User:Immcarle11

Hi! The article looks great! I've only made a few fixes that are in the word document I've sent you. You also have one reference that is a little old (1994), but I don't know if that would be too old for this article, totally up to you.

“Booster dose” is a topic I am interested in, because I think it ties in well with my ACE project about vaccines. I think boosters are a topic I would be able to successfully research, and would also contribute to my vaccine presentation by better understanding the science behind vaccines and boosters. However, its talk page is non-existent; instead, it says that the article is part of the WikiProject Medicine, and therefore doesn’t have a Wikipedia talk page, so I’m not sure how that would play in to the project.

“C3b” is another topic I would be interested working on, as I have found our classwork on it thus far really interesting and would love to get to know more about it. I like how this one seemingly simple complement leads to a whole cascade of events, and I think having this as a research project would allow me to better understand those events (especially as I try to communicate them in writing).

Lastly, I would be interested in working on the “proinflammatory cytokine” page, because I think it is very relevant to our class and would allow me to gain a more in depth understanding of cytokines like TNF-alpha and IL-1. I am intrigued by the functionality of these cytokines and the specific pathways that they follow, and so think that working on this page would be a good fit for me.

Assignment #4

Topic Choice: Booster Dose

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