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Immune Systems Flashcards

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Antibiotic

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kill bacteria, taken for bacterial infections such as salmonella and gonorrhoea

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Antibody

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a Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralise foreign objects such as pathogens

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Antigen

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a toxin or foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body

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Antireterovirals

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a specific type of antivirals for HIV

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Antiseptic

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a type of disinfectant that is safe for use on skin

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Anti-Toxin

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an antibody with the ability to neutralise a specific toxin

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Antiviral

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taken for viruses such as measles

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Athlete’s Foot

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a type of fungal infection

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Bacteria

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a large group of unicellular microorganisms which have cell walls but lack organelles and an organized nucleus, including some that can cause disease

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Bacteria Growth Formula

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bacteria at the end of growth period = bacteria at the beginning of the growth period x 2^number of divisions

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B-Cell

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a type of lymphocyte that produces antibodies used to attack bacteria, viruses and toxins

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Binary Fission

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asexual reproductions with no fertilisation, where one organism splits in tow, e.g. bacterial reproduction

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Carbon Monoxide

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a chemical found in tobacco smoke that causes damage to cells

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Carcinogen

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things that cause cancer or significantly increase your risks of developing cancer

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Casual Mechanism

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something that explains how one factor influences another, eg agar gel

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Clinical Stage

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the second part of a drug trial, where drugs are tested on healhty humans to test for side effects and toxicity before being tested on people with the illness to see if they work before being released

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Codeine

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a strong painkiller made of opiates

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Disease

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a disorder of structure or function in a human, animal or plant which may have a range of symptoms and be caused by bacteria

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Disinfectants

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used to kill bacteria in the environment

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Double Blind Trials

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a trial where neither the people administering the drug or the patients know if they are being given a real drug or a placebo

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Drug

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a medicine or other substance that has a physiological effect when ingested or otherwise introduced to the body

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Epidemic

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a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time

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Fungicides

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taken for fungal infections

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Herd Immunity

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where, by way of the majority of the population being vaccinated, an unvaccinated person is less likely to catch a disease

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Hybridoma

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cells created during the production of monoclonal antibodies by the fusion of an antibody-specific lymphocyte and a tumour cell

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Immune

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not being able to catch a disease because you already have antibodies in your blood to fight it

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Immunosuppressants

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medications that suppress the immune system

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Lymphocyte

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a type of white blood cell

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MRSA

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Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus

an infection caused by specific bacteria that are immune to common antibiotics, spread by getting into cuts, the bacteria live in people’s noses

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Monoclonal Antibodies

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lots of one type of antibodies

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Mutation

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a change in the structure of a gene

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Painkiller

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a drug or medicine that numbs pain receptors, stopping pain

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Pandemic

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a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease over a whole country or the world at a particular time

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Penicillin

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a type of naturally-occurring mould which can be used as an antibiotic

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Phagocyte

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type of cell that has the ability to engulf and ingest foreign particles such as bacteria

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Placebo

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a medicine that does not contain the actual medicine being tested, used in drug trials as a control

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Preclinical Testing

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testing that happens to a drug before it is tested on humans, eg on computers, tissues and animals

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Protein Coat

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what viruses have instead of cell walls or cell membranes

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Resistant

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in the case of antibiotics, where an antibiotic does not work on a specific person

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T-Cells

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lymphocytes which attack the body’s own cells if they become infected with a virus or become cancerous

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Toxin

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a poison of plant or animal origin

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Vaccine

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a dead or weakened version of a pathogen

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Virus

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a large group of disease-carrying protists

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White Blood Cells

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cells that engulf pathogens and make antibodies and anti-toxins

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Zidovudine

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an antiretroviral used for the treatment of HIV

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