BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Salicin, Ibuprofen, Dextromethorphan

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Outnumber all others by 25 to 1. More than 200 viruses cause colds: e. g. rhinovirus, coronavirus, influenza. E. g. if it affects our respiratory system, our immune system will make us cough/have a runny nose. Many remedies do nothing: doing something makes you feel better. Too much washing: removes natural oils on hands, causing them to dry out. Reduces if you minimize the amount you touch your face/surfaces. Decreases with age: younger children are more social/touchy, thus they get sick more often, as you age, you acquire immunity by being infected, exposure to virus causes illness. Immune response is too slow and weak to prevent: body makes large amounts of antibodies only during infection, after ea(cid:272)h i(cid:374)fe(cid:272)tio(cid:374), you (cid:271)uild up (cid:862)(cid:373)e(cid:373)ory(cid:863) (cid:272)ells. Later exposure to the same virus does not make you sick: rapid and strong immune response. Common cold research unit salisbury en gland. Offered a free vacation (at the research lab) to take part in research.