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White blood cells help to defend against pathogens by...

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Card 7

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The immune system of the body produces specific antibodies to kill a particular pathogen. This leads to immunity from that pathogen

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Card 8

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What did semmelweis do?

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Card 9

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Some medicines help to relieve the symptoms of infectious diseases but do not kill the pathogens

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Overuse of antibiotics has increased the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria.

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Card 11

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How can people be immunised against a disease?

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Card 12

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Uncontaminated cultures of micro-organisms are required for investigating the action of disinfectants and antibiotics. For this:

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Card 13

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In school labs, cultures should be incubated at a max temp of 25 degrees, which greatly reduces the likelihood of growth of harmful pathogens

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Card 14

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Receptors and the stimuli they detect include:

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Card 15

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What do hormones do?

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