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I chose to look at the well known monoclonal antibody Humira in this blog post. Antibodies like IgM, IgD, IgG, IgA, and IgE are made and released upon an infection to protect us. In some cases, antibodies like IgE are activated in response to particles that are not harmful to us. This can lead toContinue reading “Monoclonal antibodies: Humira”

As the global pandemic continues, many, including me, are wondering what kinds of tests the scientific community have produced to help identify people infected with Covid-19. One of these types of tests typically used are antibody response tests. These can tell us a number of things, including if you have been infected in the pastContinue reading “Antibody Response Covid-19”

As we have learned in lecture, dendritic cells are the best APCs, or antigen presenting cells our body has. When dendritic cells bind to foreign and possibly pathogenic material, they digest foreign material and present it for other cells to detect. Through differentiating into key players, and activating our adaptive immune system, dendritic cells areContinue reading “T cell and Dendritic Cell Therapy”

March 24th was World Tuberculosis day, however, unsurprisingly it was greatly overran by Covid-19 news coverage. In fact, in almost every article I read about TB, coronavirus was included as either a comparison or a reminder of how weak our immune systems really are to novel pathogens. According to an article published by Infection ControlContinue reading “Tuberculosis”

This entire situation is hard. I am a graduating senior and this semester was supposed to be great and filled with friends, UNC traditions, soccer, Chapel Hill in the spring, and many many other things I had to say goodbye to early. I am most upset about graduation and do not quite understand how theyContinue reading “Personal Blog”

In the latest Situation report 53 posted March 13th, five new countries have reported cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Additionally, the WHO UN foundation and partners launched its first Solidarity Response Fund today. Hubei has the most confirmed cases at 67786 and the most deaths at 3062. The United States has 1264Continue reading “Coronavirus”

According to an article published in September of 2019 in Discover, four main STIs are on the rise. These four are not the mainstream STIs you hear about, but nevertheless should be treated with the same caution. One of them is called Mycoplasma genitalium. This bacterium has the smallest bacterail genome known. The CDC firstContinue reading “Emerging STIs – Mycoplasma genitalium”

From lecture, we learned that HPV is one of the most common sexually transmitted disease, and has the potential to cause cervical cancer as well. Therefore, it is crucial for sexually active men and women to receive the Gardasil vaccination which can protect up to 80% of HPV infections. According to an article published byContinue reading “HPV Vaccine”

In an increasing world of antibiotic resistance, it is crucial for the public and health care providers to be conscious and educated about when they should/can be used and when they cannot. Like we mentioned in class this week, antibiotics are a miracle drug and unfortunately many strains of bacteria we used to be ableContinue reading “Antibiotic Resistance”

According to an article published by CNN health, a new study reveals that vaccines can prevent fatal complications from measles. Almost a third of all measles have complications like pneumonia, hepatitis and viral meningitis. Like we learned about in class, it also suppresses the body’s immune system and makes people vulnerable to complications in everyContinue reading “Vaccines Part 2”