Year 8 NSW » Science

Topic : Microorganisms used by humans

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Chapter 1 : Medicine

Medical biotechnology is used to produce medicines, vaccines and develop disease testing techniques
Antibiotics are natural substances that can be used to fight bacterial infections
Penicillin kills bacteria by preventing the formation of their cellular wall
A vaccine is a mixture of dead or weakened pathogens used to induce formation of antibodies against this pathogen
Vaccines work by triggering the body's immune response without making it sick

Chapter 2 : Food production

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