Infection vs. Transfection

Infectionnoun

(pathology) The act or process of infecting.

Transfectionnoun

(molecular biology) The introduction of foreign DNA into a eukaryotic cell.

Infectionnoun

An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.

Transfection

Transfection is the process of deliberately introducing naked or purified nucleic acids into eukaryotic cells. It may also refer to other methods and cell types, although other terms are often preferred: is typically used to describe non-viral DNA transfer in bacteria and non-animal eukaryotic cells, including plant cells.

‘transformation’;

Infectionnoun

The act or process of infecting.

‘There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection.’;

Infectionnoun

That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

‘And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them.’;

Infectionnoun

The state of being infected; the condition of suffering from an infectious disease; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

‘The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London.’;

Infectionnoun

That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

‘It was her chance to lightAmidst the gross infections of those times.’;

Infectionnoun

Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

Infectionnoun

Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

‘Through all her train the soft infection ran.’; ‘Mankind are gay or serious by infection.’;

Infectionnoun

A localized area of tissue which is inflamed by growth of microorganisms; as, he has an infection in his finger.

Infectionnoun

the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Infectionnoun

(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

Infectionnoun

(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

Infectionnoun

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Infectionnoun

the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people;

‘a contagion of mirth’; ‘the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry’;

Infectionnoun

moral corruption or contamination;

‘ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable’;

Infectionnoun

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Infection

An infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to the infectious agents and the toxins they produce. An infectious disease, also known as a transmissible disease or communicable disease, is an illness resulting from an infection.