Wednesday, January 27, 2010
fibroelastic reticular cell conduit
The network of reticular fibers/highways that antigen, cytokines, and cells travel on in lymph tissues.
Some Boss Pathogens
A list of pathogens that lead to swollen lymph nodes:
A book chapter that briefly talks about agents / the differential diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy (on page 219).
- Bartonella Infection / Cat Scratch Disease: I'm all for using the more scientific term for this disease-
- TB / Scrofula in the neck: a TB lymph node infection in the neck, and affects immunocompromised children.. with antibiotics it has a near 100% remission rate, but presumably our dystopian futuristic setting will have super-bacteria immune to these?
- Bubonic Plague!
- Toxoplasmosis: A parasitic disease with a pretty antagonistic/villainous name
- Tularemia: this is a parasite that causes swollen lymph nodes, among some other unpleasant symptoms, but infects macrophages (which may be another level of complexity we don't want to address yet?)
A book chapter that briefly talks about agents / the differential diagnosis of Lymphadenopathy (on page 219).
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Dr. Brain nostalgia/revisited
These are (imo, though I may be biased) excellent games that balance metaphors, with (realistic) scientific concepts. They're visually fun, increase in difficulty, and are peppered with rewards for every new skill or goal you achieve.
The interface is mostly intuitive, each level is introduced with a nice lady talking about the background science, and the game story motivates players to (in this case) save the lost mind of Dr. Brain..
Dr. Brain games feature a 2D storyline of discrete/modulated game levels; these levels usually pose real time strategy or a variety of puzzle challenges.
ps - I still have copies of these games if anyone has a pc that can run them?
pps- the Time Warp of Dr. Brain game has a first level called: Primordial Soup, which is a real-time strategy game, simlar to Sean Wang's MRP and also starcraft, where you command legions of cells that must proliferate and mutate to conquer your opponent's amoebas.
Primordial Soup level screen capture:
The interface is mostly intuitive, each level is introduced with a nice lady talking about the background science, and the game story motivates players to (in this case) save the lost mind of Dr. Brain..
Dr. Brain games feature a 2D storyline of discrete/modulated game levels; these levels usually pose real time strategy or a variety of puzzle challenges.
ps - I still have copies of these games if anyone has a pc that can run them?
pps- the Time Warp of Dr. Brain game has a first level called: Primordial Soup, which is a real-time strategy game, simlar to Sean Wang's MRP and also starcraft, where you command legions of cells that must proliferate and mutate to conquer your opponent's amoebas.
Primordial Soup level screen capture:
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Somebody made similar game as we are at 1982!
Lol, guys, this game called "Intellivision Microsurgon" is about one player would move a robot inside human body and find viruses, while the other player would shoot antibodies at the viruses to heal the person. Enjoy this ancient game from 1982!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_yLmub6PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms_yLmub6PM
PS3 - Heavy Pain
Hey all,
Here's an interesting review for a game called Heavy Rain.
It's a choose your own adventure game, but with some interesting twists. Basically, throughout the game you have to make on the spot decisions, and each decision affects how the story will go... It's hard to explain... so just watch the video until the end!
Here's an interesting review for a game called Heavy Rain.
It's a choose your own adventure game, but with some interesting twists. Basically, throughout the game you have to make on the spot decisions, and each decision affects how the story will go... It's hard to explain... so just watch the video until the end!
Friday, January 22, 2010
point form immunology, and sketeches!
Some B cell activation notes
(Please excuse numerous spelling errors, and playing it fast and loose with page formatting .. !)
Also, from the developers of Quest Atlantis:
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)