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Virtual Lab Case Studies: Blood and Immunity Tamaira Worsham-Jackson 1/31/24 Case Study # 1: Heart Angela’s physician suspects that Angela has just suffered a myocardial infarction, or heart attack. She tells Angela that she is going to take a blood sample so that the hospital lab can perform a test to confirm her diagnosis. What information can Angela’s blood yield to help the physician? Student Answer: It is known that dead cells cells in the heart often leak out enzymes. Looking in Angela’s blood can show her physician A blood test can show several elevated enzyme levels that could indicate a heart attack. A rise in troponin and creatine in the blood is what could’ve caused the heart attack. Case Study #2: Immunity Many years ago, there was a famous case of a boy born with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). His physicians placed him in a pathogen-free chamber that resembled a giant glass bubble. What purpose was served by doing this? What treatments are available today that might have helped this boy? Student Answer: The boy’s physician placed him in a pathogen-free chamber because of his weak immune system. This decision made sure that he would not be harmed by different germs and bacteria in the environment. To this day, bone marrow transplants are the only known and successful treatment. A bone marrow transplant could have helped the boy by providing his body with infection fighting cells.
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