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Questions:
What are some basic parts of the innate immune system? (e.g., interferon, phagocytosis?)
What is important about the acquired immune system?
What was the importance of the study about rats with Lupus?
What is comparative psychology?
How are the immune system and stress related? What are some relationships that we see between parts of the innate immune system (i.e., interferon) and mental health conditions?
How does social interaction buffer against stress?
What are some risk factors for chronic illness?
What are the most common types of cancers in the US?
What is the relationship between "naturally reproducing" populations and breast cancer? What factors are protective against breast cancer?
What are the various types of breast neoplasms and what are their characteristics? What % of cancers are Er/Pr+? Which tumors are benign and which are malignant?
What is Triple Negative breast cancer?
What are the most common causes of death in the US for any given age group?
What are some important genes that we discussed related to breast cancer? Alzheimer's (APOE4)?
What causes Alzheimer's Disease? How can we prevent AD? How do we study AD? (watch the TedTalk on Alzheimer's).
What are the components of the innate immune system?
Why is meditation helpful?
What is the most impactful thing you have learned in class using specific examples. That is, writing something like "babies are smart" or "stress is bad" isn't enough, explain how they are smart or why stress is bad. Explain why it was impactful.