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Causes of disease: overview
What is the term for a condition ...,
What are the causes of disease or...,
What can cause intrinsic disease
7  cards
Mechanisms of Disease I: Cell growth and cell differentiation
Define hyperplasia,
Define hypertrophy,
What do hyperplasia and hypertrop...
27  cards
Mechanisms of Disease II: Cell Damage and Cell Death
By what 3 mechanisms is cell deat...,
Describe the process of necrosis,
What can cause necrosis
19  cards
Mechanisms of Disease II: Cell Damage and Cell Death part 2
What are the microscopic appearan...,
Read over the different types of ...,
How do we activate the initiator ...
8  cards
Mechanism of disease during embryogenesis
What periods are human developmen...,
What are the mechanisms of develo...,
What can be seen in the fertilise...
16  cards
Mechanisms of oncogenesis
What are the risk factors of cancer,
What is cancer,
How are cancers classified
29  cards
Tumour angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis
What are the characteristics of m...,
What are the 4 steps of cancer pr...,
What is angiogenesis and vasculog...
18  cards
Cell culture techniques
What is density centrifugation of...,
What is facs,
What is immuno purification
22  cards
Flow cytometry
What is flow cytometry,
What is flow sorting,
What can a flow cytometer tell us...
20  cards
Microscopy
What is microscopy,
Describe the parts of the microscope,
What are the constants of the lig...
27  cards
Liquid Biopsies
What is a liquid biopsy,
Give an example of a liquid biopsy,
How is blood a liquid biopsy
15  cards
Lab Investigation of The Full Blood Count and White Cell Disorders
What is normal haematopoiesis,
How long do rbcs last,
Different blood tubes have differ...
12  cards
Nutritional anaemia
What is anaemia 3,
What is hb,
Can we use hb levels to diagnose ...
30  cards
Haemolytic anaemias
What is haemolytic anaemia,
What is the lifespan of an rbc wi...,
Describe variation in blood hb co...
37  cards
Disorders of blood co-agulation
Why do we need blood clots,
What forms the blood clot and is ...,
Describe the anticoagulant surfac...
18  cards
OVERVIEW OF GENOMIC TECHNOLOGIES IN CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS
Describe the basic principles of pcr,
Describe the basic principles of ...,
What is huntington s disease
15  cards
Numerical Chromosomal Abnormalities
What are histones,
Describe the structure of a chrom...,
Why are chromosomes sometimes sho...
29  cards
Structural chromosomal abnormalities
Give examples of structural chrom...,
What is a reciprocal translocation,
Describe translocations caused by...
18  cards
Inborn errors of metabolism
What is an inborn error of metabo...,
What 4 things cause inborn errors...,
What are the 4 structures of inbo...
21  cards
Neuro diseases
Define neurodegeneration and neur...,
What do neuro diseases affect whe...,
Have a look at some examples
30  cards
INTRODUCTION TO LEUKAEMIA’S
What is leukaemia,
What are the 3 lineages of blood ...,
Define pluripotent and self maint...
19  cards
Introduction to Lymphomas and Myeloma
Define lymphoma,
What are the 4 main functions of ...,
Define primary and secondary lymp...
19  cards
Diabetes and hypoglycaemia
What is our main source of energy,
How are blood glucose levels main...,
Define glycogenolysis
33  cards
Calcium and phosphate metabolism
Define osteoporosis,
What are the causes of osteoporosis,
Define osteomalacia
16  cards
Endocrine disorder
What can we do if we think there ...,
Describe the hpa axis,
What is thyroid hormone needed for
20  cards
Hormone dependant breast cancer
What is a hormone,
Describe how cholesterol is modif...,
What governs the growth and devel...
18  cards
CLINICAL CANCER GENETICS
O how do we detect people who hav...,
What is dna,
What are genes
8  cards
Congenital Disease Associated with the central nervous system
What is the first step in the for...
1  cards
Stem cells and regenerative medicine
0  cards
Oncogenes and Tumour suppressor genes
0  cards

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