Your blood is composed of a number of different types of cells. There are the red blood cells whose primary job is to carry oxygen throughout the body. You also have the white blood cells which are important in your immune system. Finally, your blood has small cell fragments known as platelets which play an…
Canada has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world with an estimated 100-140 case per 100,000 people while in the US there are approximately 57-78 cases per 100,000 people. Multiple sclerosis seems to more often affect people in countries that live further away from the equator. It typically diagnosed between the ages of…
HIV and subsequent AIDS is one of the most debilitating diseases known to modern humans affecting approximately 35.3 million people world wide (1). Great strides have been made in controlling the disease and in potentially curing the disease but these often involve cocktails of strong drugs or bone marrow transplants and there is still currently…
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