COPD
COPD is a group of diseases characterized by limitation of airflow in the airway that is not fully reversible. COPD is the umbrella term for chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema. In COPD the airways…
Regulation of digestion and obesity
See also Leptin Receptor under Signal Transduction Introduction: The activities of the gastroinentestinal tract are coordinated by the nervous system and the endocrine system. The nervous system, for example, stimulates…
Rare Diseases
EU Clinical Trials Introduction: RD is an umbrella term used to group a road range of individual diseases that share the common trait of having a low point prevalence within…
Diagnosis of Eye Diseases
Bascam Eye Center Defintions: A-scan: Interferometry works by splitting a light beam and comparing it with a reference beam. When the beams interfere, they create an interference pattern, which is then…
STDs
CDC (clinical guidance for STIs) Chancroid: Cause: Chancroid is caused by a pleomorphic gram-negative rod called Haemophilus ducreyi. Symptoms: this ulcerative disease usually beings as a soft apule, or bump, at the point…
Dry Eye Disease
Introduction: Dry eye disease affects about 12 million people in the US. In the human eye, the precorneal tear film covering ocular surfaces is composed of three primary layers: the…
Photosynthesis
Introduction: Photosynthesis occurs in a wide variety of organisms and it comes in different forms. These include a form of photosynthesis that does not produce oxygen (anoxygenic) and a form…
Antibiotics
Videos: Ribosomes & Macrolide Resistance Use of generative AI to generate new drugs (MIT) AI use in developing new drugs (tic tok) Antibiotics which Target the Cell Wall: Beta-lactam antibiotics are…
Class I Cytokine Receptor Family
Type I cytokine receptors are transmembrane receptors expressed on the surface of cells that recognize and respond to cytokines with four alpha-helical strands. These receptors are also known as hemopoietin…
Leptin Receptor
Leptin or obesity receptor (Ob-R) is a ember of class I cytokine receptor family, Ob-R, expressed in six isoforms, is the product of alternative RNA splicing of db gene. According…