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Bioethics
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12/03/2004

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Enzymes
Definition
Proteins. Catalysts for all chemical reactions in the body
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Example of Enzyme Use
Definition
Ex: Enzymes stimulate cell growth and replication. To stop a bacterial infection, simply stop the enzymes.
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Gametes
Definition
Haploid (23 chromosomes) sex cells.
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4 important parts of a bacteria cell
Definition
cell membrane, cytoplasm, DNA, Ribosomes
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Zidovudine
Definition
Aids drug trial, where the patients broke contract. the trial was compromised when the patients shared their pills.
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Caplans three concepts for health and disease.
Definition
1. disease is statistically abnormal.
2. disease interferes with survival/reproduction.
3. Health corresponds with the natural design.
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Scientific Misconduct
Definition
Plagiarism. Misuse of Funds. Fabricating Results
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Informed Consent
Definition
Pertains to Drug Trials. allows people to make educated desisions. use Kant to explain.
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Playing God
Definition
Assuming the power that was once considered nature's.
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Mouse Pox
Definition
Researchers, in an attempt to quell high fertility rates in mice, desided to flood the female mouse's body with the jelly that naturally coats the egg. mouse pox were used as the trojan horse, and to defend the mouse pox from the antibodies they added IL4. although mouse pox is not normally to bad, (because mouse antibodies could stop regular mouse pox) with IL4 it was horribly fatal.
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Drugs as defined by Deamer
Definition
Natural/synthetic compound that effects a biochemical of physiological process in the body.
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Drugs as defined by the FDA
Definition
any substance that when used as recommended has a theraputic effect.
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How Drugs Work
Definition
Bind to receptors on cell membrane, or in the cytoplasm. they consist of proteins that fold to fit in specific receptors to cause an effect.
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Hormones
Definition
needed when the body has a chemical imbalance. hormones facilitate (or provide themselves) chemicals that the body needs.
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Antibodies
Definition
halt or slow enzyme production needed for bacterias to grow and divide. .OR. slow the synthesis of cell walls or nucleic acids.
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Examples of bacterial infections
Definition
Strep Throat. plague. Tb. Botcholism. Acne.
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Virus
Definition
are non-living and require a cell to reproduce. they infect cell and release their DNA within. thus producing negative proteins.
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Examples of Viral infections
Definition
Influenza, chicken and small pox.
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Definition
Shake a double-helix of DNA until you have the specific gene you desire. heat up the gene until it is denaturized (split into two seperate strands). Cool it down and add Taq Polymerase. this will synthesize the exact opposite strand. in 21 PCRs you can go from 1 to 1,000,000.
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A use of PCRs.
Definition
To synthesize insulin.
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Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)
Definition
A single instance of varyability in the DNA sequence.
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three types of SNPs
Definition
Substitution. Deletion. Insertion.
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Cloning
Definition
Remove from an egg the nucleus. fill the nucleus with a diploid nucleus from another animal. initiate cell division with a growth factor. hopefully it will grow, and will be genetically identical to the animal from which the diploid nucleus came from.
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Transgenic Crops
Definition
Crops with different genes.
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Prokaryotic vs. Eukaryotic
Definition
both have: Cell membrane, Cytoplasm, DNA, and Ribosomes. Prokaryotic lacks a nucleus.
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Virtue Ethics
Definition
It is ethical if it exemplifies the virtues that the user deems important.
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Ethics of Care
Definition
Justification due to the people you care about, and their needs.
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Deontology
Definition
Based on Duty.
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Kant
Definition
Don't treat merely as means. Universality.
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Paternalism
Definition
the making of judgments by government about what is good for people to have, rather than (Autonomy) letting people choose on their own
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Hemolysis
Definition
Breaking down of red blood cells. often associated with Virus.
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