones: Proteins that bind and stabilize unfolded proteins.

          Chaperones can be found in both eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.

• Nuclear Pore Complex: A large protein that is found in the nuclear envelope that enables materials to be transported from the cytoplasm into the nucleus and vice versa. 

          RNA and ribosomal proteins are able to move from the nucleus into the cytoplasm through the           nuclear pore complex.

• Lytic Cycle: A type of viral reproduction that results in the destruction of a host cell and release of new viruses. 

          Lytic cycle and lysogenic cycles are types of viral reproductions.

                                                                     
                                                                        Websites!

http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nuclear+pore+complex

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_pore

http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Lytic_cycle

http://classes.midlandstech.edu/carterp/Courses/bio225/chap13/ss3.htm

http://www.nature.com/ncb/journal/v7/n8/fig_tab/ncb0805-736_F1.html

Encounter (1)

                                                                       Zika Virus

We always find viral things on the internet without even trying. New ideas and events are shared all over the internet. You know almost everyone who has access to the internet knows about the "new thing" everyone is talking about. This new thing does not have to be a good thing. Something that I had stumbled on recently is the Zika virus. At first, I thought it was just another virus until I saw numerous articles on it. Each new article that came out describes how it's spreading very quickly. I heard about it on the radio as well. Even though I have never encountered the virus, reading about it intrigued me. The virus is spread through a mosquito bite and is found in Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Infected individuals experience mild flu-like symptoms. Based on certain situations, the virus has caused pregnant women to give birth to babies who have microcephaly. This is still being tested but pregnant women are told to not travel in these areas until the situation is handled. This has a lot to do with my Cell and Molecular Biology class. In class, we learned about how our cells replicate DNA and how the cell functions. In order for a virus to be able to reproduce, it needs a host cell. The virus incorporates itself into the genetic material of the host. The process of how it uses the host cell is what relates the virus to class. In order for us to understand how something is affecting our bodies negatively, we need to first understand what is supposed to happen to be considered normal. Everything affects us either directly or indirectly, we just have to find the connection.




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                                           http://www.cdc.gov/zika/pregnancy/index.html