Demystifying Medicine
Course Materials for 2009
- January 13, 2009, "Bacterial sepsis: A new epidemic and an old receptor"
- Tara Palmore presentation
- Gilbert Ashwell presentation
- John Hanover presentation
- Readings:
- van 't Veer C. and van der Poll T. (2008) Keeping blood clots at bay in sepsis. Nature Medicine 14(6):606-608 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
- Grewal PK, Uchiyama S., Ditto D., Varki N., Le D.T., Nizet V. and Marth J.D. (2008) The Ashwell receptor mitigates the lethal coagulopathy of sepsis. Nature Medicine 14(6):648-655 (PDF, 580 KB)
- Angus, D.C., Linde-Zwirble, W.T., Lidicker, J. et al. Crit Care Med 2001; 29(7): 1303-10.
- Blanco, J., Muriel-Bombin, A., Sagredo, V. et al. Crit Care 2008; 12(16): R158 [Epub].
- Dombrovskiy, V.Y., Martin, A.A., Sunderram, J. Paz, H.L. Rapid increase in hospitalization and mortality rates for severe sepsis in the United States: a trend analysis from 1993 to 2003. Crit Care Med 2007; 35(5): 1244-50.
- Emonts, M., Hazelzet, J.A., de Groot, R., Hermans, P.W. Host genetic determinants of Neisseria meningitides infections. Lancet Infect Dis 2003; 3(9): 565-77.
- Hofhuis, J.G., Spronk, P.E., van Stel, H.F. et al. The impact of critical illness on perceived health-related quality of life during ICU treatment, hospital stay, and after hospital discharge: a long-term follow-up study. Chest 2008; 133(2): 377-85.
- Kumar, A., Roberts, D., Wood, K.E. et al. Duration of hypotension before initiation of effective antimicrobial therapy is the critical determinant of survival in human septic shock. Crit Care Med 2006; 34(6): 1589-96.
- Natanson, C., Danner, R.l., Reilly, J.M. et al. Antibiotics verus cardiovascular support in a canine model of human septic shock. Am. J. Physiol 1990; 259(5 pt 2): H1440-7.
- Russell, J.A. Management of Sepsis. New Engl J Med 2006; 355(16): 1699-713.
- Schlievert, P.M. Nat Med 2000; 6(4): 378-9.
- Wenzel, R.P. Treating Sepsis. New Engl J Med 2002; 347(13): 966-7.
- Federal Holiday - Session to be Rescheduled: January 20, 2009, "Viral hepatitis: A global problem and the role of interferon"
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Hoofnagle presentation
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Zoon presentation
- January 27, 2009, "HIV: The epidemic persists globally and locally"
- February 3, 2009, "Intestinal bacterial infections and the food chain"
- Savarino presentation
- Robbins presentation
- Readings:
- January 28, 2009 NY TIMES - Salmonella Was Found at Peanut Plant Before. The Georgia food plant that federal investigators say knowingly shipped contaminated peanut butter also had mold growing on its ceiling and walls, and it has foot-long gaps in its roof, according to results of a federal inspection. - by Gardiner Harris
- February 10, 2009, "Melanoma and the sun"
- Hornyak presentation
- Tucker presentation
- JYang presentation
- February 17, 2009, "Spinal cord injury and stem cells"
- McKay presentation
- Groah presentation
- February 24, 2009, "Diabetes, Type 2: The epidemic continues"
- Fradkin presentation
- Bonnycastle presentation
- March 3, 2009, "Arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease: Number one killer and the Framingham experience"
- Levy presentation
- Cannon presentation
- Beisecker presentation
- March 10, 2009, "Fibrous dysplasia of bone and stem cells"
- Robey presentation
- Collins presentation
- March 17, 2009, "Blindness"
- Piatigorsky presentation
- Nussenblatt presentation
- March 24, 2009, "Hepatocellular cancer: A global epidemic"
- Thorgeirsson presentation
- Arias presentation
- March 31, 2009, "Fragile X: Most common inheritable retardation defect"
- Kaufman presentation
- Usdin presentation
- April 7, 2009, "Drug resistance and cancer"
- Gottesman presentation
- Bates presentation
- April 14, 2009, "Aging, progeria, and heart disease"
- Nabel presentation
- Mistelli presentation
- April 21, 2009, "Excema and the skin microbiome"
- Segre presentation
- Komarow presentation
- April 28, 2009, "Human papilloma virus and cancer: Prevention by vaccination"
- Gillison presentation
- Lowy presentation
- May 5, 2009, "Multiple myeloma: Diagnosis and treatment in the genomic era"
- Schechter presentation
- Staudt presentation
- May 12, 2009, "Finale: Career opportunities in biomedical science for PhDs"
This web page was last modified on January 28, 2009. For questions about the course, please contact ariasi@mail.nih.gov.