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Toxic Shock Syndrome Low Blood Pressure
1,590 wordsTOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME (TSS) was discovered almost 20 years ago. At first no one knew what was causing it, although it was quickly linked with "superabsorbent" tampons (which are no longer on the market). Eventually researchers discovered that a poison produced by a type of bacteria known as Staphylococcus aureus is responsible for TSS. Some theorized that tampons may produce small ulcerations, which allow bacteria to enter the body. Another theory is that stagnating blood within or behind the tam...
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Iran Iraq War 20 Th Century
1,813 wordsIntroduction Chemical and Biological Warfare, use of harmful or deadly chemical or biological agents as weapons of war. These agents can kill many people and are considered weapons of mass destruction. Chemical weapons are made up of poisonous chemical compounds, whereas biological weapons are living microorganisms. Toxin weapons contain poisonous chemical products of living organisms and are sometimes classified separately. Chemical and biological weapons can cause injury in several ways. Most ...
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Mad Cow Disease Parts Per Million
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Long Term Effects Short Term Effects
2,307 words... o dioxin-like compounds is through the consumption of animal fats, with bovine-derived meat, milk and dairy products comprising over 50 % of total exposure in the United States 1. The primary route of exposure hypothesized for cattle is airborne deposition of dioxins onto the leaves of feed crops. Over the last few years additional pathways of exposure have been identified associated with contaminated feed additives such as ball clay, mineral supplements, and animal byproducts. (my emphasis)...
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Ed And Eric Nerve Endings Toxin
556 wordsEd Schantz and his apprentice, Eric Johnson, work in a very strange field of science. They grow and Harvest the worlds strongest poison. It is, in their words, ? six million times stronger than rattlesnake venom. ? The toxin is produced by a single-celled bacteria called Botulinum. The boiling poison produced by the bacteria causes a form of food poisoning called botulism. Botilin shuts down nerve pulses from the brain making the victim paralyzed. The victims usually suffocate to death when thei...
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Restriction Enzymes Protein Synthesis
1,277 wordsGenetic Engineering Of Cotton For Insect Resistance Genetic Engineering Of Cotton For Insect Resistance GENETIC ENGINEERING OF COTTON FOR INSECT RESISTANCE The DNA code mostly contains instructions for protein synthesis. The code is read in groups of three nucleotides and each triplet of nucleotides codes for one of the twenty amino acids which link together in a polypeptide chain to form a protein. The code is universal, so the same code applies in nearly all living organisms. Some triplets hav...
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