Slide 1Vital Statistics: 1.8 Ms ½ sq.deg @ 160 ksec 1761 sources Dec 06-June 07 Catalog: Elvis et al., 2009, ApJS 184, 158 Martin Elvis, Francesca Civano, Aldcroft T., Fruscione…

Slide 1Gastrointestinal system Slide 2 The mouth Teeth (caries) Action of Streptococci on dietary sugars Leads to pulpitis and abscess Slide 3 Oral mucosa Squamous epithelium…

Slide 1Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Slide 2 Introduction  It is prevalent in Southern China, Southeast Asia, HongKong and parts of East and North Africa.  High index of…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Collaborators:  K. Krisciunas (CTIO/Carnegie), N. Suntzeff (CTIO)  M. Hamuy (Carnegie), E. Persson (Carnegie), W. Freedman (Carnegie), M. Roth (Carnegie)…

Slide 1 1 Immunodeficiency Diseases Components of the immune response system are absent or nonfunctional –Deficiencies involve B and T cells, phagocytes, and complement…

Slide 1 Anti-Inflammatory Responses Complement regulatory proteins: e.g. C1 inhibitor, C4 binding protein, Factor H, Factor I, complement receptor CR1, decay accelerating…

Slide 1 Stress and Infections n Antigens ~ proteins on the surface of cells that identify microorganisms as native or foreign. n Lymphocytes ~ specialized white blood cells…

Slide 1 Infectious Mononucleosis Mary Ann Hudson, RN The Ohio State University College of Nursing Slide 2 Overview of presentation Presentation of patient where infectious…

Slide 1 Cancer Slide 2 Difficult to Define Classic definition: tissue overgrowth which is independent of the laws governing the remainder of the body. Serves no purpose to…

Slide 1 Slide 2 Definition  Group of neuropathic conditions characterized by progressive weakness & dimished or absent reflexes.  Inflammatory neuropathy due to…