Avian flu or bird flu refers to strains of the influenza virus which circulate among bird populations – in particular, among chickens. In general terms, there is nothing particularly distinctive about bird flu compared to human flu other than its…
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All viruses mutate, or combine their genetic material in new forms. In the process, they can create what to the human immune system are essentially new viruses, or more accurately new strains of existing viruses, to which the body’s immune…
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An airborne killer fungus that often spreads rapidly has jumped the border from Canada into Oregon. Known scientifically as Cryptococcus gattii, the fungus is normally found in the tropics. Shocked experts found the fungus growing in the Pacific Northwest the…
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Cryptococcus gattii, or c. gattii, is a relatively new strain of airborne fungus affecting Canada’s Vancouver Island since 1999, and more recently moving into the Northwest United States. Before its discovery on Vancouver Island, it was believed to affect only…
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As we know from the news and, all too often, from our own personal experiences in the fall and winter flu season, the effect of flu viruses that mutate is that they are able to overcome the body’s existing immune…
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The human nervous system is a communication network of neurons (nerve cells) which serve to conduct a variety of messages to and from various parts of the body. There are two distinct types of nerve tissues: neurons which are the…
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The purpose of platelets is to recognize any damaged blood vessels, the platelets are the cells that circulate inside our blood and bind them together. For instance, when you get a cut, for instance the platelets bind together at the…
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Platelets are tiny colorless disk-shaped particle that are usually found in large quantities that flows freely in our blood and plays important role in the clothing process when damaged blood vessels are identified. For example, when a cut occurs in…
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The human body comprises of multiple system that are collectively organized to form life. They are also a prearranged collection of tissue that performs specific purpose. Take into account these ten unusual facts about the human body. 1) The digestive…
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The human body is a weird piece of work. Our ancestors rather quickly evolved from quadrupeds to tree-climbers to true bipeds, and the resultant bodies, those of Homo sapiens, bear the strange marks of this transition. The following list is…
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