Positive feedback loops in relation to lactation and breast hypolasia

In the normal positive feedback loop of lactation two main hormones are involved. Prolactin and Oxytocin. The level of prolactin increases during pregnancy and stimulates the growth of mammary glandular tissue in the breast to prepare for the production of milk. The text tells us that milk is not secreted …

How Clostridium Difficile affects the Four General Layers of the Digestive System

Introduction Clostridium difficile, commonly referred to as C-Difficile or C-diff, is a bacterium known to disrupt the balanced, normal microbiota of the digestive system. Infections such as MRSA and infections in the skin and bone, are resistant to other drugs and medications and C- diff fall among them in that …