Myasthenia Gravis: As told by pharmacy students

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disease. This video gives you a brief introduction and general idea of the disease relating key players in the disease in a comical perspective! Done by a few pharmD students in a medical immunology class...

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Science & Technology

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• Myasthenia Gravis
• Immunology

[jamestrandotnet]

is the enzyme meant to be acetylcholinesterase?

[hucop2012]

Yep, that is correct. Because the antibody blocks nicotinic receptors at muscular junctions in the body, acetylcholine is just hanging around because it is unable to bind. As a result, acetylcholinesterase breaks down acetylcholine. I should have labeled that within the video. Good catch!

[ftuley]

There is hope for MG, my son was 6 years old when he got really sick with Myasthenia Gravis, and he had the Thymectomy in 2006 since than he has been ok. Read his story on squidoo.com it's called "Bradley's Myasthenia Gravis", it will give you hope!

[herecomesred]

What a great way to get the concept across! I have tried to explain how my MG works and never can seem to gets folks to understand. Thanks!!

[maneesh7188]

dts d only bst part of disease..dis video..

[PharmD2B2012]

Awesome video. Lee, if the pharmacy thing falls through you definitely have a future in acting!