BMS336 - Modelling Human Disease and Dysfunction

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Decks in this class (14)

1. The Clinical Challenge
What is the clinical challenge,
What is diabetes mellitus,
What is the consequence of persis...
9  cards
2. The Need for Model Organisms
What is a model organism,
When are model organisms used to ...,
Why are we able to use model orga...
27  cards
3. Metabolic Disease 1: Animal Models
How does t1d lead to hyperglycaemia,
How does t2d lead to hyperglycaemia,
How can t1d and t2d be similar
29  cards
4. Metabolic Disease 2: Genetic Approaches
What model organism is used for m...,
What suggests the brain fundament...,
What is a highly likely primary c...
15  cards
5. Metabolic Diseases 3: Hypothalamus
Why are chronic diseases complex ...,
What do we need to understand for...,
What are the 3 distinct subunits ...
26  cards
6. Multi-Morbidity: Metabolic Disease to CVD, Cancer and Inflammation
Who do chronic non communicable d...,
What do chronic non communicable ...,
Where do the majority of chronic ...
11  cards
7. Cancer 1: Developmental Biology Wnt
What was found in inbred strains ...,
How were the mammary tumours said...,
How do rna retroviruses drive inc...
32  cards
8. Cancer 2: Developmental Biology Shh
What was observed in sheep what c...,
What was discovered by nusslein v...,
What is the hh shh signalling pat...
18  cards
9. Cancer 3: Zebrafish as a Cancer Model
Why use animal models for cancer,
What does melanoma develop from h...,
What are the risk factors of mela...
40  cards
10. Neurodegeneration: Pluripotent cells to Model Disease
What is the definition of pluripo...,
What is the definition of a stem ...,
Where do stem cells reside
31  cards
11. Mental Health 1: Stress Axis
What allows us to study mental he...,
What makes animal model studies o...,
What are mental health conditions
22  cards
12. Mental Health 2: Circadian Cycle
0  cards
13. Mental Health 3: Drug Addiction
What does alcohol cause,
How do different drugs elicit dif...,
What receptors do drugs act through
24  cards
14. Ageing: Drosophila as a Model
What is the definition of ageing,
What are the 4 categories of caus...,
What is the maximum human lifespa...
25  cards

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