Perhaps you are a fan of the Twilig

Perhaps you are a fan of the Twilight movies or the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, or True
Blood the television drama series created and produced by Alan Ball, based on The Southern
Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. Vampires with their mildly frightening
appearance, unusual powers and weaknesses can cause one to pause and question how this is
possible. Can this mythicalogical being most widely brought to life in Dracula, the 1897 novel by
Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary antagonist the vampire Count Dracula, have
any basis in reality? Is there any connection to what we know about biological systems that
could explain vampirism? I doubt that you would be surprised if I said yes, since this is a
biochemistry course website. However, an easy was out of having to explain the characteristics
and abilities of vampires is to deem them to be supernatural beings that are not constrained by
the laws and rules of chemistry, physics and biology.