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PART II – BONUS QUESTIONS (Pоints WILL NOT be deducted, even if yоu аnswer the questiоns incorrectly.) Reаd the following News Article аnd answer the five questions. Proposed gene therapy for a heart arrhythmia, based on models made from patient cells July 17 Source: Boston Children's Hospital Summary: Researchers report creating the first human tissue model of an inherited heart arrhythmia, replicating two patients' abnormal heart rhythms in a dish, and then suppressing the arrhythmia with gene therapy in a mouse model. Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital report creating the first human tissue model of an inherited heart arrhythmia, replicating two patients' abnormal heart rhythms in a dish, and then suppressing the arrhythmia with gene therapy in a mouse model. Their work, published in two papers in the July 30 print issue of the journal Circulation, opens the possibility of developing single-dose gene therapy treatments for inherited arrhythmias, and perhaps more common arrhythmias such as atrial fibrillation. "Our hope is to give gene therapy in a single dose that would work indefinitely," says Vassilios Bezzerides, MD, PhD, an attending cardiologist in the Inherited Cardiac Arrhythmias Program at Boston Children's Hospital who was involved in both studies. "Our work provides proof-of-concept for a translatable gene therapy strategy to treat an inherited cardiac arrhythmia." The two studies focused on catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT), a leading cause of sudden death in children and young adults. The arrhythmia is typically triggered by exercise or emotional stress, and first becomes apparent at an average age of 12, often as a sudden loss of consciousness. Current treatment consists of drugs such as beta-blockers and flecainide, surgery to disconnect nerves innervating the left side of the heart, an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (which can lead to life-threatening complications in CPVT), and simply having children exercise as little as possible. "Treatments for CPVT are currently pretty inadequate: 25 to 30 percent of patients will have recurrent life-threatening arrhythmias despite treatment," says Bezzerides. Building arrhythmic tissue One study, … used tissue engineered models to investigate how CPVT works at the cellular and molecular level. … the researchers obtained blood samples from two patients at Boston Children's Hospital who had CPVT caused by separate mutations in RYR2 gene (the gene linked to most cases of CPVT). RYR2 gene encodes a channel that enables cells to release calcium -- the first step in initiating a heart contraction. The scientists then reprogrammed the patients' blood cells to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, capable of making virtually all cell types. From these, they made cardiomyocytes (heart muscle cells) carrying the CPVT mutations and used them to construct models of heart-muscle tissue. "The cells were seeded on an engineered surface so that they lined up in a specific direction similar to how heart muscle is organized," … "The cells have very abnormal beating individually, but after assembly into tissue, they beat together, better modeling the actual disease. That's why tissue-level models are important." Exercise test in a dish Using a so-called optogenetic system, the team then applied blue light to one end of the tissue to activate the cells. This created an impulse that moved along the sheet of cells to produce a contraction. Using this system, they created an "exercise test in a dish." To simulate exercise, they added the drug isoproterenol (similar to the stress hormone adrenaline) and applied infrared light to initiate faster heartbeats. This testing helped reveal CPVT's underlying mechanisms. When healthy heart tissue underwent the exercise test, calcium moved through the tissue in even waves. But in tissue models made from patients with CPVT, calcium waves moved at varying speeds, and in some parts of the tissue not at all, resulting in an abnormal circular motion known as re-entry -- much like what happens in real life. "When we paced the cells faster, the CPVT tissue sustained re-entrant arrhythmias, whereas normal tissue could handle it fine," says Pu. To understand how stress makes CPVT patients vulnerable to life-threatening arrhythmias, Pu, Parker, and colleagues identified signaling molecules that are activated by adrenaline, and then used drugs and CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing to selectively inhibit or modify them. Through this strategy, they found that in healthy heart tissue, an enzyme called CaM kinase (CaMKII) chemically modifies RYR2, triggering the heart-muscle cells to release more calcium. In CPVT cells, this modification combines with the inherited RYR2 mutation to cause excessive calcium levels in cells, which precipitates arrhythmias. "Nature designed CaMKII as part of the fight-or-flight response," explains Pu. "When you get excited, you release more calcium so the heart can beat faster. But when RYR2 is mutated, the channel is leaky, so the cell releases way too much calcium, which causes arrhythmia." When the researchers blocked the CaMKII modification, they eliminated the arrhythmias in the tissue model. They got the same effect when they blocked CaMKII itself with the peptide AIP, a potent and selective CaMKII inhibitor. "The coupling of iPS technology and organs on chips offers new opportunities for studies in precision medicine and the benefit of patients," notes Parker. "Our vision is to use these technologies to screen patients with rare diseases for clinical trial enrollment. By replicating the patient's disease in vitro, we can test candidate therapies on the patient's disease and measure safety and efficacy, so that the right patients get tested with the right drug." (truncated below …) Story Source: Materials provided by Boston Children's Hospital. Original written by Nancy Fliesler. Note: Content may be edited for style and length. Journal Reference: Insights into the Pathogenesis of Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia from Engineered Human Heart Tissue. Circulation, 2019. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: According to the term “catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) “, what was the problem this study focused on?
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Scenаriо: Liа is а BCBA® whо wоrks at a medium-sized provider agency and has a caseload of 12 clients, many of whom have severe problem behavior with specific behavior reduction and emergency plans. Her partner tells her on Friday the 15th of the month that they will need to move to another state for their job on the 30th. On Tuesday the 19th of the month, she gives her employer (who is also a BCBA®) notice. She explains the situation and indicates that Friday the 29th will be her last day to give her time to pack over the weekend. This effectively allows nine business days for her to plan and carry out the transition of her cases. She asks her employer to provide her with the steps for transitioning a caseload within the company and is told nothing is formally outlined in a policy or in the service agreement, and to just take care of things. Question 3 of 5 about this scenario: Given that she cannot change her departure date, to be in maximum compliance with Standard 3.16 (Appropriately Transitioning Services) from the Ethics Code for Behavior Analysts, if possible, she should do which of the following? Select all that apply.
Scenаriо: Miguel is а BCBA® with 10 yeаr’s experience prоviding and оverseeing services to early learners in home settings. He has a brand new client who started in-home services this week. After the 2nd session he receives a call from the RBT® who tells him that the family dog lunged at him and bit at his arm. He clarifies that he was not bitten or injured in any way but that he does not feel safe in the home and neither does the other RBT® who provided services the day before. According to the RBT®s, the family allows the dog to roam freely around the house and yard and that it has growled at both of them, in addition to the lunging incident. The RBT®s urge Miguel to suspend services immediately and consider terminating services and discharging the client. Question 4 of 4 about this scenario: Miguel has a discussion with the caregivers, and together they come up with a solution. Things are better for a few weeks, but then there are several more instances with the dog that include the dog nipping one of the RBT®s arm. There is a follow-up meeting and revision of the plan. During that conversation, Miguel reminds the caregivers of the language in the service agreement and in the Standard 3.15 (Appropriately Discontinuing Services) of the Ethics Code related to the conditions under which it may be appropriate to discharge a client. A few days later the dog lunged at one of the staff and knocked them down. At this point Miguel should do which of the following? Select all that apply.
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