Tag Archives: medicine
Essay on the activation of the complement system and its role in disease
Q. Discuss the pathways leading to complement activation giving examples of diseases where complement regulation is impaired. Introduction The complement system consists of a group of proteins found in the blood plasma and on cell membranes. These proteins play a vital role in assisting the innate and adaptive immune responses with the destruction of pathogens. […]
Malaria will always be with us; discuss this assertion
* An essay prepared for my Infection & Immunity exam. The headings are partly there to help me structure the essay when writing it, and partly to help me memorise it and would not be left in for a hand in essay * Q – Malaria will always be with us; discuss this assertion […]
Treatment of mental ill health with reference to past treatment
* This is another Summer school essay, this time for a psychology course. Like the E-commerce essay, this is one of my first pieces of writing at University level and as such does not represent my best work. The small amount of psychology I studied at this time was enough to disenfranchise me to the subject, […]
Development of T-lymphocytes in the thymus
Q. Describe the processes that control the development of T lymphocytes in the thymus This essay will describe the processes which govern the development of thymocytes in the Thymus. It will attempt to detail these processes in a linear fashion, tracing the journey of a thymocyte entering the thymus, activation of notch receptors, passage through […]
The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease
The Human Microbiome in Health and Disease INTRODUCTION, the biome, number of organisms Various parts of the human body provide favourable (while selective) environments for microorganisms. The skin, mouth as well as the respiratory, gastrointestinal and urogenital tracts all have unique environments which cater to particular bacteria while some are vulnerable to particular infections. The […]
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