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How long did David live in a bubble and how did he die? Why was the bone marrow transplant unsuccessful?
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12 years, he died in 1984 when doctors injected bone marrow with donated cells from his sister's bone marrow cells that contained monoculeosis virus or (Epstein-Barr Virus, or EBV)
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What enzyme causes B and T cells to not develop and what disease does this result in?
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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease, or "bubble boy disease" adenosine deaminase
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What does EBV stand for and what did David die of?
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David died of B cell lymphoma ( a cancer) when he was injected with contaminated bone marrow containing monoculeosis virus or the Epstein-Barr Viurus or EBV
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what are the 2 treatments for SCID? Which is the best way?
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Give repeated injections of adenosine deaminase (the enzyme that causes B and T cells to develop)
Carry out a bone marrow transplant from a compatible donor |
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What are the 3 types of diseases with WBC's?
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leukemia, infectious mononucleosis, and SCID
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What does leukemia mean? What does it refer to?
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white blood, a group of cancerous conditions that involve uncontrolled WBC proliferation
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How are the different types of leukemia named?
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after the type of cell that is dividing out of control (i.e.-lymphocytic leukemia involves abnormal lymphocyte proliferation)
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WHat tyupe of leukemia inovlves abnormal lymphocyte proliferation?
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lymphocytic leukemia
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what could leukemia also cause?
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anemia, crowding out of platelets
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What is the result of lymphocytes being infected with EBV? What does it stand for?
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Infectious mononucleosis, stands for the Epstein-Barr Virus
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What is EBV a member of?
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herpes virus family, is one of the most common human viruses.
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What is associated with one of the most common human viruses?
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EBV (Ebstein Barr Virus_
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what are the symptoms of infectious mononucleosis?
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fever, sore throat, and swollen lymph glands
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What disease is the result of being infected with the EBV? Why is it so bad?
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infectious mononucleosis...although the symptoms usually disappear in one to 2 months w/o medication, eBV remains dormant and hidden in few cells in the throat and blood for the rest of a person's life.
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What can reactivate EBV? What does the reactivation mean?
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stress, can pass it on "kissing disease"
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What can treat infectious mononucleosis?
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Radiation: kill rapidly multiplying cells
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What is the name for a doctor that treats cancer?
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oncologist
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Which cells make platelets?
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Megakaryocytes
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What did Ben's lymphocytic leukemia cause?
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crowding out of other cells causing anemia and megakaryocytes
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why did Ben's nose start bleeding/
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the platelets in his blood were too low
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What was Ben diagnosed with?
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lymphocytic leukemia
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