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John Willis Antibiotics: Positive VS Negative Effects Interest The Medical Field This would require me to know about the concept of resistance. Paper Driving Question: Are antibiotics more harmful than helpful and what can we, as people, do to prevent bacteria from becoming resistant to them? Thesis Statement: Antibiotics are more harmful than helpful since they could cause bacteria to become resistant which cause future problems such as antibiotic-resistant bacteria and bioterrorism attacks; ways to help prevent these future health problems include: taking all the prescribed doses of the medication, not stockpiling the medication, and following all the instructions that come with the antibiotic medication. Paper Interesting Facts I learned: Antibiotics affects our lives more than I thought. Before, I didn't know that bacteria of different species could exchange genetic information via conjugation, a mating process. Antibiotic resistance can affect how well crops grow. Summary of What I Learned • I learned many things while doing the NCGP: • Antibiotics ARE more harmful than helpful • Time Management • Public Speaking Product • • Fund Raising for ECU’s Medical and Health Sciences Foundation Teaching a class about my topic • I did not have a Mentor Fund Raising • • • • I made cake pops to sell for 5o cents each I made a total profit of around 100 dollars I made a Facebook Event that invited everyone I could to participate ECU’s Medical and Health Science Foundation is for educating and researching things in the Medical and Health Science field, including antibiotics Teaching • • • I created a PowerPoint as a guideline for teaching the classes. This PowerPoint was presented to the class while I went in detail in the subject. I directly taught about my topic. Successes and Challenges Successes Challenges • Time management • Paper and Product finished! • I was able to raise about 100 dollars for ECU’s Medical and Health Science Foundation • Organization • Source Scarcity • Finding something to do for the Product Where to Next? • • School Career • What I will take away • • • Experience Knowledge of Resistance Business Skills "American Anthrax Outbreak of 2001." UCLA School of Public Health | Building Healthy Futures... Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/bioter/detect/antdetect_intro.html>. Antibiotics: MedlinePlus." National Library of Medicine - National Institutes of Health. Web. 04 Apr. 2011. <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/antibiotics.html>. "Attorney General." CT.gov Portal. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.ct.gov/ag/cwp/view.asp?A=1776>. "CDC Anthrax Q & A: Preventive Therapy." CDC Emergency Preparedness & Response Site. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.bt.cdc.gov/agent/anthrax/faq/preventive.asp>. Cirz RT, Chin JK, Andes DR, de Crécy-Lagard V, Craig WA, et al. Inhibition of Mutation and Combating the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance. PloS Magazine. June 2005. "General Background: About Antibiotic Resistance." Tufts University. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/about_antibioticres.shtml>. "General Background: About Bacteria & Antibiotics." Tufts University. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/about_bacteria.shtml>. "General Background: Bioterrorism & Stockpiling Antibiotics." Tufts University. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://www.tufts.edu/med/apua/about_issue/bioterrorism.shtml>. Mayer, Gene. "Antibiotics." Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program. Web. 05 Apr. 2011. <http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/mayer/antibiot.htm>. Smith DL, Dushoff J, Morris JG Jr. Agricultural Antibiotics and Human Health. PloS Magazine. July 2005 Education Exempt from Copyright: This presentation has been prepared under the fair use exemtion of the US Copyright Law and is restricted from further use. Any Questions?