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Filtering by: Advisor Ahern, Kevin Decade 2000-2009 Non-Academic Affiliation Oregon State University. Honors College

Validation of early predictors of outcome in the Dallas Newborn Cohort

Creator:

Lee, Nancy Jade

Abstract:

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a phenotypically variable disorder of hemoglobin that leads to abnormally shaped and dysfunctional red blood cells. Several studies have attempted to construct early predictive models for SCD, including Miller et al.’s (2000) model which uses easily identifiable predictors in early life. The primary aim of...

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Honors College Thesis
Generation of proof of concept molecules neutralizing monoclonal antibodies to IL17Cm

Creator:

Calhoun, Drew W.

Abstract:

Inflammation is one of the first, most important responses of the immune system when presented with infection and is mediated primarily by eicosanoids and cytokines. The goal of this research was to generate monoclonal antibodies against murine IL17C, a poorly characterized cytokine involved in inflammation and linked to inflammatory conditions....

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Honors College Thesis
Characterization of the Ovine Prolactin Promoter

Creator:

Tan, Taralyn

Abstract:

Approximately five to eight percent of domestic rams demonstrate a sexual attraction towards other rams, directing no sexual behaviors towards estrous ewes. It has been observed that these male-oriented rams (MORs) have a greater abundance of prolactin mRNA than female-oriented rams in the medial preoptic area of the anterior hypothalamus...

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Honors College Thesis