Microbiology and Immunology

I was thinking that since blocking the T4 receptor blocks the capacity for HIV to infect cells, could we possibly use an antibody to block it, without inducing an immune response? I know that this has been done with the notch receptor without inducing an autoimmune response, therefore it may work with the T4 receptor. If it would work, then all we would have to do is purify the T4 receptor(which purification means exist for the notch receptor and therefore might apply for the T4 receptor) and conjugate it to a viral protein, then inject it into a HIV patient. The patient would then produce antibodies, which would in turn block the HIV indefinitely, allowing pe…

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why, oh why, do macrophages posess CD4 molecules, and why, oh why, do no immunological text books contain the reason that macrophages posess CD4 molecules? i know that CD4 recognises MHC-II molecules, but i cant figure why macrophages would need to do this, unless its to prevent them from attempting to phagocytose other antigen-presenting cells (which would posess MHC-II)?

Hey guys, was wondering if any one could give me or point me towards a simple explanation of the class switching in antibodies. It seems that everything I look at on the web doesn't really explain it or how it happens. thankyou!

Guys im hoping someone would be able to help me here! Im just finishing my biology coursework, an im wonerding if antibiotics are made from proteins? and if an invading microorganism were to invade, could it inhibit it as with a protein i.e. change the tertiary structure and change the shape of the antigen binding site etc? Pleeeeease help!

Hello, still being the newbie to microbiology I am, can someone give me some staining directions for shoe bacteria and fungus? Since right now they are pretty much white and transparent.

HI, There is a shortage of inoculant for chickpeas this year, and I'll be seeding next week. I have one bag of inoculant, which I'd like to grow more from. The type is Rhizobium spp. for chickpea. I have growing other bacterias and fungi using molasses, water and air bubblers. I read it was difficult to reproduce this variety, for a reason that I didn't understand. What procedures would be recommended, to increase my supply. Thank you. I am in a hurry, and appologize for not taking the time to read more of the forum, if this has been covered.

What is a good type of agar to use for general culture of microbes? Is PDA any good? anyone got any recipies? thanks

Here are the ingredients i'm using to grow foot fungus and foot bacteria (yes the nasty smelly stuff in your shoes) 250ml of Water 25g of Agar Powder 5g of Dextrose 5g of General Store Sugar 5g of Lactose For some reason they all take long times to grow and is almost translucent... fyi i'm a newb to the growing cultures

Well this summer i got a position as a volunteer lab assistant with a someone that has a post-doc in virology... so any ideas as to what kinda cool stuff I should do?

For biology this year I want to do an experiment and paper on bacteria's ability to resist antibiotics. One of the requirements is that we contact an expert in the field. Since most of you are pretty intellegent I was hoping you give me a name of someone to contact so I can talk to them. Also- What would a good experimental design for this type of experiment be?

Was just thinking a head to my gap year really. What new immunisations are there out rescently/ side effects etc? What are the side affects from a yellow fever immunisation?

hi, just wanted to ask if anybody here has been working with Parvovirus B19? I myself am very interested about this very small, relatively unknown virus which seems to be associated with a very broad range of different symptoms and diseases in humans. greets kixxer __________________ http://www.biologia.fi

has anyone here done a degree is virology or epidemeology? as i am interested in doing it at university

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There seem to be an awful lot of varieties. 1) Are they much use if you are working in acute care(road trauma etc). 2) Are any better than the others?(Effectivness, safety etc...) 3) Have you had one? If so which? What about the combo vaccines? Any differences between yeast, dead organism, and synthetic protein vaxes? Cheers.

I belong to another forum for the "involuntarily unspoused". The spouses of a couple of the members died from Hepatitis C - one of them posted the following - is it true?

I need a list of every disease known to humankind. Does any body have any idea where I can find the most thorough list possible? This information is a very important part of a project to create a list of jobs to get life spans extended that Im working on.

Hello everyone! In this thread we will talk about malaria, and share our great knowledge with each other. let me go first Malaria is the most dangerous diseas, if you are infected by malaira you will die soon. It envades our immune system when a mosquito trys to play with our boddy. When it is done with its work, it lefts us behind with a disease named malaria. And we start thinking about to save our life, which can't be possible...

Ok, I may seem a little paranoid in this situation, but last year i flat out stopped drinking the water from the drinking fountains at our school. Not only did the taste almost kill me, but I had a hunch that it was somewhat contaminated. Me being the good little microbiologist took a few samples this year, and with a rather nice microscope, took some good pictures. I used a DNA stain called acradine orange. Red=single stranded DNA Yellow= mix of single and double stranded DNA Orange= Highly metabolic, and single stranded. Check them out- Im sry I cant upload them all at once, I need to do it in several posts, due to their size. This one is my personal …

could we develop a virus that could attack the AIDS virus??

(I'm not sure if this really belongs here, but it seemed appropriate) Pathologicly cute... Mokele

Since a lot of death occurs because a persons body becomes impeded from producing enough immunity, why cant science just take the white blood cells from another person and flood the sick person with them? Couldnt they IV them directly from one person to another some how?

If i recall correctly, eubacteria such as e coli lack energy powerhouses such as the mitochondria and choroplast. So does anyone know a link that provides extensive detail as to how they synthesize ATP from molecules such as glucose?

Can anyone give me details on this- Mortality rates, areas found, how it is passed from human to human etc?