BMS3020 Chronic Disease

Lecture notes for the first lecture (out of 2) on chronic kidney disease. This lecture is the clinical half and therefore covers kidney function, definitions and epidemiology of CKD and impact on patients.

The last lecture in the immunology strand of the BMS3020 Chronic Disease module, looking at direct and indirect infection pathogenesis and chronic interferon and infection of HPV leading to cervical cancer.

Looking at acute and chronic inflammation, phases of viral infection, different aspects of host immunity and 5 mechanisms of pathogen evasion with examples.

The third lecture in the immunology strand of BMS3020 Chronic Disease module. Looking at different immunotherapies - all nicely colour co-ordinated, making for easy memorisation and sufficient detail to write your exam essays!

The second instalment of the immunology strand within BMS3020 Chronic Disease looking at chronic inflammatory diseases.

The first lecture of the immunology strand (out of 5), as an introduction to immunology and inflammation basics as well as 5 mechanisms of tolerance.

A one-off lecture looking at cardiovascular disease and its main risk factor - atherosclerosis and the treatment for this process. Makes for a common exam essay question!

Looking at a very common chronic disease; type 2 diabetes, its pathophysiology, treatments and complications.

A difficult lecture to end the nutrient-gene interaction section of the BMS3020 module but hopefully these concise and well-explained notes will surely help! Selenium often appears on the exam so be prepared!

The second epigenetics lecture looks at the effect of the environmental and dietary impacts with specific examples.

A detailed lecture exploring the concept of SNPs and types of genome studies, along with their advantages and disadvantages. The lecture then goes onto discuss some specific SNP examples in associated with diseases, which is difficult to understand so hopefully these colour co-ordinated notes will h...

An introduction to epigenetics and different epigenetic markers.

Introduction to nutrient-gene interactions and the effect of these on chronic disease.

Comprehensive notes for the final lecture of the metal biology section of BMS3020. Looks at iron overload disease known as haemochromatosis.