Bristol Qs Flashcards
Why Bristol?
Like the area - good location in the city
Early clinical exposure as part of the new curriculum
Case based learning combined with lectures - good balance
Large variety of societies to get involved with
Societies that you would join
Asian society - Bristol is a diverse area, proud of my culture and I would be able to celebrate it
Badminton - played when I was younger, way to keep fit
Baking - hobby of mine
Netball - sport that I’ve always liked playing
Tamil - fluent speaker, can read and write as well
French - did AS, continue learning on Duolingo, reasonably fluent
Recent medical news seen
Libmeldy - UK’s most expensive drug
MLD - severely damages brain and nervous system
Fault gene meaning child cannot produce enzyme ARSA - protein that helps body’s metabolism to work
Sulfatides build up, destroy the protective layers around cells in the brain and nervous system
Recessive allele
Alters patient’s cells to correct faulty gene - blood removed and filtered - collect bag of stem cells
Libmeldy took around 20 years to develop - first human trials in 2010, now available through the NHS
