IMPORTANCE OF SEX EDUCATION COLUMBIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY Abstract Sex education is an important aspect for adolescents and crucial for their development. It is crucial for youths to learn about their sexuality and be able to make better decisions about sex. The sources confirmed that the topic of sex education is a highly debated when it comes to whether or not sex education should be added to the curriculum that is taught in schools. The controversy stems from parents that
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technologies enabling gene transfer have emerged from different fields of science‚ including chemistry‚ physics‚ biology‚ and virology. The first successful gene therapy clinical trial aimed at the phenotypic correction of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1) was published in 2000 (Cavazzana-Calvo et al.‚ 2000). This study was based on retroviral transfer of a
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attacks these cells and copies or replicates itself inside these cells‚ then destroys them. HIV over time will destroy so many of these cells that the body is unable to fight off infection anymore. When this starts happening‚ AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome happens which is the final stage of HIV. HIV is transmitted through someone’s blood or bodily fluids which can encompass semen‚ breast milk‚ vaginal fluids‚ and rectal mucous (AIDS.GOV‚ 2013) and usually it is passed from one person
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wealthy to the poor‚ this virus has had devastating effects on the lives of families and individuals. According to the AIDS Institute‚ HIV was first discovered in a patient from West Africa. It is believed that chimpanzees carried the “simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)” which transferred to humans when they came into contact with the infected animals’ blood after the animal had been caught while hunting. SIV then developed into HIV once in the human blood stream. HIV “has existed in the United
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Active Immunity The production of antibodies against a specific agent by the immune system is known as active immunity. This particular immunity process is there to keep you healthy. Active immunnity can be acquired in two ways: naturally by contracting an infectious disease or artificially by receiving a vaccination. Active immunity is natural and permanent; protecting individuals from disease their entire lives. This process can take place quickly by large amounts of medicines at one time
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(TB) making this disease one of the most serious global health problems existing today. TB is especially dangerous for people that have weaken immune systems and is one of the top leading causes of death worldwide; ranking alongside the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (World Health Organization (WHO)‚ 2015). In 2014 alone‚ 9.6 million people around the world became sick with TB disease and there were 1.5 million related deaths from the disease (Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)‚ 2015)
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a group of symptoms that cause destruction to the immune system cells by a retrovirus. There are a number of retroviruses that can cause AIDS with each affecting different species. The most common among the human population is known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). There are three separate ways of transmitting HIV - through unprotected and unsafe sex; injecting and transfusing infected blood into others‚ and passing it from a mother to child. In 1985‚ the first case of HIV/AIDS was reported
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Pathophysiology Exam 1: Immunity Objectives 1) Describe the cell functions of the Immune System: Lymphocytes- small white blood cells that are responsible for much of the work of the immune system. Three types: Natural Killer Cells-NK cells provide rapid responses to virally infected cells and respond to tumor formation. NK cells are unique bc they have the ability to recognize stressed cells in the absence of antibodies and MHC‚ allowing for a much faster immune reaction. Trigger phagocytes
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which are effectors of cell‐mediated immunity. B. Abnormal Immune Responses INAPPROPRIATE responses can lead to tissue damage (e.g.‚ hypersensitivity) or reactivity against self antigens (e.g.‚ autoimmunity); CONVERSELY‚ impaired reactivity to appropriate targets (immunodeficiency) may occur and abrogate essential defense mechanisms. Immunosuppressive Drugs 2. FOUR MAJOR CLASSES 1. Corticosteroids Prednisone (DELTASONE) and Prednisolone (HYDELTRASOL)‚ Dexamethasone 2. Cytotoxic Agents Cyclophosphamide‚ Azathioprine
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THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT IN COPING WITH HIV/AIDS The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic disease of the human immune system. An HIV/AIDS diagnosis has been linked in several cases to increased rates of depression (Mizuno‚ Purcell‚ Dawson-Rose‚ Parsons & The SUDIS Team‚ 2003) and to a decrease in the quality of life of one diagnosed with the disease if they fail to find a proper coping mechanism. This essay will mainly focus on the perspectives
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