Assume the role of a research scientist who is applying for grant money to fund research on ALS. Describe the particular area of research that you would investigate (drug-based therapies that would slow the progression of the disease, tissue repair/regeneration, gene therapy, etc.) and provide valid scientific reasoning as to […]

Part 1: Relevance of Evolution: Medicine 1. What is causing the evolutionary arms race with pathogens? Provide an example to illustrate your answer. 2. How can we slow down antibiotic resistance? 3. What is the evolutionary history of HIV? Why do some people live with HIV and not get sick? […]

Q1. Dexamethasone is a drug used to contain the secretion of ACTH from the anterior pituitary gland. Two patients with hypersecretion of cortisol are given dexamethasone. Anika’s cortisol secretion level falls to normal after the medication, but Bonnie’s cortisol secretion remains elevated. Which patient has primary hypercortisolism, also called Cushing’s […]

Aryotyping Go tohttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/readchromosomes/ Read through all of this webpage Go tohttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/karyotype/ Drag the chromosomes on the left to the right to make a normal karyotype Go tohttp://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/chromosomes/diagnose/ Read through all this web page. Click on all of the animations and hyper linked disorders on the right hand side Answers the questions posted below Answer the […]