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what is targeted chemotherapy

  According to AI There are about 3 billion pairs of nucleotides.   Most of the nucleotides are involved in turning a fertilized cell into a being.   2 percent of the nucleotides are genes and they direct the cells to make various proteins.    There are about 20,000 protein coding genes and each gene contains the instructions for making a single protein.   20 to 30 percent of the proteins the cell makes perform a function in the cell membrane.     One type of membrane protein is called a receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK).   it penetrates the membrane and sticks out inside and outside the cell.   When the outside of this protein is activated—a signal travels through the protein and the inside portion of the protein directs a cell to act a certain way.   It, for example, can tell a cell to grow, divide, die etc.   the outside extension of each receptor has a pocket.   When the right molecule is inserted into the poc...

MALARIA

  ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION Globally in 2023, there were an estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597 000 malaria deaths in 83 countries. The WHO African Region carries a disproportionately high share of the global malaria burden. In 2023, the WHO African Region was home to 94% of malaria cases (246 million) and 95% (569 000) of malaria deaths. Children under 5 accounted for about 76% of all malaria deaths in the Region. Malaria  is a  mosquito-borne infectious disease     people who are bitten by infected mosquitoes often develop a “ fever ,  fatigue ,  vomiting , and  headaches , and in severe cases, it can cause  jaundice ,  seizures ,  coma , or  death . [1] [9]  Symptoms usually begin 10 to 15 days after being bitten   The current therapy is Artemisinin.   It’s discovery led to a Nobel Prize in 2015. The World Health Organization began to recommend ACTs as the front-line treatment for ma...