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2.1 Health in the 21st Century

Pg 29-32

Objectives

• Gain an understanding of the cholera bacterium and how it spreads as well as efforts to stop the spread.

• Describe low tech solutions to preventing outbreaks.

• Define epidemiology and terms associated with it.

From Aug 2008 to Jan 2009 there were over 40,000 confirmed cases of cholera in Zimbabwe. Over 2,000 of those were fatal.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/4228239/Zimbabwe-cholera-epidemic-kills-2000.html

Spread of Cholera

• Carried in water by small animals called copepods and in their egg sacks.

• Burst from the egg sacks when the copepod hatches and feed on the egg shell.

Low Tech Solution

Bacterium Cholera still affects people around the world.

Now for a positive note…

• Epidemiology – the study of how diseases spread.– Ex: Rita Colwell studied the spread of the

pathogen cholera.

• Vaccines – used to increase resistance to infection by a disease by injecting genetic information from a dead or weakened pathogen into a host (that’s you).

Genetics and Treating Diseases

• Genetics – the science of heredity– Gives insights into how a disease can be

prevented, cured, or fought based on its genome.

• Genome – the complete set of genetic information for an organism.

2.2 Biology, Technology, and Society

Pg 33-37

Objectives

• Describe how genetic engineering affects our lives.

• List new ways that biotechnology has provided for scientists to study biological processes.

• Apply ethics to biotechnology.

Topics Today:

• Biotechnology and Scientific Research• Nanotechnology• Biomolecular Materials• Biomimetics• Adapting Tools and Methods• Public Safety• Ethics of Biotechnology

Genetic Engineering

• A technology in which the genetic material of a living cell is changed.

Biotechnology and Scientific Research

• Fruit flies and alcoholism?• Insulin and bacteria?

Nanotechnology

• Repairing damaged body tissue.• Administering medication.

Biomolecular Materials

• Bacteria, rocks, and rivers• Spiders and clothing

Biomimetics

• Velcro and burrs• Lobster-Eye telescope

Tools and Methods

• Computerized axial tomography (CAT) scanner.

Biometrics

Issues or problems?

• What are some possible ethical issues with genetic engineering or with recording biological information about a person?