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What is Immunodeficiency?

Immunodeficiency diseases have traditionally been defined as defects in the development and function of T and B cells, the primary effector cells of specific cellular and humoral immunity respectively. However, it has become increasingly evident that innate immune mechanisms contribute greatly to host defense, either acting alone or by enhancing specific T and B cell responses.

18 Feb 2010

What is Impetigo?

Impetigo is a very contagious bacterial skin infection that causes skin sores.

18 Feb 2010

Infliximab Cost

Infliximab is a monoclonal antibody that is administered intravenously to treat a number of chronic inflammatory conditions.

18 Feb 2010

Infliximab Safety

Infliximab is a medication used to reduce the symptoms and signs of several chronic inflammatory disorders. It is approved for the treatment of Crohn’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. Infliximab is also known by the trade name Remicade.

18 Feb 2010

Infliximab and Ulcerative Colitis

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the main forms of inflammatory bowel disease. The condition causes the colon and rectum to become inflamed and ulcerated.

18 Feb 2010

Infliximab and Crohn's Disease

Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory disorder that affects the lining of the gastrointestinal tract or gut. Inflammation is the process by which the body responds to irritation or injury and it can lead to pain, swelling and redness.

18 Feb 2010

Infliximab Pharmacology

Infliximab is a monoclonal antibody that is administered intravenously to treat patients with chronic inflammatory diseases.

18 Feb 2010

What is Infliximab (Remicade)?

Infliximab is type of monoclonal antibody drug that is classified as a biologic.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Discovery

Diabetes mellitus has been known to physicians since ancient times. Early Indian literature in the 6th century BCE and in ancient Egyptian papyrus references to this condition of high blood sugar has been found.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Medication

Insulin is used as injections in the treatment of insulin deficiency states (type 1 diabetes) and relative insulin deficiencies (type 2 diabetes). Insulin preparations are of several varieties and the types depend on how quickly they work, when they peak, and how long their actions last.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Diseases

Insulin is a hormone that helps the body utilize glucose as a source of energy from food. There are several diseased conditions associated with disturbed insulin secretion and utilization by the body. These include:

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Hypoglycemia

Hypoglycaemia refers to low blood glucose that occurs as a reaction to various stimuli in patients with diabetes mellitus. This occurs when the blood glucose drops below the normal level. Levels of blood glucose below 70 mg/dl are considered below normal.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Synthesis

Insulin is synthesized in significant quantities only in beta cells in the pancreas. Since it is a protein or a polypeptide structure it is synthesized like most other proteins via transcription and translation of DNA into mRNA and amino acid chains or polypeptide chains. Thereafter the protein undergoes structural changes to achieve its final form.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Protein Structure

Insulin protein structure is different among different species of animals. However, essentially it is a protein chain that is similar in many ways among animals.

18 Feb 2010

Insulin Gene

The insulin gene produces the polypeptide hormone insulin, which is required for normal glucose homeostasis and regulation of blood sugar levels. The lack of insulin or insulin insufficiency can lead to diabetes mellitus, which affects up to 5% of the human population.

18 Feb 2010

What is Insulin?

Insulin is a hormone that is important for metabolism and utilization of energy from the ingested nutrients - especially glucose

18 Feb 2010

Evolutionary Immunology

Evolutionary immunology studies the evolution of immunity and the immune system over ages among animals and plants.

18 Feb 2010

Clinical Immunology

Immunology finds a wide variety of uses in understanding, diagnosis and treatment of diseases in medicine today.

18 Feb 2010

Developmental Immunology

Immunity and the immune system starts its development much before birth in the fetus and this development continues even after reaching adulthood.

18 Feb 2010

What is Immunology?

Immunology is the branch of biomedical science that deals with the response of an organism to antigenic challenge and its recognition of what is self and what is not. It deals with the defence mechanisms including all physical, chemical and biological properties of the organism that help it to combat its susceptibility to foreign organisms, material, etc.

18 Feb 2010