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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.…

development of many cancers such as leukemia, brain cancers, breast cancer, adrenal cortex cancer, and many others.” Tori- “ Was there a cancer that you developed from having the syndrome?” Ella- “ Yes, actually I developed bone cancer in my childhood, which is the common time to develop cancer from this syndrome. I actually also have to be careful because I may develop more than 1 cancer in my lifetime from it(Family).”…

My summer was as terrible as cancer. That's right, as terrible as cancer! Literally. Here are just a few reasons why my summer was horrible. My great grandma died of cancer, my dad had a heart attack. My volleyball coach died of cancer. My guinea pig died and I was in a car crash. What a dreadful summer. I was in the school waiting for the last seconds to count down before summer would begin. Wahoo! I was thinking about what I would do and saying that this is going to be the best summer ever.…

July 5, 1940, in Monroe Washington. He has a brother, Martin Close. He had a mom and a dad. His hobbies and interests were creating art. His mom brought him to all of the art shows and stuff. His dad died when he was 11, and his mom fell with breast cancer. Close also had a kidney infection and landed him in bed for almost a year. So he had trouble doing art for almost a year. Chuck took up the…

What is Cancer? Cancer is the name for a group of more than 100 diseases. Although there are many kinds of cancer, all cancers start because abnormal cells grow out of control. Untreated cancers can cause serious illness and death. There is no known cure for any cancer, however there are multiple types of treatments. And Cancer can be overcome, it is just not 100 percent chance that it will be overcome every time. Normal cells grow, divide to make new cells, and die in an formattable way.…

What does not destroy us makes us stronger. In ways we could become stronger, but not experiencing what happens in life can make us weak. The Black Plague is one prime example of this. People were dying, but we recovered from the plague and it did make the people stronger and have more knowledge of illnesses. We recovered from the plague and have improved immune systems than before. Though it could go either way. What almost destroys us can make us weak. An example of this could be cheetahs.…