TeachableMedicalNews article 01212020

Teachable moment in classrooms:

  1. cellular basis of life chapter – function of lysosomes
  2. digestive system chapter – HCl in gastric juice kill bacteria
  3. immune system chapter – cytotoxic T cells destroy infected cells
  4. immune system chapter – antibody production by plasma cells
  5. microbiology; human pathogenic bacteria

 The news item:  Hospitalization of over 100 people from Salmonella infection was in the news recently.