Following are the important points which should be considered by the every medical practitioner. 1. For Taking a Family History: (i) If a person is seeking medical advice about a specific problem, ask specifically whether relatives have a similar problem. (ii) When asking about brothers and sisters, inquire whether there was ever a sibling who has died, some people will [...]
The MHC has been divided into three regions on the basis of structure, function and alloreactivity of the gene products, which-are: 1. Class - I at the telomeric ends 2. Class - II at the centromeric ends 3. Class - III, which is located between class - I and II regions. The classic class I and II genes code for [...]
In this article we will discuss about causes for the oncogenicity of the oncogene. When the oncogene from human bladder carcinoma cells was sequenced, and its sequence was compared with the sequence of the homologous proto-oncogene, its oncogenicity was found to result from a single base pair substitution. That is, a single base pair difference was shown to correlate with [...]