This class was created by Brainscape user Theodora Cantea. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.
By:
Theodora Cantea
- decks
- flashcards
- learners
Decks in this class (60)
Causes of Disease Overview
What are some causes of disease,
What do you call a condition with...,
What are the 2 categories in whic...
9
cards
Mechanisms of Disease I: Cell growth and cell differentiation
What are the basic mechanisms res...,
What are the two main forms of ce...,
What is common between cell growt...
19
cards
Mechanisms of Disease II: Cell Damage and Cell Death
What is the function of necrosis,
What are the causes of necrosis,
What are the steps of necrosis
20
cards
Mechanisms of Disease During Embryogenesis
In human development what are the...,
What are the overall stages an eg...,
Annotated images of a fertilised ...
15
cards
Stem cells and regenerative medicine
What are stem cells,
What do each of the 3 germ layers...,
Tissue specific stem cells are ma...
14
cards
Overview of Genomic Technologies in Clinical Diagnostics
List some examples of genomic tec...,
What are the key points of polyme...,
What are the key points of fragme...
17
cards
Cell Culture Techniques
Name some characteristics of prim...,
What are examples of methods of i...,
What are some examples of non hae...
20
cards
Flow Cytometry - Introduction and Applications
What is flow cytometry,
What can a flow cytometer tell us...,
As well as flow cytometry as a me...
16
cards
Microscopy
What is microscopy,
What determines the resolution of...,
What does light microscopy aim to do
8
cards
Liquid Biopsies
What is a liquid biopsy,
What 2 types of information can w...,
How do you collect a liquid biopsy
12
cards
Nutritional Anaemias
What is anaemia,
What does the maturation of red b...,
Why is there not enough haemoglob...
18
cards
Haemolytic Anaemias
What is anaemia and what is haemo...,
What constitutes the normal red b...,
What happens in haemolysis
23
cards
Lab Investigation of The Full Blood Count and White Cell Disorders
Where does blood cell production ...,
Outline haematopoiesis,
What makes up a full blood count fbc
4
cards
Disorders of Blood Coagulation
Why is it important blood clots,
What does primary haemostasis and...,
Describe some details of primary ...
21
cards
Numerical Chromosomal Abnormalities
What structure is most important ...,
At which stage of meiosis are sis...,
Which part of meiosis is similar ...
12
cards
Structural chromosomal abnormalities
Name some examples of structural ...,
What is translocation,
What are the consequences of reci...
25
cards
Inborn Errors of Metabolism
What are inborn errors of metabol...,
Who is viewed as the father of in...,
What is alkaptonuria
16
cards
Congenital Diseases Associated with Central Nervous System
What is the first step in the for...,
What does the ectoderm give rise to,
What does the mesoderm give rise to
14
cards
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Intro to lecture,
What is neurodegeneration and neu...,
What are some basic details about...
24
cards
Mechanisms of Oncogenesis
What is cancer,
How does evidence suggest that ca...,
How do tumour cells arise evolve ...
21
cards
Diabetes and Hypoglycaemia
How are blood glucose levels main...,
Why should glucose levels be regu...,
What is diabetes mellitus
20
cards
Oncogenes and Tumour Suppressor Genes
What have tumour cells lost their...,
What major functional changes occ...,
What do oncogenes do normally and...
24
cards
Tumour Angiogenesis, Invasion & Metastasis
What are the characteristics of m...,
What are the key steps in cancer ...,
What is the definition of angioge...
15
cards
Clinical cancer genetics
What are some differences between...,
What are some differences between...,
What do we mean by multifactorial...
10
cards
Introduction to Leukaemia
What is leukaemia,
What is haematopoiesis,
What are haematopoietic stem cells
16
cards
Introduction to Lymphomas and Myeloma
What is lymphoma,
What are the main functions of th...,
What are primary and secondary ly...
19
cards
Introduction to Hormone-Dependent Cancers: Breast and Prostate Cancer
What is a hormone,
What 3 classes can hormones be gr...,
What are all steroid hormones syn...
42
cards
Endocrine Disorders
What does thyroid hormone produce...,
What effects can hypo hyperthyroi...,
What do the adrenal glands sit on...
6
cards
Calcium and phosphate metabolism
What is osteoporosis and what can...,
How is osteoporosis diagnosed,
What do endocrine causes of osteo...
10
cards
Bacterial Pathogens and Disease I - Exotoxins
What are the definitions of patho...,
What are exotoxins,
What mechanisms can determine vir...
20
cards
Bacterial Pathogens and Diseases II (Endotoxins)
What components make up endotoxins,
What are the characteristics of a...,
What is sepsis
9
cards
Viral Pathogens: Classification, Biology, Diseases I
How are viruses grouped how can t...,
What is the structure of a mature...,
To make proteins required which 3...
8
cards
Viral Pathogens: Classification, Biology, Diseases II
What happens once viral particles...,
Describe a typical course of hiv ...,
Why is immunodeficiency advantage...
8
cards
Parasitology
What are parasites how many main ...,
What are protozoa,
What are protozoa classified by
16
cards
Pathogenesis of Parasitic Infections
What are the 3 main species of sc...,
What is schistosomiasis cercarial...,
What is pathology caused by in he...
