Pancreatic cancer

Background: Emergency thoracotomy is a rare but lifesaving procedure in victims of chest trauma especially with penetrating wounds. In the United States, 9 percent of all trauma-related deaths occur from injuries to the thorax, of which one-third involve a penetrating mechanism. In an internal survey, 80% of cardiothoracic surgeons felt that special training is required and only 7% reported that they regularly practice emergency thoracotomy in arrest. We plan to develop an emergency thoracotomy…

Introduction: Sparse evidence outline whose infections are responsible for hospital admission in Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Their location, severity and prognosis are unknown. Our aim was to characterize infections requiring hospitalization in MS patients. Methods: We performed a retrospective study of MS patients admitted to our hospital between 2006 and 2014. We collected information about MS characteristics, location and severity of infection, need for Intermediate/Intensive Care Units (ICU)…

Writing Assignment 1: Description of Unknown Mutant Allele Phenotype Subtle differences were observed after comparing all body parts of mutant and a wild type D. Melanogaster. It was discovered that normal venation pattern was disrupted in mutant D. Melanogaster. The phenotype mutation (vein pattern) of D. Melanogaster was identified with a different degree of expressivity in mutant D. Melanogaster; this was achieved by differentiating the single line (longitudinal vein 5) on a wild-type wing…

In the article "Schizophrenia begins in the womb, study suggests" by Honor Whiteman on the Medical News Today discusses the research devoted to Schizophrenia. The article talks about the abnormal gene labeled FGFR1 that can impair brain development early on. The scientists believe that this research could then find treatments and maybe prevent schizophrenia in the utero. Treatments such as giving pregnant women a drug that could prevent the process developing in the fetus. They discuss that…

Lupus is a chronic, complex and prevalent autoimmune disease that affects more than 1.5 million Americans. (LRI) Many youth have contracted this disease, Lupus can affect your brain, organs, bones, tissues, etc. The body begins to fight it self killing healthy body cells thinking they are malicious. The lupus research institute helps fund beginning operations for finding a cure for lupus. After the initial funding the government will continue to fund the project if it was successful. The lupus…

Cardiac transplantation has emerged as an effective treatment modality for patients with end stage heart disease. According to the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, it has been estimated that more than 5,000 heart transplants are performed every year worldwide(1). The Heart and Stroke Statistics 2012 update by American Heart Association estimated that about 2333 cardiac transplantation procedures were performed in 2010 in the United States alone(2). Cardiac allograft…

The X-ray, also called the Röntgen ray, was invented by German scientist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1985. The x-ray is undisputedly important and is used todays at airports and sporting events to check for weapons and dangerous substances and at hospitals in order to check for fractured or broken bones, internal damage, or items lodged in the digestive system. Despite the x-ray’s numerous and various uses, it’s discovery was unintentional. Wilhelm Röntgen discovered the x-ray while…

SLE or Systemic Lupus Erythematosus is a very complicated disease process. According to the American College of Rheumatology,” Lupus is a destructive inflammatory disease process. It affects multiple organ systems, usually characterized by fatigue, fever, skin lesions, joint pain and swelling, anemia often affecting the kidneys and various other organs. This disease is ten times more common in women than it is in men.” SLE is a chronic disease process that there is no known cure for, basically,…

Diabetic nephropathy is the major cause of end-stage renal disease and its current management may slow the progression to renal failure, but it does not prevent its development. Therefore, effective and new therapeutic approaches are needed in diabetic nephropathy and chronic kidney diseases. Data showed that oxidative stress and inflammatory process are important factors contributing to kidney damage by increasing production of oxidants. KEAP1/Nrf2/ARE pathway regulates the transcription of…

The concept of genetically engineering humans was once confined to the franchises of fiction – stories of half-humans and shapeshifters, transgenesis and cyborging, genetic superpowers and mutations. The list goes on, but one crucial thing has changed – now these once impossible ideas have seemingly become attainable. Ever since female scientists in the United States and Sweden discovered CRISPR-Cas9, the scientific community has been debating over how to use this new power in their hands.…