damn science
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mayoraaseiDamn immunology and pathology v___v
How are we supposed to write a true and false statement about a subject if almost everything that's there is theoretical and fluff? Argh.
And I want to kick the lecturer who cheerfully said, "The great thing about immunology is that there is a vast world out there for which we know nothing!"
ARGH!!
Case in point: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease...one type best known as the human form of mad cow disease
1) We don't know how the cells in the brain die.
2) We don't know why white blood cells accumulate in the brain.
3) We don't know why/how plaques and spongy things form in the brain.
4) We don't know how the good proteins get transformed into evil proteins.
5) We don't even know what the good proteins were supposed to be doing!
6) We don't know for sure where mad cow disease came from.
7) We don't know why certain people would randomly get it without being infected.
8) We don't have a very good diagnostic technique, except by process of elimination.
9) We don't know why/how certain strains of evil proteins are more resistant to protease (things that break down proteins) than good proteins.
10) We don't know how well exactly it's transmitted between hosts, because while you can get it from blood transfusions and ingestion, not everyone gets it.
11) Nothing on immune response. ARGH.
(And to every one of the above we have about 3 different theories floating around, some of them more ridiculous than others.)
And of course it helps that we haven't even had the lecture on it and this has absolutely ZILCH to do with our project on anti-cancer drugs.
How are we supposed to write a true and false statement about a subject if almost everything that's there is theoretical and fluff? Argh.
And I want to kick the lecturer who cheerfully said, "The great thing about immunology is that there is a vast world out there for which we know nothing!"
ARGH!!
Case in point: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease...one type best known as the human form of mad cow disease
1) We don't know how the cells in the brain die.
2) We don't know why white blood cells accumulate in the brain.
3) We don't know why/how plaques and spongy things form in the brain.
4) We don't know how the good proteins get transformed into evil proteins.
5) We don't even know what the good proteins were supposed to be doing!
6) We don't know for sure where mad cow disease came from.
7) We don't know why certain people would randomly get it without being infected.
8) We don't have a very good diagnostic technique, except by process of elimination.
9) We don't know why/how certain strains of evil proteins are more resistant to protease (things that break down proteins) than good proteins.
10) We don't know how well exactly it's transmitted between hosts, because while you can get it from blood transfusions and ingestion, not everyone gets it.
11) Nothing on immune response. ARGH.
(And to every one of the above we have about 3 different theories floating around, some of them more ridiculous than others.)
And of course it helps that we haven't even had the lecture on it and this has absolutely ZILCH to do with our project on anti-cancer drugs.
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Date: 2006-09-06 05:40 am (UTC)Other than that, I don't really remember much about it.
Immunology sucks. Unfortunately, I work in an immunology lab.
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