8
cards
Mechanism of Viral Infection and Pathogenesis
How many human herpes viruses are...,
How does virus infection of a hos...,
What do we know about the immunop...
7
cards
Diagnosis of Viral Infections
Key concepts of diagnosing of vir...,
What are some examples of possibl...,
What can viruses be visualised wi...
17
cards
Systems for Detection of Pathogens I and II
How can we define a pathogen,
What are some advantages and disa...,
What types of media are there for...
10
cards
Mechanism of Antivirals
Why do we need anti virals,
How can we use antivirals what ca...,
What principle concept is importa...
26
cards
10 Quiz questions to test knowledge from bacterial toxins lectures to antivirals(ie the last few lectures)
Pathogens have the ability to cau...,
What pathogen recognition recepto...,
Hiv 1 specifically infects a smal...
10
cards
Antibiotics
What are antibiotics,
What do we mean by selective toxi...,
What does a loss of flora lead to...
25
cards
Antibiotic Resistance
Why is antibiotic resistance a co...,
Describe some mechanisms of antib...,
What overall are the 3 main mecha...
8
cards
Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology of Infections
What types of mutations are there,
What is drift what is antigenic d...,
What factors can affect the speed...
4
cards
Review of The Innate Immune System
What is the difference between in...,
How does pattern recognition occu...,
What are pattern recognition rece...
13
cards
Overview of The Adaptive Immune System
What are the key points to the ad...,
Why have adaptive immune responses,
How can we spot a pathogen
9
cards
T cell development - Generation of receptor repertoire diversity
What events occur in lymphocyte d...,
What can multipotent haematopoiet...,
What 2 kinds of mature t cells ca...
25
cards
T cell Development - Receptor repertoire selection and CD4/CD8 lineage commitment
Where do t cells come from,
What happens in hassall s corpuscle,
Talk about the pathway of thymocy...
19
cards
T cell activation and generation of effector T cells
Summary of relevant concepts so far,
What professional antigen present...,
To be fully activated and differe...
15
cards
Humoral Immunity; Antibodies and the life cycle of B cells
What are antibodies made by,
What is the overall structure of ...,
What are the different classes of...
33
cards
Antibacterial responses
What are some features of bacteri...,
Do all bacteria cause disease,
What are some general features of...
14
cards
Microbial Immune Evasion Mechanisms
What do virulence factors do,
What is the complement system,
In what ways can pathogens overco...
6
cards
Natural Born Killers: NK Cells and CD8+ T Lymphocytes
What is the origin of natural kil...,
What is the role of cytotoxic lym...,
What is the role of cytotoxic t c...
25
cards
Transplantation and Immunosuppressive Drugs
What is autologous syngeneic allo...,
What is the link between major hi...,
What is the importance of epitope...
19
cards
Hypersensitivity reactions (asthma and allergy)
What is hypersensitivity and what...,
What is the arthus reaction and w...,
What is the serum sickness
15
cards
Autoimmunity
What are some examples of some or...,
What is autoimmunity,
What is immune tolerance what is ...
10
cards
Immunodeficiencies
What is immunodeficiency,
What characterises primary congen...,
What characterises secondary immu...
15
cards
Immunotherapy for Cancer
How are cancer cells different fr...,
What does tumour immunosurveillan...,
What term replaces immunosurveill...
4
cards
Scientific Basis of Vaccines
What do vaccine adjuvants do,
What types of vaccines are there,
What is conjugation and how does ...
4
cards
Vaccines - Bacterial & Viral
What do we know about haemophilus...,
What do we know about diphtheria,
Why is a new vaccine needed every...
4
cards
Immunology in The Clinic and Research Lab
What are immunoassays,
How are antibodies antigens labelled,
What do we know about solid phase...
9
cards
More about
Molecular Basis of Disease and Microbiology and Immunology
- Class purpose General learning
Learn faster with Brainscape on your web, iPhone, or Android device. Study Theodora Cantea's Molecular Basis of Disease and Microbiology and Immunology flashcards now!
How studying works.
Brainscape's adaptive web mobile flashcards system will drill you on your weaknesses, using a pattern guaranteed to help you learn more in less time.
Add your own flashcards.
Either request "Edit" access from the author, or make a copy of the class to edit as your own. And you can always create a totally new class of your own too!
What's Brainscape anyway?
Brainscape is a digital flashcards platform where you can find, create, share, and study any subject on the planet.
We use an adaptive study algorithm that is proven to help you learn faster and remember longer....
Looking for something else?
Biology 101
- 16 decks
- 1,045 flashcards
- 87 learners
Decks:
Biochemical Basics, Cell Biology, Microbiology, And more!
Molecular Basis of Disease and Microb...
- 26 decks
- 594 flashcards
- 6 learners
Decks:
Causes Of Disease Overview, Mechanisms Of Disease I Cell Growth And, Mechanisms Of Disease Ii Cell Damage And, And more!
Molecular basis of disease
- 31 decks
- 1116 flashcards
- 41 learners
Decks:
Causes Of Disease, Cell Growth And Differentiation, Cell Damage And Cell Death, And more!
Microbiology And Immunology
- 33 decks
- 990 flashcards
- 4 learners
Decks:
Why Is Studyinf Bacteria Importanf, Immune System L31, Cell Mediated Ii, And more!
