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B6.3 Monitoring & Maintaining Health 2 Flashcards

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How do scabs form?

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  1. Skin cut and starts to bleed (blood leaks out of body)
  2. Platelets change blood protein fibrinogen to fibrin, forming a network of fibres in the cut
  3. Red blood cells are trapped in fibres forming a blood clot
  4. Clot hardens to form a scab, keeping skin clean + time to heal
    (In time scab falls off)
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How does the skin prevent microorganisms from entering body?

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Physical barrier

  • dry, dead outer cells are difficult for microorganisms to penetrate
  • sweat glands produce oils that help kill microorganisms
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How does acid in stomach prevent microorganisms from entering body?

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It kills pathogens present in contaminated food or drink

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How does the cilia and mucus in airways prevent microorganisms from entering body?

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  • sticky mucus traps microorganisms

- cilia moves mucus up throat to be swallowed

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How do nasal hairs prevent microorganisms from entering body?

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Keep out dust and larger microorganisms

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How do tears prevent microorganisms from entering body?

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Contain lysozymes (enzymes that destroy bacteria)

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What is the immune system’s main form of defence?

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White blood cells

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What are the two types of white blood cells?

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Phagocytes- cells that engulf/ingest microorganisms and then make enzymes that digest the microorganism

Lymphocytes- make antitoxins or antibodies

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Antibodies

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Proteins that bind to antigens on the surface of microorganisms
—> once bound pathogen can be ingested by a phagocyte cell and destroyed

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Non-specific defence

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Defences that prevent entry of all microorganisms

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Are antibodies specific or non-specific defences + why?

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Specific
Each antibody binds to only one type of antigen and therefore only one type of microorganism
(Each time a new type of microorganism enters the body, a different lymphocyte makes a new body to fight it)

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What happens after a disease has been successfully removed from the body?

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  • white blood cells are able to make the same antibodies if an infection occurs again
  • the body now has immunity to the disease (antibodies destroy pathogen before they can cause illness again)
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What are hybridomas?

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A fusion of myelomas (cancer cells) and lymphocytes

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What are monoclonal antibodies made from?

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Made in a laboratory using hybridomas

Produced by a single clone of cells

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What do monoclonal antibodies do?

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Designed to target a specific toe of cell
—> (like antibodies produced by white blood cells) bind to antigens of target cell = kills cell or prevents it from operating effectively

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How are hybridomas made?

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Genetically modified mice are injected with the required antigen
—> bodies produce immune response, producing antibodies to the specific antigen
—> antibody-producing lymphocyte cells are collected which cannot survive outside of the body and are therefore fused with myeloma cells from the bone marrow which reproduce indefinitely
—> fused cells = hybridomas

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How are monoclonal antibodies produced from hybridomas?

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Hybridomas reproduce to form clones
—> each clone produces required antibody which is harvested
—> the proteins = monoclonal antibodies

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How are monoclonal antibodies used in pregnancy testing?

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When a woman becomes pregnant she produces hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotrophin) 2 weeks after conception
—> monoclonal antibodies produced to bind to hCG protein causing a colour-change reaction
—> home pregnancy test = short stick with a band of monoclonal antibodies, when using w hCG contacts antibodies a line appears on the stick

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How are monoclonal antibodies used to detect disease?

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Some monoclonal antibodies act as markers; by binding to a specific antigen they confirm its presence
—> monoclonal antibodies developed to bind to antigens of prostate cancer cells in men
—> allows early diagnosis which is crucial for successful treatment

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How are monoclonal antibodies used in treating cancer?

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Monoclonal antibodies target specific cells killing them or preventing them from operating efficiently, as well carrying drugs or radioactive substances directly to a cancer cell
= increases effectiveness of treatment, minimises damage to surrounding tissue

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Why do we use vaccines?

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Some pathogens can make you seriously ill before your immune system has a chance to respond so it’s better not to get infected at all

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How do vaccines work?

