In vivo

Brown Girl Dreaming is an emotionally touching children’s book that contains vivid and descriptive language—this makes this book a well-written children’s book. Such language describes Woodson’s childhood, specifically growing up in South Carolina and New York during the 1960s and 1970s—it changed her life. Throughout the course of this book card, I will focus on how an educator can make a difference in a student’s; especially when it comes to motivating students to chase after their dreams. As…

The nature versus nurture argument is, and has been, one of the most hotly debated topics in modern science for decades. The argument of whether humans start out as a “blank slate” or Tabula Rasa, as opposed to being predisposed with certain environmental effects out of their control transcends even natural science and enters into the realms of philosophy and psychology. It is nearly undeniable that the ideas of Mendelian inheritance are sound theories, yet the argument for…

recipient unlike germ line therapy; the genes are introduced into a sematic cell. (MajorDifferences) 
Somatic gene therapy however can be split into two different categories known as; ex vivo and in vivo. 
Ex vivo means exterior, where the cells are modified outside the body and then transplanted back in again, whilst in vivo means interior, where genes are changed whilst the cells are still inside the…

6.7 million women ages 15-44 in the U.S. are unable to get pregnant or carry a baby to term, 1.5 million are infertile (CDC.gov). Birth defects occur in about 3% of live births and are the leading cause of infant mortality, approximately 33,084 babies are born diagnosed with birth defects each year. (CDC.gov) However, there are ways to fix and prevent these problems. In Vitro Fertilization, germline gene therapy, and somatic gene therapy can be used to solve problems such as infertility, cure…

was dissolved in Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO) and used to assay the antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 29213, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853. An ointment was prepared from the ethanol extract (10% w/w) and assessed for its in vivo wound healing potential on infected rat model by rate of healing, bacterial count, biochemical analysis, and expression of matrix metalloproteinase. In addition to that, the collagen content in the granulation tissue was estimated to comment on…

believe that medical researchers are cruel and inhumane and have called for an end to all animal experimentation. Some claim that the results of animal testing have very little scientific values. Others like the animal welfare doesn’t oppose to all in vivo research using animals, they stand against inhumane and unnecessary use of animals and fight to eliminate the pain and suffering of animals for cosmetics purposes. Even though both scientists and Animal right Activist believe that experience…

be effective in treatment of claustrophobic fear in four separate participants. Botella and colleagues state that this research is important because many clients who have anxiety disorders or specific phobias are too terrified to participate in vivo exposure treatment, but still wish to have help with their disorder. The authors cite that…

There is a gap in the literature regarding the effect of Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) on the maintenance of nicotine addiction. According to Nordberg (2001), “Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia and one of the most devastating diseases of the middle aged and elderly” (Nordberg, 2001). To this day, there is no known cure for AD, regardless of its high prevalence among the elderly. AD is a neurodegenerative disease known to cause cerebral atrophy, tau pathology (neurofibrillary…

to protect vulnerable being who have no voice but on the other side thousands if not millions of helpless people are dying of illnesses of which a cure could be found if only animals were to be tested upon. A common argument for the abolition of in vivo animal testing is that animals offer no consent to what is being done to their body. How would you like it if you were plucked from you how without your consent?…

While fulfilling my major requirements of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior at UC Davis I did not have to take many writing composition courses and neither did I have the time. Now as I am applying to medical schools I see the importance of my essays on the interviewer and the whole application process, and now I realize how beneficial writing classes would have been. The skills I have learned in this class will help me make my essays more influential and appealing. Once summer break starts…