ZOOLOGY 151 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Epidermolysis Bullosa, Science Daily, Science News
15 Nov 2017
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Piece of science news: boy is given new skin thanks to gene therapy (from science daily. In february 2016, the patient was discharged: today, almost two years after the experimental therapy was initiated, high-quality, stress- resistant skin with intact hydrolipid film, as well as early formation of hair. The nervous system regulates and coordinates almost all aspects of physiology. Immune system has multiple relatively independent components, but there is a great cross talk between immune and nervous system: we need different parts of the body, but nothing works in isolation, so understanding coordination is important. In vertebrates: the central nervous system (cns) = brain and spinal cord, the peripheral nervous system (pns) = nerves and nerve cells outside of the cns. The brain also has glial cells (or glia) Neural communication involves electrical and chemical signals: electrical signals travel down neurons, chemical signals travel between neurons.
