Essays about: "Cystic fibrosis"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Cystic fibrosis.
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1. The Body as a Grenade : Illness Metaphors, The Suffering of Others and Conservativism in Contemporary Sick-Flicks
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : Film has since its inception been a potent storytelling tool, and the concept of illnesses and death havebeen a critical element in the stories mankind has told through cinema since the beginning. While theearly years of film saw few titles which directly named or featured diseases such as cancer, the 1980’sand 1990’s saw a vast increase in illness narratives being produced. READ MORE
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2. Pseudomonas aeruginosa gene expression analysis using pangenome and PAO1 reference genomes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i bioinformatikAbstract : Development in sequencing technologies has made the analyses of genetic material much more accessible. Processing sequenced data for an accurate analysis comes with its challenges, especially with the studies in microbial in clinical in vivo samples where difficulties in the collection of these samples for sequencing could lower the quality and contamination from the human host which might affect the accuracy of downstream analysis. READ MORE
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3. Biophysical differences between COPD, CF and healthy airways mucus.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)Abstract : An improved understanding of the mucus biophysical alteration in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and cystic fibrosis (CF) patients is a milestone towards a more accurate and effective treatment of these common and highly debilitating conditions. Little is known about the variations in mucus structure between ill and healthy individuals. READ MORE
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4. The Young & The Dying : The Continued Romanticization of Terminally Ill Adolescents in Contemporary American Cinema
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudierAbstract : This essay examines how the past decade’s wave of young adult films portraying termi-nal illnesses compare and contrast with similar works from both film as well as literary works commonly referred to as “sick-lit”. By viewing three prominent films released be-tween 2014 and 2019 and applying both literature dealing with sick-lit as well as texts fo-cused on how cinema tends to portray serious illnesses such as cancer, I attempt to dis-cern whether significant change in the way which contemporary film handles severe ill-nesses has occurred. READ MORE
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5. DEVELOPING A MOLECULAR TOOL KIT FOR DIAGNOSTIC PCR
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsaAbstract : ABSTRACT The aim of this study is develop and test an inexpensive molecular tool kit to be used for diagnostic PCR for diseases such as Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) and Cystic fibrosis(CF). By developing and optimizing recombinant Taq polymerase and making a DNA size ladder from plasmids pPSU1 and pPSU2 the financial cost for the tool kit would be reduced significantly compared to the commercial components. READ MORE
