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Infectious

1. Capable of being transmitted by infection, with or without actual contact.

Synonym: infective.

3. Denoting a disease due to the action of a microorganism.


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School and beyond question?

... a shot in the dark and looked around at possible employment and the most appetizing to me was Neuroscience particularly surgery or research, or Infectious diseases (maybe by my childhood fun with resident evil?) but something in engineering or perhaps a CDC lab rat position or practicing doctor. ...

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by Piester00
Fri Aug 28, 2009 11:04 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: School and beyond question?
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Views: 30

Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science

... said. Thus, they conform to the same pattern seen in the population at large. As the twig is bent, so grows the tree. " Religion is like an infectious disease as can clearly be seen. Unfortunately very difficult to cure as well, but luckily not impossible.

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by biohazard
Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:21 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Why The Religious Minded Rule Science With Science
Replies: 18
Views: 453

Uses for the PCR technique?

... DNA in forensic. Here for example: http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/elsi/forensics.shtml Second answer: Malignant diseases? But infectious diseases. or genetic diseases would be correct. Third situation: I feel generous, and I am working on this technique so read about that: ...

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by canalon
Mon May 04, 2009 5:35 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Uses for the PCR technique?
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Views: 1354

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... genome and applies to common conditions, such as breast and colorectal cancer, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. It also has a role in infectious diseases once believed to be entirely environmentally caused such as human immunodeficiency virus (HIV, which is the virus that causes acquired ...

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by gamila
Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:05 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16374

Re: Natural selection is proven wrong

... diseases you mentioned are evolutionary almost irrelevant. There are much more powerful forces driving species development (e.g. nutrition, infectious diseas, predation) than a couple of random mutations that now and then kills an individual of the species. Also, you kind of shoot yourself ...

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by biohazard
Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:56 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
Replies: 177
Views: 16374
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