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-con again small amounts of weakened or dead versions of a pathogen
—> inserted into body usually by injection
—> causes lymphocytes to produce antibodies to pathogen
—> person is immune (if encounters real pathogen body can respond quicker)

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Antiseptics

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Kill or neutralise all types of pathogen w/o gpdmaging human tissue
—> different antiseptics act on different microorganisms (eg. Bacteria)

Common antiseptics = alcohol, iodine

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Antivirals

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Drugs that destroy viruses (usually by preventing replication)
—> many antivirals are specific and designed to act on one type of virus

Treat infections, eg. HIV, influenza, herpes, hepatitis B

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What can the activity of an antiviral include?

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  • blocking virus from entering host cell
  • preventing virus from releasing genetic material
  • preventing virus from inserting genetic data into host cell’s DNA
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Antibiotics

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Drugs that kill bacteria w/o damaging human cells, no effect on viruses or fungi
-several types of antibiotic, each kills a different range of bacteria

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How do doctors identify bacteria making person ill?

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  1. Send stool/blood sample to lab
  2. Scientists grow bacteria in samples on agar plate
  3. Treat bacteria w different antibiotics to find most effective
  4. Person prescribed most effective antibiotic
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Zone of inhibition

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Area on agar plate that bacteria cannot grow

—> measures effectiveness of antibiotic

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How to measure the zone of inhibition

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  1. Measure diameter of zone of inhibition
  2. Divide diameter by two for radius
  3. Use pie r^2 to find area
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Aseptic technique

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An approach to working which prevents cross-contamination from unwanted microorganisms by ensuring apparatus and environment remain sterile
(Aseptic = w/o microorganisms)

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What is done to ensure aseptic technique?

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  • wash areas with alcohol before + after working
  • wear gloves if at risk of working with pathogens
  • autoclave glassware before + after use
  • work close to Bunsen burner flame
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How to sterilise a wire loop

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  1. Heat in Bunsen burner flame until red hot

2. Cool before use while holding near flame and away from bench

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How can you identify bacteria?

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Grow a colony and characteristics such as shale, colour, edge and surface appearance, and elevation allow you to identify bacteria from sample

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Technique for isolating bacterial colonies

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  1. Dip sterilised wire loop into sample of bacteria
  2. Make 4/5 streaks across one edge of an agar plate
  3. Flame and cool wire loop
  4. Make new series of streaks by crossing over first set, picking up some of cells and spreading them across a new section of the plate
  5. Repeat steps 3+4 making third set of streaks
  6. Repeat steps 3+4 making fourth set of streaks
  7. Fix lid with four short lengths of tape
  8. Label and incubate plate upside down for several days. Do not open, dispose in disinfectant or sterilise
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Why is the lid secured using short lengths of tape?

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Sealing all the way around wouldn’t allow any air to enter

—> anaerobic conditions often promote growth of pathogenic bacteria

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Why is agar jelly used?

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Nutrients are added to the agar which sets as a jelly = medium for bacteria to grow on

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How are new drugs discovered?

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  • plant extracts
  • made in laboratory
  • computer modelling (software produces list of compounds that may target a particular condition)
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Preclinical testing

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When finding a potentially useful substance scientists perform laboratory tests to find out how it behaves
Eg. testing on live cells, bacteria, tissue cultures
BEFORE testing on live organisms
(Most drugs fail at this stage as they damage cells or don’t work)

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Stages of testing a drug must undergo

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  1. Drug tested on animals (in UK data needed from 2 animal species before it can be used on humans)
  2. Clinical trial = drug tested on humans
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Stages of a clinical trial

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  1. Tested on healthy volunteers to look for unexpected side effects
  2. Tested on small sample of volunteers who suffer from condition to see how effective it is
  3. Drug tested on large number of people with condition to se how well it works and check it is safe for everyone
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If all tests are positive who approved drug (in UK)?

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MHRA- the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

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Placebo effect

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Sometimes people feel better because they expect to feel better when taking medicine

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How do clinical trials overcome the placebo effect?

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Researchers use a double blind trial =
Some patients are given drug, others get an exact replica of the drug with no active ingredients
—> doctors and patients aren’t told who has received drug until test is over

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Animal testing, principle of 3 Rs

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Reduction - use smaller number of animals possible
Refinement- improve experiments to avoid unnecessary suffering and improve way animals are cared for
Replacement - where possible replace use of animals with other techniques (eg. using cell cultures or computer models)

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