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- 2. WHAT IS IMMUNOTHERAPY? •THE PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF DISEASE WITH SUBSTANCES THAT STIMULATE THE IMMUNE RESPONSE.
- 3. WHAT TYPES OFCANCER CAN BE TREATED WITH IMMUNOTHERAPY? • MELANOMA CANCER • LUNG CANCER • KIDNEY CANCER • BLADDER CANCER
- 4. SIDE EFFECTS OFIMMUNOTHERAPY • FATIGUE • FEVER • CHILLS • NAUSEA • VOMITING • DIZZINESS
- 5. TYPES OF CANCERIMMUNOTHERAPY • MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES: THESE ARE MAN-MADE VERSIONS OF IMMUNE SYSTEM PROTEINS. ANTIBODIES CAN BE VERY USEFUL IN TREATING CANCER BECAUSE THEY CAN BE DESIGNED TO ATTACK A VERY SPECIFIC PART OF A CANCER CELL. • IMMUNE CHECKPOINT INHIBITORS: THESE DRUGS BASICALLY TAKE THE ‘BRAKES’ OFF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM, WHICH HELPS IT RECOGNIZE AND ATTACK CANCER CELLS. • CANCER VACCINES: VACCINES ARE SUBSTANCES PUT INTO THE BODY TO START AN IMMUNE RESPONSE AGAINST CERTAIN DISEASES. WE USUALLY THINK OF THEM AS BEING GIVEN TO HEALTHY PEOPLE TO HELP PREVENT INFECTIONS. BUT SOME VACCINES CAN HELP PREVENT OR TREAT CANCER.
- 6. WHAT IS INFLAMMATION? •A LOCALIZED PHYSICAL CONDITION IN WHICH PART OF THE BODY BECOMES REDDENED, SWOLLEN, HOT, AND OFTEN PAINFUL, ESPECIALLY AS A REACTION TO INJURY OR INFECTION.
- 7. CAUSES OF INFLAMMATION •HEART DISEASE • DEPRESSION • ANGER DISORDERS AND AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR • CANCER
- 8. FOUR SIGNS OFINFLAMMATION • REDNESS (LATIN RUBOR) • HEAT (CALOR) • SWELLING (TUMOR) • PAIN (DOLOR)
- 9. WHAT IS HEMORRAGE? •AN ESCAPE OF BLOOD FROM A RUPTURED BLOOD VESSEL, ESPECIALLY WHEN PROFUSE.
- 10. TYPES OF HEMORRAGE •PRIMARY HEMORRAGE • REACTIONARY HEMORRAGE • SECONDARY HEMORRAGE
- 11. HOW TO TREATTHE RISK OF HAVING A BRAIN HEMORRAGE • TREAT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE • DON’T SMOKE • DON’T USE ILLEGAL DRUGS • DRIVE CAREFULLY
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- 13. WHAT IS AWESTERN BLOT? • AN ADAPTATION OF THE SOUTHERN BLOT PROCEDURE, USED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC AMINO-ACID SEQUENCES IN PROTEINS.
- 14. HOW DOES AWESTERN BLOT WORK? • A MIXTURE OF PROTEINS IS SEPARATED BASED ON MOLECULAR WEIGHT, AND THUS BY TYPE, THROUGH GEL ELECTROPHORESIS. ... THE MEMBRANE IS THEN INCUBATED WITH LABELS ANTIBODIES SPECIFIC TO THE PROTEIN OF INTEREST.
- 15. WHY IS ITNECESSARY TO USE A WESTERN BLOT? • USED IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, IMMUNOGENETICS AND OTHER MOLECULAR BIOLOGY DISCIPLINES TO DETECT SPECIFIC PROTEINS IN A SAMPLE OF TISSUE HOMOGENATE OR EXTRACT.
- 16. WHAT IS AOPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION? • AN INFECTION CAUSED BY PATHOGENS (BACTERIA, VIRUSES, FUNGI, OR PROTOZOA) THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AN OPPORTUNITY NOT NORMALLY AVAILABLE, SUCH AS A HOST WITH A WEAKENED IMMUNE SYSTEM, AN ALTERED MICROBIOTA (SUCH AS A DISRUPTED GUT FLORA), OR BREACHED INTEGUMENTARY BARRIERS.
- 17. OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS • HIV •PNEUMONIA • SALMONELLA INFECTION • CANDIDIASIS • TOXOPLASMOSIS • TUBERCULOSIS
- 18. SYMPTOMS OF OPPORTUNISTICINFECTIONS • COMA • FEVER • NAUSEA • SEIZURES • MENTAL SYMPTOMS
- 19. WHAT IS URTICARIA? •A RASH OF ROUND, RED WELTS ON THE SKIN THAT ITCH INTENSELY, SOMETIMES WITH DANGEROUS SWELLING, CAUSED BY AN ALLERGIC REACTION, TYPICALLY TO SPECIFIC FOODS.
- 20. CAUSES OF URTICARIA •FOODS • MEDICINES • LATEX • INFECTIONS • INSECT BITES • DISEASES
- 21. SYMPTOMS OF URTICARIA •ITCHING • SWELLING • RAISED • RED • SKIN-COLORED WELTS