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The diagnosis of NMDAR relies heavily on the detection of the NMDA-related autoantibodies (Ryan 159). The treatment of this disease can be frustrating since there is no established standard of care, being that NMDAR is still relatively new. There is also clashing data in the literature that makes one method of treatment difficult to spread to doctors (Mann). This actually creates…

a genetic disorder that affects the brain. It breaks down the nerve cells in the brain. Most patients develop Huntington’s chorea in their 30s or 40s. The symptoms of Huntington’s chorea could begin age 20 that is called juvenile Huntington’s disease. Treatments for Huntington’s chorea are continuing to improve. Movement disorders are a common symptom associated with Huntington’s chorea. Involuntary jerking, muscle problems, and impaired gain and posture are all symptoms of Huntington’s…

A. Summary: In the wake of Zika virus, group of scientists tried to understand the cause and effect of this virus. Zika virus was carried by a mosquito. This virus was first experienced by an infant in Brazil as of 2015 and started to spread over Panama, Haiti, Mexico, and the United States. Scientists studied that Zika virus has led to microcephaly, as well as problems with the eyes, ears, and joints of the human infants. Moreover, because of this virus, infants might have seizures and…

Statistics: Myers, R. H. (2004). Huntington’s Disease Genetics. NeuroRx, 1(2), 255–262 - This graph represents the onset age of Huntington’s disease. It ranges anywhere from 3 to 85. The average age of onset HD is between 30 and 55 years. Hogarth P. 2013. “Huntington Disease” . American Academy of Neurology. [Internet]. [2013 May 27, cited 2015 Oct 16] Neurology 2013;80;e241-e243. Available from: http://www.neurology.org/content/80/22/e241.full.pdf This graph represents the amount of…

is stupefying to imagine how many diseases actually exist in our small section of the universe. It’s even more stupefying to understand how many diseases can take place in each of our body systems. The possibilities are remarkably infinite. Two of a never-ending amount of diseases that could end up creeping their way into a victim’s body are fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva and aphasia. Fibrodysplasia ossifcans progressiva (FOP) is a skeletal system disease in which muscle tissue and…

Neisser around 1880. It is an extremely common disease that is usually found in the age group of 15-24 years old. It is found to be the second most common disease in the country along with about 700,000 new cases appearing each year. While this number seems big, the real problem is that only about…

which the patient acquired while she was in an orphanage in India. The measles developed into a slow viral infection. In this the symptoms are masked as the patient does not appear to be suffering from the disease. The disease is replicating but it does not overwhelm the body. In this case the disease did not begin to manifest until the patient had finished her first year of college. It began with a reduction of eyesight and moved to the loss of cognitive functions. Slow viruses also know as…

I would like to participate in the BOLD summer camp because in my biology class this school year my class and I learned about cancer cells, and I want to learn more about cancer because I find the subject of cancer very fascinating. It is very interesting how a simple mutation during cell division can cause a rogue cell with its own agenda. It seems like something from a movie. I was fascinated at how a cancer cell is essentially immortal because it ignores signals for cell death, and proceeds…

Design and Procedures: The examination of the population incorporated all verified incident cases of TB reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Tuberculosis Surveillance System (NTSS) for people dwelling in selected US urban communities from 2000 through 2007. Case reports including the demographic, clinical, and treatment data of patients with TB were submitted to NTSS by the local and state health departments. Cases of TB were considered to occur in a selected city…

Since the beginning of time, diseases have existed and troubled humanity. Just alone, the extremely contagious and deadly disease, smallpox took the lives of 400 million until it was eradicated in 1977. For decades, smallpox infected thousand of native americans who was extremely vulnerable to the disease brought by early settlers from Europe. The european contact brought huge epidemics, plowing through villages and the population of the native americans, causing panic and widespread hatred…