Medical Science

Aneuploidy is a condition in which the number of chromosomes in a cell is either higher or lower than the normal number. Cells with extra or fewer chromosomes do not function normally due to the imbalance of chromosomes as well…
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As the name suggest, desmosterolosis is a rare genetic disorder which has been documented in only few instances as a medical disorder. This has lead to a vacuum of knowledge in relation to this disease although the several cases that…
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Turner syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by the loss, or monosomy, of one of the X chromosomes. This loss of a chromosome results in an individual with only 45 chromosomes. Individuals with Turner syndrome are always female as males…
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Aase-smith syndrome is a rare genetic disorder thought to be inherited as an autosomal recessive disease. This would mean that both parents should carry a single recessive gene each which can give rise to the disease, once they become a…
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According to an article published in the European Journal of Human Genetics, the DFNA5 gene was discovered while investigating a Dutch family whom were suffering from a genetically inherited hearing loss which was transmitted as an autosomal dominant trait. Further…
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Waardenburg syndrome is a genetic disease that causes deafness, pale skin, eye color, and hair. The syndrome requires only one faulty gene, usually PAX3 or MITF. Genes EDNRB and EDN3 cause the less common Klein-Waardenburg, Waardenburg-Shah types. PAX3 controls facial…
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Desmosterolosis causes accumulation of the protein desmosterol in the blood, tissues and cultured cells. It is a disorder having to do with recessive chromosomes. A lack of the 3betahydroxysterol-delta24-reductase is the cause of this disease. Doctors find it in the…
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Say the word bisexual to some and they will tell you that it simply does not exist.  You will hear statements like, “You are or your not” or possibly, “there is no in between when it comes to sexuality”.  This…
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The train of thought on gender difference in brain function was written by Simon Baron-Cohen, the director of the Autism Research Centre at Cambridge University in his book: “The Essential Difference: Men, Women and the Extreme Male Brain”, (published by Penguin)is…
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Although gender differences are not always etched in stone, when it comes to masculine and feminine behavior and traits, arguments are frequently torn between “nature and nurture”. Where gender traits are often shaped by one’s environment and individual life experiences,…
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