I attended a lecture last night on microorganisms and their effect on our everyday lives. It was very interesting to see the special adaptations that bacteria and viruses have which allow them to alter the way the body's cells work to their favour, like using the cells contents to replicate. Whilst we can harness microorganisms for our own good; there is potential for producing highly nutritious food aid for developing countries using fungi, the majority of the time the microorganisms that we notice most are harmful.
There are loads of different points in the infection's cycle that it would be possible to develop treatments to stop it from progressing, including: the binding to the cell, the markers on it's surface, the replication and assembly. However we should really focus on treatments available now and to make sure they are effective we should educate the public so that they know the importance of taking their antibiotics to full term and keep all their vaccinations up to date. This could be done via a variety of mediums including schools, workplaces and media. Research is ongoing into treatments for other illnesses which we currently have no cure for, and hopefully when these are released they will be used by the public as instructed, so that all the effort developing them is not wasted.
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