Rene Fester Kratz > Quotes

“Proteins are constructed by the combined efforts of two processes, called transcription and translation”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“working cells of your body are constantly reading the DNA code and using the instructions to build molecules, such as proteins, that they need to do”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“Flawed scientific studies reported a possible link between the MMR vaccine and autism. This information, combined with confusion about vaccines, has made some parents afraid to get their kids vaccinated. This fear persists despite five extensive scientific studies that failed to find a link between the MMR vaccine and autism. Most people don't remember the dangers of measles, so the fear of autism looms larger than their fear of measles. In a way, vaccines are a victim of their own success — they prevent disease, so people lose their fear of the disease and stop vaccinating.”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“Oligosaccharides are important markers on the outsides of your cells, such as the oligosaccharides that determine whether your blood type is A or B. (People with type O blood don’t have any of this particular oligosaccharide.)”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Biology Essentials For Dummies

“bacteria are cells, and viruses are not — which makes a big difference when it comes to medicine. Antibiotics target bacterial cells, and they don't work on viruses!”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“Vaccines are little pieces of bacteria or viruses injected into the body to give the immune system an education. They work by ramping up your own defensive system so that you're ready to fight the bacteria or virus upon first contact, without becoming sick first.”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“specific killers of infecting bacteria. Scientists around the world are”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies

“Figure 2-2: Structures in a typical animal cell.”
― Rene Fester Kratz, Molecular & Cell Biology For Dummies