Prompt/Topic: Anton grew up in France and has come to America for college.  He lived with an French family during his freshman year, but then he moved into an apartment with two other students, all from different countries.  They all study very hard and do not want to take time […]

A. Successful HCV treatment also called sustained virology response (SVR) is defined as a patient’s viral load below the lower limit of quantification at a follow-up evaluation at 24 weeks after the completion of the treatment. On the other hand, patients who do not attain SVR, the viral load either […]

Q1. A small, impermeable membrane is placed between the anchor cell and the other vulva precursor cells in a larva of C. elegans. What would you expect the result to be? Q2. Your first project in your new lab is to purify the protein Rock Band (RB) which is known […]

Discussion Question 1 Outbreak of Cyclosporiasis in the United States Cyclospora cayetanensis is a single-celled parasite that causes an intestinal infection called cyclosporiasis. As of August 26, 2014 (5pm EDT), CDC had been notified of 304 ill persons with confirmed Cyclospora infection in 2014; of these, 207 ill persons from […]