Viruses, Viroids And Prions
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
VIRUS,VIROID, AND PRION
LIVING THINGS
- Have cells - no
- Homeostasis - no
- Metabolism - no
- Reproduce - needs host
- Growth /Development - no
- Change/ Evolve - yes
- Respond to stimuli - no
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THEY NEED A LIVING HOST TO REPRODUCE
THEY CAN EVOLVE MAKING THEM HARDER TO GET RID OF.
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SHAPE
- ALL viruses range in size from 20-250 nanometers
- Dna and rna are the 2 types of genetic materials.
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Oncolytic viruses kills cancer cells directly,and they also help train the immune system to view cancer as a threat.
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- EBOLA CAN CAUSE DIARRHEAL, VOMITING ,INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL BLEEDING OR DEATH and pain
- Rabies inflammation in the brain 100% death without treatment.
- Hantavirus serious lung disease 40% who get it die
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- Viroid is an infectious particle , smaller than a virus , that consists solely of a strand of RNA and is capable of causing disease in plants. Potato spindle tuber viroid.
- Prion- particle of proteins thought to be able to self - replicate and be the agent of infection in a verity of diseases of the nervous system
- Mad cow disease.
