MICROBIO 160 Lecture 2: Lecture 2 - The Nature of Disease.docx

• School: UMASS-Amherst
• Department: Microbiology
• Course: MICROBIO 160
• Professor: Mitchell Walkowicz

Document Summary

Lecture 2: the nature of disease: what is disease, disease b. : abnormal condition of an organism that impairs bodily functions. Infectious disease: pathogen-mediated, specific organism or combination of organisms, genetic disease, caused by abnormalities in an individual"s genetic material (genome, ex. Klinefelter"s syndrome, down syndrome, turner syndrome: environmental disease, molds, cigarette smoke, radon, lead poisoning, what kind of disease is cancer, genetic, environmental exposure, contagious (viral, the scientific method. Initial observations and questions a: hypothesis and predictions, experiments and data collection, analysis of the data (perform calculations, etc. ) to test the hypothesis, summarization of results (create tables, graphs, etc. , discussion of limitations/conclusions. Identification of future research needs g: the meat/maggot experiment, observation/question, hypothesis, prediction. : rotten meat does not turn into flies; only flies can make more flies. : if meat cannot turn into flies, rotting meat in a sealed/fly-proof container rotting meat turn into/produce flies? should not produce flies/maggots meat.