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What is the mechanism of action of the A fragment of diphtheria toxin?
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What is the toxin that T cell secrete to fragment DNA?
Lymphotoxins
What is the medical abbreviation meaning diphtheria?
Diphtheria means "leather" because of the leathery membrane that forms on the tonsils. The general abbreviation is "DIP" or "diph". There are a multitude of combined vaccines for diphtheria and other contagious diseases where diphtheria is acknowledged by a "D". DPT: Diphtheria-Pertussis-Tetanus vaccine DIPR: Diphtheria Toxin Resistant
The term antibody was coined by this scientist while investigating diphtheria toxin?
Emil Adolf von Behring
How is diphtheria prevented in adults?
Adults should be immunized at 10 year intervals with Td (tetanus-diphtheria) toxoid. A toxoid is a bacterial toxin that is treated to make it harmless but still can induce immunity to the disease.
Where can you find toxin the action figure in stores?
you probobly can find toxin in the flea store
Can Diphtheria be cured?
Diphtheria is cured with an antitoxin that neutralizes the toxin._____________________________________________________________________\Diphtheria is a bacterial disease (corynebacterium diphtheriae) that has an [incubation period] of one week. The symptoms include a sore throat, fever, swelling of the lymph nodes, and a thick grayish membrane forms over the tonsils and pharynx which can cause difficulty breathing and swallowing. Diphtheria can also affect the heart, kidneys, and nervous system. Diphtheria is cured with an antitoxin that neutralizes the toxin. Respirators and antibiotics are used to minimize the complications. [Vaccine] and booster shots for diphtheria were developed in 1920.-In the late 1800's, diphtheria epidemics spread throughout the United States and Europe until 1920, when a vaccine was developed.-The only way to keep diphtheria out of the United States is to maintain the highest level of immunization possible through vaccination.-Diphtheria is spread through a cough or a sneeze.-Diphtheria is Greek for a piece of leather, referring to the tough gray mucous membrane blocking the throat.
Who is Balto and what heroic thing did he do?
Balto was a Siberian husky sled dog that led is team in delivering the anti-toxin for diphtheria from Anchorage to Nome and he used the Iditarod trail.
What is toxic mediated?
Toxin mediated (tox = poison + in = noun form ++ mediate = intervene from "in the middle") diseases include Toxic Shock Syndrome, Diphtheria and Cholera. How you get a toxin mediated disease: A bacterium is in the human body. It may or may not cause illness on it's own. What is does do is produce a toxin (poison). This toxin might produce a reaction in a body tissue far away from the original infection site. Example: Recurrent toxin-mediated perineal erythema - presents 2-3 days after a throat infection as a fine diffuse macular erythema of the perineal region.
Medicine of 1890?
In 1890, Emil von Behring and Kitasato Shibasaburo discovered how to create an anti-toxin for diphtheria. Curt Schimmelbusch also invented the Schimmelbusch mask to allow for safer delivery of anesthetics.
What is the main action of anti tetanus serum?
It binds to the tetanus toxin in your blood, blocking the toxin's action on the body's systems. If you have completed your tetanus vaccine schedule, anti-tetanus serum is not required as your blood already contains the apparatus to produce this itself.
What are the symptoms of diphtheria?
Answer:The symptoms are fever, red sore throat, headaches, and weakness. How diphtheria is toxin (poison) is destroys the throat tissue causing the throat to swell.Answer:Sore throat.Answer:There are many symptoms of diphtheria including sore throat, barking cough, fever, chills, bluish skin color, bloody,watery nose drainage, breathing problems, drooling, hoarseness, painful swallowing and skin lesions.Answer:The answer is fever, headaches, and weakness.
Why is ''botox'' an effective anti-wrinkle treatment.describe its mechanism of action with reference to the neuromuscular junction?
"Botox" is actually a poison. It prevents muscle movement by preventing the nerve impulse to travel from the neuron across the neuromuscular junction and prevents the muscle from contracting. It is the toxin produced by the microbe that causes botulism.
