Read the article found in additional material then answer these two questions.
1.. Your best friend is aware that you are an Immunology student at Kean University, one of the best public universities in NJ. He tells you that he went to the doctor and that he said he has a chronic condition that causes swelling of his hands and legs when exposed to the cold. From the immunological stand point and after reading the article what can you infer about your friend's immune system in the winter months? What would you recommend your friend to ask the next time he sees his doctor? Answer in one paragraph.
- You are a medical fellow at NYU college of Physicians and Surgeons. You are studying mechanism of insulin resistance. Your mentor asks you to develop a mouse model for insulin resistance. Knowing what you learned in class about insuling resistance and after reading this article, write about a possible mouse model you can make to study insuling resistance that does not involve FA synthase. Answer in one paragraph.