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How does an invading pathogen cause disease?

There are three main ways that an invading pathogen can result in disease:

 

Damage or destroy host cells

This is host specific and ligands on the pathogen mus...

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Answered by Jenny C. • Biology tutor
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How are blood glucose levels controlled in the body?

Blood glucose is controlled by a negative feedback mechanism. 

When blood glucose levels rise, this is detected by beta cells in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. In response, the...

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Answered by Emily K. • Biology tutor
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What is the difference between a gene, a chromosome and DNA?

Genes, chromosomes and DNA are three vital components of cells and many students often confuse them with each other.

DNA stands for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid. DNA molecule...

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Answered by Emily H. • Biology tutor
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How does information from a gene make a protein?

A gene is defined as a section of DNA that codes for a protein. Within a gene you have triplets which are 3 bases in a row that code for a specific amino acid

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Answered by Georgina M. • Biology tutor
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What is the second line of defence?

What is the second line of defence?

Before we start let’s re-cap some key terminology:

-pathogen: a microorganism causing disease or illness to its host

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Answered by Tumbi O. • Biology tutor
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