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Gene Mutation Essays and Term Papers
Hemophilia 3The genetic disorder which I have chosen as the subject of my report is hemophilia. There are two types of hemophilia, hemophilia-A and hemophilia-B. The clinical symptoms of both are very similar so for the purposes of this paper I have chosen to concentrate on hemophilia-A.
Hemophilia-A is an X ...
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Antibiotic Resistance 2During 1997, an event doctors had been fearing finally occurred. In three geographically separate patients, an often deadly bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, responded poorly to a once reliable antidote--the antibiotic vancomycin. Fortunately, in those patients, the bacteria remained susceptible ...
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Hot ZoneImagine walking into a tiny village in Africa, suffering and dying from some unknown virus. As you approach the huts you hear the wails of pure agony from the afflicted tribe members. Coming closer, you smell the stench of vomit mixed with the bitter smell of warm blood. People inside lay dying ...
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Hitler and DarwinIn Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler theorizes that in order to improve the state of the country, a pure Aryan race should be promoted, while those with genetic deformities should not be allowed to procreate. The result of acting upon his theories was the death of millions of innocent lives. Hitler ...
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Lamarck's Influence On The Development Of Darwin's Theory Of EvolutionThere have been many ideas on the theory of evolution. Some simply take our
existence for granted, others prefer to explain all evolution in terms of the
bible and the presence of a God. However, there are those who have researched
the topic of evolution and have offered an explanation as to ...
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Cystic FibrosisFor a child with life is mostly a series of respitory infections doctors visits and medications. causes a build up of mucus in th lungs making breathing difficult . The thick mucus coats the hairlike projections lining air passage weakening the bodys immune system .Excess mucus interfers with ...
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Michael Smith BiographySmith, Michael (1932- ), British-born Canadian biochemist and Nobel Prize winner. Smith developed a method for altering the nucleic acid deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) structure of protein molecules. His technique enabled scientists to determine with great accuracy the function of proteins in ...
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DNA: The Thread Of LifeThe "thread of life", is deoxyribonucleic acid, otherwise known as DNA.
It is the spiral shaped molecule found in the nucleus of cells. Scientists have
known since 1952 that DNA is the basic substance of heredity. This was
hypothesized, and later confirmed by James D. Watson and Francis Crick. ...
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Marfan SyndromeThere are many different types of syndromes a person can have. A syndrome is the association of several clinically recognizable features signs / symptoms that occur.
If you were not born with Marfan syndrome, there are no ways you can get it. The syndrome is caused by mutation or defection in a ...
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EvolutionINTRODUCTION ............................................... 2
DARWINIAN THEORY OF .............................. 4
THE THEORY OF BIOLOGICAL : CONTRIBUTING ELEMENTS ..7
WALLACE'S CONTRIBUTIONS ................................... 13
HARDY-WEINBERG PRINCIPLE .................................. ...
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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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The Promise Of Genetic EngineeringA girl is born without Tay-Sachs disease, a devasting genetic
disorder that has decimated a lot of babies worldwide. A leukemia patient
has defective bone marrow replaced with healthy bone marrow that was cloned
from tissue from her own cells. These futuristic scenarios are not part of
the ...
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Genetic Engineering 4The rapid development of the technology for cloning has led to moral debates around the world on whether or not to ban creating human clones. With the advancement of clone technology two states, California and Michigan have already banned the cloning of humans. "Everybody who thought it would ...
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Introns And ExonsAP. Biology essay
The finding of the Introns and the exons was one of the most significant
discoveries in genetics in the past fifteen years. split genes were discovered
when lack of relation between DNA sequences were seen during. DNA- mRNA
hybridation. For all new mRNA, they must be ...
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AIDS History And TreatmentIn 1981 a man in Los Angeles was diagnosed as having a rare form of pneumonia, known as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. He had a very low number of T-4 helper cells, and died soon after. The doctors were puzzled at the time, but they would later discover that this was one of the first cases of a ...
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Exotic Diseases And The Treat To HumanityExotic diseases are the greatest threat to humanity. In a world where so many things are overlooked, diseases and epidemics are clearly overlooked and underestimated far more than any threat of nuclear war, global warming, or any comet headed for earth. Throughout history epidemics have plagued ...
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The Family of SchistosomidaeBackground Information:
In the family of schistosomidae, there are 14 genera, 9 of which have avian definitive hosts, and the others infect other hosts such as crocodiles, or mammals. The parasite discussed in this case study could include Trichobilharzia, which has an avian definitive host and ...
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Alzheimers DiseaseAlzheimer�s disease is a slowly progressive, degenerative disorder of the brain that eventually results in abnormal brain function and death. The disease was first described in 1907 by a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer(1864-1915). In the neurological autopsy on the brain of a 56-year-old ...
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Nuclear Power: Worth The Risks??
The world's natural resources are being consume at an alarming rate. As these resources diminish, people will be seeking alternative sources by which to generate electricity for heat and light. The only practical short term solution for the energy-crisis is nuclear power. Nuclear power, however ...
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