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Neuroblastoma and microRNA- 34a is commonly mentioned together in many articles and studies around the world. With the advance in medicine and new discoveries, there has been found a dependence relation of neuroblastoma with these specific type of microRNA since it has been discovered how it could eliminate cancer eternally. MicroRNA-34a has not only revolutionized scientists but the world in general because of its ability to destroy neuroblastoma but also because is a new natural genetic…

Kristin Fitzpatrick BI 456 Immunology Disease Term Paper 11/21/14 Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Options I. INTRODUCTION Lupus, Latin for “wolf,” originally referred to the erosive facial lesions that resembled a wound from a wolf’s bite. In the Middle Ages lupus was mainly described as a dermatologic condition. It was not until 1872 that lupus was considered a systemic disease that presented with subcutaneous nodules, arthritis, lymphadenopathy, fever,…

I was not prepared for the day I was told that my daughter had cancer. I froze as the words came out of her doctors ' mouth. I went numb and suddenly felt as if I were beside myself. At first, I did not believe the doctor and assumed he was mistakenly reading the papers of another patient. I wanted to pretend like the doctor had not mentioned anything at all. But, after a few minutes of letting the news sink in, I knew that I was going to have to suck it up and get through it, whatever the end…

As a young person, I have never really dealt with anything regarding with health, such as health insurance, co-pays, or anything else regarding that manner. My parents are the ones who usually deal with those things, though I must say it is very important to know how it works. This came to mind when I read the article “Bitter Pill” by Steven Brill. This article talks about why bills are so high when it comes to health. It show the reality of how these hospitals work. Something that is not…

In “Teenage Wasteland” by Anne Tyler published in Seventeen, Tyler paints a picture of the life of a boy named Donny. The author begins this short story by describing Donny as an innocent child. The story then goes on to describe Donny’s spiraling behavior, and how he is now being forced to meet with a tutor who asked to be called Cal. After some time, Donny is expelled from his school, and Daisy decides to stop the tutoring sessions and enrolls Donny into a public school. A couple months after…

Annotated Bibliography Introduction: This annotated bibliography will be based on the condition of breast cancer and its relevant treatment. Breast cancer is the most common female cancer and globally remains a major public health concern (Meade and Dowling 2012). The condition will be evaluated from a prospective of nursing care, the relevant treatment, and the management of patients with the condition. The electronic database CINAHL, Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition, MEDLINE and…

Sirtuins and Histone deactylases (HDACs) Eukaryotic DNA is packed in a high level structure called chromatin, resulting from the assembly of an elementary unit, the nucleosome, and an octameric structure obtained from eight proteins called histones [1]. Histone deacetylation is a reversible process whereby histone and non-histone protein transfer the acetyl moiety from acetyl co-enzyme A (CoA) to lysines while histone acetylation is the direct opposite process whereby acetyl groups are removed…

My reason for contact of this individual was to fulfill the assignment for PYCL 632 Social & Cultural Foundations of Counseling, and to further my understanding and aptitude for analyzing a specific case in multicultural mental health counseling. Alejandra Lopez is a 40-year old single, divorced female from Ponce, Puerto Rico with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. She was raised Catholic but is now a self-described recovering Catholic with an agnostic proclivity. We met in 2002 while I was the…

Treatment plan for a cancer patient As a social worker, there are few things that are more traumatic than taking care of and seeing the suffering of a child with a terminal illness. It is even more painful when that disease is cancer, and the young child has to go through the ravages of the illness and treatment. Cancer treatment at this point in the world’s medical evolution is sometimes as brutal on the body as the disease itself. For a child, it hurts and disrupts his or her life. The child…

Currently, Dr. Rong Lu conducts research at the University of Southern California (USC). Her lab investigates stem cell malfunction, regulation, and coordination at the single cell level (1). Furthermore, she uses mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) as a model system (1). Dr. Lu’s research utilize various disciplines of biology such as molecular, cellular, and systems biology (1). Additionally, Dr. Lu’s research focuses on investigating the differences and coordination between individual stem…