Explain a penicillin reaction, what is happening, how is the reaction triggered, and what is the allergen?
4. A new bacterium has been secretly engineered and released by aerosol (spray) into the populace of a large metropolitan city as part of a terrorist scheme. This bacterium produces a lethal neurotoxin; several horrific enzymes; grows rapidly; and has a capsule. After several days, no unusual illnesses have been reported and the terroristsâ scheme failed. What factors could the bioengineers have overlooked? EXPLAIN your answer.
5. Differentiate between humoral and cell mediated responses, and develop an example that would involve the activation of both systems, and explain how the two systems would work together, (or not!).
6. How can those microbes cause disease? What are mechanisms of pathogenicity? How do we study and research disease?
7. Explain a penicillin reaction, what is happening, how is the reaction triggered, and what is the allergen?
8. List and briefly discuss the obstacles that must be overcome to produce and AIDS vaccine. (The…
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