A 74-year-old woman is transported to a regional burn center after being rescued from a house fire. Apparently, a space heater was knocked over and an area rug caught fire. The fire quickly spread throughout the house. She did not have any functional smoke detectors and became trapped in a […]

1. Imagine a male bird migrating back north after a long, tough winter in Central America, Assume it flies during the day. Also assume that males of this species return to the same patch of grassland where they were the previous summer and that they are territorial. Finally, assume that […]

Q1. A young mother is encouraging her son to try another bite of a disliked food. The child is quietly whining, but when the mother spreads the food around to cool it, the child becomes hysterical. Why did child become so upset? Recognize the cognitive stage of the child. Q2. […]

Question: Determine the significance of the observation that knocking out MyD88abrogates increases in Factor B and C3a but knocking out of TRIF does not? Describe in molecular terms.   Question: From these experiments can you determine the types of pathogens that caused sepsis in these mice?  What are the most likely activating TLR ligand(s)?  Explain and justify […]