Comments on: Why Does the USMLE Step 1 Care if a Virus Has +RNA or -RNA? https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/ Mastery - Not Memorization - For Impressive USMLEs Sun, 17 Jan 2021 23:58:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 By: RP https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-912 Sat, 20 Jun 2015 22:09:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-912 dude i fucking hate your site. so goddamn clickbaity and a waste of my time.

]]> By: Yousmle https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-612 Mon, 15 Dec 2014 06:43:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-612 In reply to Chris.

Hi Chris!

Thank you so much for your kind message! You definitely are a kindred spirit. I had never thought about that before about parvovirus, but it makes complete sense! It is sad that so much of medicine is taught via rote memorization, but remember, the more you can stay true to your desire to learn mechanisms, and understand the body, the better you will do. I truly believe this.

Best of luck! I hope to hear from you again soon!

Alec

]]> By: Chris https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-608 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:32:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-608 In reply to Chris.

Also giving all of your posts with such click bait-esque titles is hilarious

]]> By: Chris https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-607 Fri, 12 Dec 2014 21:29:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-607 I was under the impression that ssDNA could be infective, at least for parvovirus. It has those hairpin turns at the end of the strand, which act as primers for host DNA polymerase. The dependence explains why parvo can only infect cells in the S phase, which explains its penchant for affecting erythroblasts (but not erythrocytes) and causing transient aplastic anemia. Maybe its a small point, but I thought that was a pretty cool set of connections, in the vein of your “trying to think about how stuff works.”

Anyhow, you are a kindred spirit in your approach to things (being preoccupied with mechanisms and I have also earnestly said “anki changed my life”) and its heartening to see how successful you were. You have some really great material on this site, so thanks for your hard work and thoughtful problems (unfortunately there are so few problem sets in med school).

]]> By: Yousmle https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-299 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:30:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-299 In reply to JoeFlo.

Hi Joe,

Thank you so much for your kind words! I think everyone who has studied for Step 1 wishes they had known a ton of things – I certainly felt the same way, and as such, try to pass on as much of that info through the blog and students I tutor =).

It can take several days for the starter deck e-mail to be sent out, but I just just checked, and it should have been sent. If you have any problems accessing it, please let me know.

Best of luck with your USMLE preparations, and I encourage you to leave feedback/comments on the site!

Take care,
Alec

]]> By: JoeFlo https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-298 Sun, 03 Aug 2014 07:25:00 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-298 Hi, first of all thank you for all of your amazing advice. Like so many other students, I wish I had found this site months ago! After finding it today I have already read many of your very helpful articles and I have started making pharm flashcards on Anki. It has been the death of me and I am excited to master it with Anki’s help. I signed up for your email but I can not find where to get the micro flashcards. Can you please tell me how to get them? Thank you for all of your help!

]]> By: Alec Palmerton, MD https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-28 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:42:37 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-28 In reply to lee.

Hi Lee, thank you for your question. You can get a copy of my "Starter" micro deck by signing up to get updates by e-mail (which I would recommend doing anyway if you like the content!). I appreciate that you find this helpful. Can I ask what in particular is most helpful, so that I can know how best to improve the content to help?

]]> By: lee https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-24 Wed, 12 Mar 2014 01:04:19 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-24 Man, how do we get ur micro deck? This is really good stuff btw.

]]> By: Alec Palmerton, MD https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-6 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:58:03 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-6 In reply to John.

Thank you so much for the feedback! I hope you found it useful!!

]]> By: John https://www.yousmle.com/why-does-the-usmle-step-1-care-if-a-virus-has-rna-or-rna/#comment-5 Fri, 28 Feb 2014 07:35:50 +0000 https://www.yousmle.com/?p=253#comment-5 Really good.

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