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Gene Therapy Essays and Term Papers
Tourette's DisorderTourette Syndrome And Other Tic Disorders
Definitions of Tic Disorders
Differential Diagnosis
Symptomatology
Associated Behaviors and Cognitive Difficulties
Etiology
Stimulant Medications
Epidemiology and Genetics
Non-Genetic ...
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Leprosy 2Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease of human beings that primarily affects the skin, mucous membranes and peripheral nerves. It is a disease that has existed for thousands of years, however, the formal discovery of the leprosy bacillus Mycobacterium leprae was not until 1874. Norwegian ...
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Cystic FibrosisImagine having a child that had to have his chest "gently pounded" on everyday in order to survive. Imagine having to do this through the cries and pleads from your child "please mommy not today". Yes this may sound terrible and even painful, but it is required to keep the child alive. ...
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Cystic FibrosisI am the doctor for your hospital and have prepared the following paper for you to look at and possibly use. It includes information on what really is, what treatments there are, what you two can do for your child, and how it is inherited. I hope this document is useful to you in your incoming ...
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LazinessKeratinization, absence of granular layer, and depositation of antibodies
and complement components in the stratum corneum. Most notable is the
hyperproliferation of keratinocytes in the epidermis. These keratinocytes
exhibit an increased mitotic rate and have ten times the turnover rate of
normal ...
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Genetics And Evolution: Cystic Fibrosis And Down SyndromeCystic Fibrosis
Cystic Fibrosis is a disorder where the exocrine glands secrete abnormally thick mucus, leading to obstruction of the pancreas and chronic infections of the lungs, which usually cause death in childhood or early adulthood. Some mildly affected patients may survive longer. Doctors ...
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Lung Cancer“ is an uncontrolled, extremely deadly division of cells in the lung” (World Book, “”). The two major types of include small and non-small cell. Many different risk factors contribute to . There are numerous symptoms that are difficult to detect in the early stages of . ...
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Genetic Disease Research Project: ALSAmyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), often referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The specific symptoms are muscle weakness in the hands, arms, legs or the muscles of speech, swallowing or ...
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Alzheimer's: Genetic DementiaAlzheimer's, the disease of the degeneration of the brain, was
identified in 1907 by German physician Alois Alzheimer. Four million
Americans suffer from the disease which deprives the victim of the ability
to remember, think, reason, and eventually coordinate movement. This most
common form of ...
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Ebola Virus 4Ebola virus, a member of the Filoviridae, burst from obscurity with spectacular outbreaks of severe, haemorrhagic fever. It was first associated with an outbreak of 318 cases and a case-fatality rate of 90% in Zaire and caused 150 deaths among 250 cases in Sudan. Smaller outbreaks continue to ...
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The Genetics Of ViolenceIntroduction
We, in the 1990’s, are slowly and inevitably being faced with the
sociological and biological implications of impending genetic power. This power
is analytical, in such cases as the Human Genome Project, which will hopefully
succeed in mapping out the genetic code for the entire human ...
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Von Willebrand’s DiseaseBlood is carried throughout the body within a network of blood vessels. When our tissues are injured (cut on skin), are blood vessel is disrupted, and we bleed through the holes in the blood vessel wall. Normally, we stop bleeding through two integrated processes, or the formation of a platelet ...
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Bioethics: Nature vs. NurtureIn the modern world that is known to be, people are oblivious as to how they develop in society now. Throughout history it has been an issue between “Nature vs. Nurture”. Within the social sciences ‘Nature vs. Nurture’ is seen to be the biggest topic, but it has summoned a great debate over which ...
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Obsessive Compulsive DisorderOCD is an anxiety disorder that is described as someone having obsessive thoughts and/or compulsive behavior. People with OCD are absorbed in repetitive behavior and thoughts they have no control over. Obsession is defined as the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, ...
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Hemophilia 4Hemophilia is the best known of hemorrhagic disorders. When a person has hemophilia, the blood does not clot properly and bleeding persists. The people who have hemophilia are called hemophiliacs or bleeders. Bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia, result from a disruption of the body's ...
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Hemophiliais a genetically inherited bleeding disorder which is caused when one of the plasma proteins (needed to clot) is missing or abnormally formed in the blood. The word comes from the Latin word hemo, meaning blood and the word philia, meaning: having a tendency towards. Knowledge of has been ...
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Hemophilia 2In the human body, each cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair inherited through the egg from the mother and the other from the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to information ...
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Dna 3DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid - the material that codes for amino acids which form proteins, which in turn carry out functions of the cell. DNA is responsible for building life. Our physical characteristics, susceptibility to some diseases and disorders (e.g. breast cancer, sickle cell anemia), and ...
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Discovering Sicke Cell AnemiaThe topic that I am learning about is Sickle Cell Anemia, a hereditary
disease which affects red blood cells. Throughout this research paper, I will
discuss what exactly it is, how it is caused, any known treatments or cures, and
many other facts that are important in this disease.
Sickle ...
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