Orphan drugs under normal market circumstances would not be produced by the pharmaceutical companies due to the expense incurred and potentiality of financial loss due to low levels of sales. Orphan drugs are created to treat, prevent, and diagnose rare diseases with a prevalence of less than 5 in 10,000 per community. An Orphan medicinal product must show an enhanced therapeutic benefit over existing treatments against rare life threatening or debilitating diseases. An orphan drug is not a rare…
A Vietnamese farmer and his family had 500 acres of land used for crops, and this land has been in the family for generations. One day it all changed, all the land became useless and frail, and the family risked starvation and poverty. What happened? The answer was simple, Agent Orange. During the Vietnam War, new chemicals called defoliants were being used as a tactic for military purposes. One of the most common defoliants used was called Agent Orange. These defoliants were used as harmful…
cancer to run in families.2 The p53 gene, which codes for the p53 protein that regulates the cell cycle, has been found in more than half of human cancers.2 This gene is frequently inactivated in a variety of cancers, including leukemias, lymphomas, sarcomas, brain tumors, and carcinomas.3 In this lab experiment, a woman named Valerie is suspected of having…
The Vietnam War is infamous for the controversy surrounding it and the affects it had on both the soldiers and civilians involved. This brutal war was one of the first wars where biological warfare was utilized, resulting in a multitude of tragedies and carnage. The Vietnam War was a sort of new kind of War. As the allies faced off against communist Vietnam, the United States began to encounter problems in Vietnam with the Vietcong, the Vietnamese communist soldiers. The Vietcong used a style of…
SKELETAL MUSCLE PROTIENS Acting:- • Contractile protein. • Consists of 2 alpha helical strands of g-acting molecules bond in succession. • Each g-acting has a required site where the s1 piece of the myosin cross-bridge multifaceted binds right through weight reduction. Myosin:- • Contractile protein. • Consists of two profound (shape tail constituency and two cross-bridges that disconnect with acting to produce force) and four light chains (that influence cross-bridge cycling kinetics and…
As we all know a virus cant be treated with an antibiotic. Usually a virus goes away by itself. However,its one virus that your body cant fight off with out assistance. HIV is a virus that cant be cured. The virus is deadly and highly contagious. Moreover, its can be treated but not cured. If not treated right away it can lead to AIDS. AIDS is also, a terminal disease. What is HIV? HIV stands for human immunodefiency virus. Immune stands for (immune). In addition, deficiency stands for…
Cancer is becoming a second leading cause of death in our society. The expenses for diagnosis and treatment are overwhelming. People may deal with various challenges like; physical, social, emotional and spiritual. “Cancer is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells anywhere in a body” (What is cancer, 2014). “Cancer is associated with the alteration expression of cellular genes that normally regulate proliferation and differentiation” (Copstead & Banasik, 2013). Abnormal cells are called…
Introduction I. When I made my Audience Analysis I found out that 70% of us has had a love one diagnose with cancer, and 71% of us lose their love one to cancer. Today I want to tell you the story of my Grandfather. When I was 9 years old my Grandfather was diagnose with Lymphoma of Hodgkin. I firsthand experience and saw how cancer can physically and mentally destroy a person and their love ones. Over the next four years my Grandfather fought cancer, and initially my Grandfather defeated cancer…
Approach to Care for Cancer The main cause of death in the world of today is cancer. According to Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2011), cancer is the second leading cause of death in America. It has no respect for anybody and no warranties. Cancer can affect anyone, irrespective of age, active or inactive individuals thin or overweight. But, perfect eating lifestyles, healthy living, and good exercise can avert or delay many of the cancers cells. Cancer is the quick and…
alleviate reoccurring tonsillitis prior to surgical intervention. She did not have the article or references for it. As D. B. has aged, she has found that several family members have in fact had different types of cancer ranging from lymphoma, spinal sarcoma, and pancreatic cancer. However, there have been no reports of thyroid cancer or hypothyroidism. Remarkably, a recent study reports that women with her heritage currently living in her hometown have a 57% incidence of thyroid cancer…