Unit 4: Topic 6: Infection, immunity and forensics
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- Topic 6 - Infection, Immunity and Forensics
- decay and decomposition
- estimate time of death
- indicators
- calculation involved
- microorganisms involved in decay and decomposition
- estimate time of death
- DNA profiling
- DNA profiling procedure
- PCR
- procedure and compunds used
- Introns and STRS
- Dna fragments separted by gel electrophoreis
- DNa fingerprinting
- DNA and protein synthesis
- steps of protein synthesis
- translation
- transcription
- genetic code
- triplet, non-overlapping and degenerate
- post-transcriptional changes
- how does it give rise to more than one protein from more than one gene
- role of DNA strand and RNA
- steps of protein synthesis
- Infection prevention and control
- major routes of entry of pathogens
- role of barriers in protecting the body from infection
- how we develop immunity
- activ/passin=ve and natural/artifical
- evolutionary race
- hospital acquired infections
- code of practice and how it helps stop antibiotic resistance
- investigating bacteria and antibiotics
- bactericidal and bacteriostatic antibiotics
- major routes of entry of pathogens
- Infectious dieases and immune reponse
- bacteria vs. virus
- Tuberculois and HIV
- symptoms
- AIDs
- responses to infection
- non-specific responses to infection
- inflammation, action of lyssozyme, interferon and phagocytosis
- specific responses to infection
- antigens, antibodies, plasma, lympocytes and APCs
- roles of T(helper, killer, memory) cells
- roles of B (memory and effector) cells
- non-specific responses to infection
- decay and decomposition
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