Friday, March 15: Curing Disease

Hey All-Stars!

Today we will explain how diseases are cured.

Define antibiotics and vaccines in your notebook.

Antibiotics: 

A substance that kills bacteria or stops bacterial growth (there are also antivirals, antifungals, antiparasitics - drugs that help stop other types of diseases)

This interactive image shows how antibiotics work: http://www.cbsnews.com/htdocs/antibiotics/framesource_antibiotics_work.html

Summarize in your notebook when how antibiotics work and how and when they should be used.

Vaccines: 

A biological preparation to improve immunity to virus-caused infectious disease, from a weakened or inactive strain of the virus that one wants to prevent

Watch:
"How do viruses reproduce"
"Advances in vaccine development"

Discuss: How long can some vaccines last?
*Note that for many vaccines you do need booster shots!

Summarize in your notebook how viruses reproduce and advances in vaccines.

Watch: "Early global response to swine flu"

Discuss and summarize in your notebook how disease can be cured and how the spread of disease can be stopped.

You have the rest of the period to work on your project.

Happy Friday All-Stars!

Ms. Nickel