Biotech Mainboard would like to invite all Biotechnos 08x students to come our Raya Gathering that would be held on 5 October 2010. Fees can be pay to our cute and generous treasurers, Apin and C-boy before this coming thursday.

I hope it not too late to wish all biotchnos student Hepi Eid Mubarak. wishing u all had great holidays, great puasa, and great raya. hope we will meet Ramadhan again next year. Insyaallah.

by the way, biotechnology council want to take this opportunity to seek forgiveness for some inconvenience, imperfection in our sevice.

lastly, wishing u

just want to share these information with you guys. credit to Nasa because he was the person who found these info.

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Visitors and Friends

Dear academic staff and students, Assalamualaikum w.b.t.

Please take note of the important dates for the online Student Feedback Survey (SFS) for Semester 1 Session 2010-2011 as shown below:

Initial run: 16 - 29 August 2010 (Week 6 - Week 7)

Second run: 6 - 26 October 2010 (Week 12 - Week 14)

NOTES:

1. The results of the initial run will be made available in Week� 8 (30^th Aug - 5^th Sept). However, these results will not be considered as the official SFS score.

2. The results of the second run are the official SFS scores and will be made available after the last day to submit student grades through the online CAM/Results Entry System.

3. In the initial run, students complete Part A (Lecturer) only. In the second run, students complete Part A (Lecturer) and Part B (Course).

QUIZES
Medical biotech : 20 August 2010 (4 lecture a.k.a all)
Instrumentation in Biotech : 24 August 2010 (HPLC & GC)
Natural Product : 30 August 2010



MIDTERM EXAM

Medical Biotech : 26 August 2010 (all chapter)

Research Methodology : 30 August 2010
                           venue: exam hall 1 & 2
                            time : 2.30 p.m. - 4.30 p.m.

Bioinformatics : 1 September 2010

Instrumentation in niotech : 23 September 2010

Natural Product : 2 weeks after holiday (the date will be determined later)

Design and Optimization : 1 week after holiday (the date will be determined later)

mis hasnah is searching debators for First National Intervarsity Biotechnology Debate Competition. For those who are interested can give name your name to Hasna Humaid Ahmad (through Facebook). for more information, u olls can visit this website.

Natural Product Lab will start on 1 p.m.

For Instrument Midterm, it will be held on 23 september night. venue will be determined later. Selamat Study!!!

ANNOUNCEMENT!! ANNOUNCEMENT!!

Jumaat ini bersamaan 13 ogos 2010 akan diadakan bacaan Yassin untuk keluarga rakan kita, Mohd Ruzaini @ Abe dimana pada minggu lepas beliau telah kehilangan ayahanda tercinta.

Semoga rohnya dicucuri rahmat dari Nya dan di tempatkan di kalangan orang-orang yang beriman. Amin.

today we will learn about "Bubble Boy" disease. (tiba-tiba buka kelas Medical Biotech pula! hehe~)

"Bubble Boy" disease, known as X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID-X1), occurs in at least one in every 50,000 to 100,000 newborns, according to the National Institutes of Health.

It's caused by mutations in the IL2RG gene, which interferes with the normal production of immune system cells known as lymphocytes.

Boys with the condition (only boys inherit the gene ) have no T-cells and so are unable to fight off infections.

The first treatment of choice for these patients is a bone marrow or cord blood transplant, but that requires a matched donor and can involve serious complications. The nine boys in study (who had a median age of 7 months at the time they received the corrected gene) were not eligible for transplants because no good matches were available.

Researchers removed CD34+ cells, a type of stem cell found in the bone marrow, added a corrected gene, then reinserted them into the respective patients, all of whom were placed in isolation.

The patients were able to leave the isolation unit 45 to 90 days after the procedure, and none developed any severe infections, although all did get Varicella zoster virus (which causes chicken pox). The infection wasn't severe enough to require hospitalization. Some of the patients also had chronic rhinitis (runny nose) and two patients developed warts, though these subsequently went away.

The most serious side effect was the development of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in three patients, one of whom died. The other three successfully underwent chemotherapy.

Participants all had healthy T-cells up to 11 years after the initial therapy.

The study appears in the July 22 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

p/s: taking from news.yahoo.com

Hye biotechnos...
how are you doing?great or not?hurmm..

after all,we just finished all of our mid-term exam..
and next,
assignments are waiting for us..student life~
for those who are doing great in their exam, congrats!
and those who are not..it's okay.
don't be sad, u can improve in the final exam..k.

as all of our class member had been informed,
we are going to have our family day in lata Belatan..
just in a few coming weeks,
so..maybe next time,
i will update on the latest activity coming soon..yeah!

i want to share with all of you..
a song on PCR..Polymerase Chain Reaction.
maybe it can help in our memorizing or just to enhance our understanding..
enjoy the song!

Salam.

It's been a while, that's why i would like to share something with everyone..

" If only a few people dislike you, what's wrong with them?? BUT if you feel that everyone around you dislikes you, then there must be something wrong with YOU yourself. "

A very good lesson that i've learnt; making you reflect on yourself, in other words, muhasabah diri..

We usually see imperfections in the people around us, but not in ourselves. Why?? well...You figure it out!! Know yourself before knowing others and appreciate everyone around you. We're not going to live forever^^. We often forget, that's why we need to reflect on ourselves..

Taking the post vice president for our batch was NOT easy, i ended up taking it bcos of certain reasons. A leader's job is tough especially bcos it's new to me and we leaders can't stand on our own. Sorry for our imperfections..... & pls give your support & tell us how you feel..Of course we cannot satisfy everybody, but we will try our very best, Insya allah...

P/S- Midterm exam continues, Good Luck everyone!!

saleha(^^)V