Cancer is a disease that the world has been trying to fight for a long time. There are many types of cancers, some malignant and some benign. Doctors have attempted to successfully treat cancer numerous ways like chemotherapy and radiation, however, recently a new way has been discovered. A new procedure called TALEN's was used to treat a one year old girl, who is fighting leukemia. TALEN's is the process of gene editing where doctors use scalpels to slice out mutated genes. The one year old, Layla
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Pathology Assignment 1 – Essay. Candidate No 690814 Describe the four signs of inflammation and explain how each develops. What benefit is derived from the development of each sign? Introduction To quote Tortora and Derrickson (2009), “Inflammation is a non-specific, defensive response of the body to tissue damage”. The most common causes of tissue damage are physical and chemical trauma, and infections. And, the classical four external signs of inflammation are described as: redness (erythema
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of this disorder start to appear around the newborn period. This disorder is devastating, causing problems to various organs and parts of the human body. These effects are usually life threatening, and currently there are no known cures. Zellweger disease, usually means certain death for any infant born with it. Some symptoms of ZWS become apparent right around the first few hour of life. Examples of these symptoms include poor muscle tone, abnormal skeletal growth, liver dysfunction, loss of hearing
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The world of medicine is always moving forward expanding, finding answers, and taking new turns. Xenotransplantation could be the next big step. It could change the face of medicine and we, as the FFA, coud take part in this big move. Xenotransplantation is the transplantation of non-human organs or cells into a human body. An example of this is when they replace someone’s heart valve with that of a pig. Pigs are the most common donor when it comes to xenotransplantation. This is because they mature
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characterize and to delineate predictors of bad outcome in patients hospitalized with Mediterranean Spotted Fever during 23 years. Material/methods: We performed a retrospective cross-sectional study of adult patients hospitalized in an Infectious Diseases Unit between 1992 and 2014. The MSF was defined as positive R. conorii serology, positive R. conorii Polymerase Chain Reaction or clinical diagnosis (typical rash and eschar). The patients were identified by our hospital database (ICD9 082.1) and
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Introduction, Cancer is a disease caused by an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. Cancer is a life changer that can both positively and negatively affect a person’s life, family, and death all in one. Being that I come from a family who has cancer on both sides, I chose this topic to increase knowledge within myself and my family on the topic. With research from cancer organizations, general knowledge, and an open mind I was able to find out very interesting facts and
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Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS) A look into an emerging rare genetic disorder: A Case Study Rebecca Nelson MLS 465 *The patient history, results, and diagnosis in this case study are real. Patient consent was obtained. Overview: A healthy female adult made a new patient appointment to be seen who was experiencing joint pain in her right knee, having trouble walking as result, and felt slightly ill (malaise). Patient arrived to physician’s office limping with limited
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They estimate that 7.6 million people will die of cancer a year. That is about 20,000 deaths a day. On top of that, 12 million more will find out that they too have this deadly disease. There has been no cure released to the public at this time, and the only known ways to get rid of it are very few. Once it develops too far for surgery removal, there is the option to start Chemotherapy, which is a radioactive treatment to kill off all cancerous cells. Cancer has 4 stages of development: 0, I, II
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not only allow for us to delve more into how the world works, but can also shed light on disease. However, there is a subject that while distant from traditional bench work, is equally as important in its contribution to disease prevention and deserves more attention. And that topic is… epidemiology! While there are many different areas to epidemiology, the underlying goal is to predict and prevent disease within a defined population. From Ebola to influenza, large scale infections are an ever-present
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World Health Organisation ischaemic heart disease was the leading cause of death in the world in 2012. 7.4 million people died from the disease in 2012 with stroke being the second leading cause of death and chronic obstructive lung disease being the third top killer. [1] These deaths undoubtedly have devastating effects and put a major strain on the health system both as regards resources but also as regards finance. According to CNBC Ischaemic heart disease costs the United States approximately $108
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