Outline
I. Th3/Treg
II. Mucosal Immunity/ Oral Tolerance
III. Th17
( integrating Zwickey's notes with what I took in class )
I. Th3/Treg
II. Mucosal Immunity/ Oral Tolerance
III. Th17
A Movie about AIDS: And the Band Played ON
Jun. 9th, 2008 08:23 pmD and I just watched And the Band Played On. It is the story of the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, beginning in the 1970's with the first few odd cases and finishing the story in 1985, when public attention and government efforts finally came to bear on the problem. Not that the problem is anywhere near solved now, mind you. Worldwide there are more new HIV infections each year than there are AIDS patients to die. The epidemic is growing. The populations currently being infected at the highest rate in the US are young African and Hispanic women and teens.
( for extra credit in immunology )
Microbiology: FUNGUS amongus
Mar. 8th, 2008 02:18 pmMercola says fungus can cause IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome):
http://www.mercola.com/2003/sep/13/inflammatory_bowel_disease.htm
This might convince you to stop eating corn--and to eat more gouda cheese, because it's fermented with lactobacillus.
( about fungus, just getting started )
http://www.mercola.com/2003/sep/13/inflammatory_bowel_disease.htm
This might convince you to stop eating corn--and to eat more gouda cheese, because it's fermented with lactobacillus.
Doctor's Mistakes / Doctor's Evil
Jul. 10th, 2007 08:29 pmI'm still reading How Doctors Think and it continues to increase my awareness of all the ways and reasons that a doctor can arrive at an incorrect diagnosis. I suppose a jury could come to an incorrect verdict in many of the same ways...
This link tells of six medics who face the death penalty because they gave HIV tainted blood to children. The story is painfully incomplete. Did the medics know that this blood was tainted? Is this terrible effort to punish them simply an attempt by the bereaved to gain justice in the "eye for an eye" sense?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6290112.stm
It is hard for me to imagine any doctor intentionally infecting children with the HIV virus. And so much less likely that six of them would do it....knowingly.
This link tells of six medics who face the death penalty because they gave HIV tainted blood to children. The story is painfully incomplete. Did the medics know that this blood was tainted? Is this terrible effort to punish them simply an attempt by the bereaved to gain justice in the "eye for an eye" sense?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6290112.stm
It is hard for me to imagine any doctor intentionally infecting children with the HIV virus. And so much less likely that six of them would do it....knowingly.
Health Benefits of Green Tea
Apr. 1st, 2007 11:10 pm
Green tea may keep HIV at bay:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/6502399.stm
Green tea blocks cancer:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3125469.stm