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Pathogens
Anna Nickerson, Alexis Pring, Teagan
Lee, Olivia Cole, Grace Van Oort
Who Is Guilty?
Dr. Shirley Mo:
attacker
Motive
Dr. Mo
Holds a grudge against Dr. Donley because Donley keeps all the good
fermentation bacteria to herself.
Dr. Donleys brain is insured for 1 million dollars.
Dr. Donley knew Dr. Islands immigration status and was blackmailing her
Has a crush on Dr. High, who had the eyes for Dr. Donleys twin, Duodenum,
and a confrontation took place the night of the party.
Evidence
Lip Prints: just like fingerprints, each persons is unique but harder to
differentiate.
ELISA Test: used to detect antibodies in the blood. Watch the process below:
Information on Pathogens
What is a pathogen?
A pathogen is a bacteria, virus, or a different microorganism that can cause a
disease. Each of the pathogens were viruses including Smallpox, HIV, and
Tuberculosis.
What is a virus?
A virus is classified by its shape also the fact that it is not a living organism, but
also not nonliving, putting t up for debate. A virus does not fit the criteria for a
cellular organism. The type of disease viruses cause depends on the shape of
their capsid- the type of nucleic acid (RNA or DNA), and whether or not there is
an envelope.
Smallpox
Highly contagious
Deadly virus
No cure or treatment
Eradicated from the Earth in the 1980s but small samples have been kept
for research
Samples pose a threat for biowarfare
Tuberculosis (TB)
Purposes of DNA
Fingerprinting
Crime scenes
Identifying father
How it Works
1.
2.
b.
3.
Separate DNA
a.
b.
c.
Data
Lambda/
Hindill size
marker
Lambda/
Hindill size
marker
Crime
Scene
Suspect
1
Suspect
2
Suspect
3
Suspect
4
Suspect
5
Band
Distance
(mm)
Actual Size
(bp)
Distance
(mm)
Distance
(mm)
Distance
(mm)
Distance
(mm)
Distance
(mm)
Distance
(mm)
11
23,130
19
21
21
19
21
21
13
9,416
20.5
23.5
25
20.5
29.5
24
15
6,557
32
30.5
28.5
32
18
4,361
23
2,322
24
2,027
29.5
Based on
our data
from the
DNA
fingerprint,
the DNA
from the
crime scene
matched
Suspect #3
ELISA Test
The ELISA test was positive for suspect 2 and 3, which
are Ellis and Shirley Mo respectively.
This means they were both exposed to the pathogens
and were therefore in Donleys office with the pathogens
or they stole them
Ellis was the offender who stole the pathogens after Mo
had broken into Donleys office and attacked her.
The Outcome
Dr. Shirly Mo and Dr. Ellis Island were both
arrested
Dr. Shirly Mo was convicted on charges of
battery and assault
Dr. Ellis Island was convicted of theft
Coroners Report
Blood not belonging to Dr. Donley was found on her hand and underneath
her nails
A faint scent of almond was apparent which means Dr. Donleys drink was
poisoned with cyanide. Luckily her drink was tipped over before she could
have any
Cyanide can shut down the electron transport chain causing one not to
make ATP and carry on normal functions
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