AQA Biology - Diseases and Bioenergetics

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A disease that can spread from person to person.
communicable
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A type of pathogen that reproduces by binary fission.
bacteria
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This acts as a barrier to prevent pathogens from getting into the body.
skin
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The name of a drug that is used in trialing but it has no effect.
placebo
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A drug that stops pain but not the pathogen causing it.
painkillers
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A drug that can only kill off bacteria and no other type of pathogen.
antibiotics
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A type of white blood cell that engulfs and digests pathogens.
phagocyte
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The name of a treatment that kills off cancer using radiation.
radiotherapy
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This disease is a division of ABNORMAL cells that affect a certain part of the body.
cancer
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The main cause of lung cancer today.
smoking
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This ingredient causes smokers to become addicted to smoking.
nicotine
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Age, weight and blood pressure can affect this non-communicable disease.
diabetes
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A type of pathogen that reproduces by binary fission.

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bacteria

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This acts as a barrier to prevent pathogens from getting into the body.

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The name of a drug that is used in trialing but it has no effect.

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A drug that stops pain but not the pathogen causing it.

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