User talk:TheDoctor1888

This Is The User Talk Page forTheDoctor1888 11:58, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

A Little About Myself
I'm a Film & Media Studies student at University of Stirling, Scotland, but reside in Kirkcaldy, Fife, home town to such names as Adam Smith, Ex PM Gordon Brown, Artist Jack Vettriano, Actor Ewan Macgregor, Coldplay Bassist Guy Berryman, Author Val McDermid, Darts Champion Jocky Wilson, Footballers Colin Cameron & John Thompson, to name just a few.

Away from my studies I work as a Freelance Videographer, at times helping out to shoot weddings or conferences, rather boring stuff really, but on other occasions I find myself filming Heavy Metal gigs or interesting scenes from some Short-Films coming out of Fife.TheDoctor1888 18:33, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

CGD Society Research
Gene Therapy

For people with CGD, stem cell transplantation remains the best option for a cure. But it is not an option for everyone and one of the key objectives is to develop alternative treatments such as gene therapy. Gene therapy is a way of putting the correct genetic information back into a cell so that it follows a normal healthy set of instructions. For CGD patients, this will mean being able to fight against infection.

Inflammation

As a result of the reduced ability of phagocytes in CGD to clear infections, patients can suffer from troublesome, recurrent infections and inflammation. The projects funded are finding better ways of treating inflammation in CGD through understanding the way normal cells clear infection and comparing it with cells carrying the mutations that cause CGD.

Enzyme Defect

A basic understanding of how parts of the enzyme NADPH oxidase work together to help kill microbes is fundamental to developing new drug treatments for CGD. CGD Society funds projects led by world-renowned scientists in this field.

TheDoctor1888 19:25, 9 February 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercises
Wiki Exercise #3: Information Overload

When it comes to something as valuable as information and data, my thought process is rather simple - I feel more is better. Yes, there is perhaps too much information for any one person, and of course this can be distracting, but I am of the belief that it is down to us to navigate the web in a manner that delivers us the information we need at the time we need it. If we are selective in our research and use critical thinking to bypass 'bad data or useless information', then the only downside will be the amount of time invested when sourcing information. My point being, is that it is ultimately down to us. We, as consumer, student or even just regular web surfers, ask for more info, more devices and more bandwidth, so I see no reason to complain about there now being so much readily accessible information in the digital world of 2016. TheDoctor1888 18:34, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Wiki Exercise #4: Wikibook Project Reflective Account

(work in progress) TheDoctor1888 18:35, 22 March 2016 (UTC)