Immunology

Exploring the Ignorance in Our Communities: How a Pediatrician is Challenging the Conventional Wisdom? Dr. Hassan, a community activist, pediatrician and reformer, advocates health awareness in the community, an issue he feels strong about. His goal is to teach people about the psychology of child abuse and make a mutual relationship between both parents and child. He has appeared on multiple Bengali TV Channel’s health programs in U.S to reach out and educate people. “I enjoy participating in…

Career Analysis of a Dental Hygienist INTRODUCTION Being a dental hygienist may be a difficult career for some, but in the end, it is very beneficial to the people. It is important for one to have a positive attitude while working in this field. Dental hygienist have really important tasks and duties to follow, you have to have numerous amounts of classes. When actually being in this career it might seem like the most difficult job to do, some days are longer than others, but in the long…

TOPIC: THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL HEALTH EDUCATION IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY(A CASE STUDY OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OJO CATONMENT ,LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA) INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background to the Study The importance of oral health care can never be over emphasized, as oral health education has helped people to prevent the occurrences of oral diseases in our societies. Oral health education is necessary to improve individual oral hygiene through the effective communication of oral health education…

Prevention With Vaccination The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is the fastest spreading infection around the world today. HPV is an infection that can cause warts or certain types of cancer. There are approximately 40 types of HPV virus, but HPV 6, 11, 16 and 18 are the most dangerous ones to humans today. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 17,500 women and 9,300 men are affected by cancers caused by HPV each year. Cervical cancer is the second leading cause of…

When Does the Regulation of Vaccinations Go Too Far? When talking about vaccinations, the morality of individuals is one factor taken into consideration. There has been controversy regarding vaccinations causing autism, whether natural immunity is better than vaccine acquired immunity, why vaccines aren’t 100% effective, and what effects religious views have on the distribution of vaccinations. These questions tend to have difficult answers or none at all because they are based on the ethics of…

Since I have a passion for these topics, I am currently majoring in Molecular Microbiology and Immunology where I study microscopic cells and diseases in the research field at the university. The main reason why I choose this major more than the other studies is because of the research opportunity at the university and being able to use analysis skill…

IC.3. Specific Aims: Specific Aim1: Role of NK cells and neutrophils at different disease stages of MmuPV1 infection Rationale: The role of innate immune cells in HPV-associated cancers has been investigated in human studies (55). However, how these cells fight against papillomavirus infection at different disease stages remains unclear (8). We recently established persistent mucosal infection in immunocompetent heterozygous (Foxn1nu/+) NU/J mice. When compared with immunocompromised homozygous…

Hashimoto’s Disease is a disease where the thyroid is damaged by the person’s immune system. To define it, Hashimoto’s Disease is an “autoimmune lymphocytic infiltration of the thyroid gland closely associated with the presence of antithyroid autoantibodies and often resulting in chronic hypothyroidism.”(Brier, 2009) Due to the damages that occur, the thyroid is unable to function properly. My dad was recently diagnosed with this disease. Coping with Hashimoto’s Disease brings many lifestyle…

The process of natural selection makes it so organisms with characteristics further suitable to their environment outlive and reproduce more than those with less suitable characteristics. This process helps ensure that each generation becomes increasingly adapted to their surroundings so that they can ultimately live longer and increase population sizes. At first glance, diseases are the exception to this principle since they seem to be unfavorable attributes that have somehow continued to pass…

Essay 1: An important discovery/concept in microbiology The world of microbiology is a vast one. In theory, microbiology is the study of single celled micro organisms and viruses, that work independently of each other. These microbial cells are the backbone and fundamental unit of life. Most of the biomass present on earth today is microbial, with almost 5.3x10^30 cells present, mostly in terrestrial and oceanic subsurfaces. Within these subsurfaces, many microbial communities exist, with…