Medical Science

In general I think there is nothing wrong with genetic screening. The value of understanding predisposed conditions could be life saving and I bet no one would argue with that point. Genetic engineering, though, is much different and has some…
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Loeys-Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a genetic disorder named after Dr. Bart Loeys and Dr. Hal Dietz at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. They were the first to describe the disorder in 2005. Because it is a newly recognized disorder…
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James Watson, an American born Molecular Biologist along with Francis Crick a British molecular biologist, physicist, and neuroscientist are most noted for being the co-discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule in 1953. Watson and Crick talked a great…
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Hamstring is a muscle group which forms the back of the thigh extending over two joints, namely the hip joint and the knee joint. It consists of three muscles and these are the Semitendinosus, Semimembranosus and the Biceps femoris. The…
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The nuclear envelope is an important structure in the eukaryotic cell. It not only partitions the nucleus from the rest of the cell, but it has also been found in recent years to be involved in mitotic processes. The nuclear…
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Gene therapy can be simply defined as a therapeutic technique which alters the genetic constituency of a cell in order to treat a specific disease. The concept was first introduced as early as 1972, although it was only in the…
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Nursing is a varied field in the overall realm of healthcare and not all nurses simply work in hospitals, clinics, or nursing homes caring for patients. Forensic nurses, for example, combine nursing skills with the fields of detective work and…
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A baby’s genotypic gender is determined at conception. Genotypic gender in humans is XX (female) or XY (male), though some variations exist based on chromosomal anomalies (i.e. sex polysomies, such as XXY and XYY). The actual sex of the baby…
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Drosophila fruit flies are the darlings of the scientific community where research into their ways and their   have been ongoing for nearly a century. This little antagonist to the housewife – yes this is the little minute flying insect that…
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 I have personal experience with the surgery. My aunt recently had the gastric bypass, and lost over 200 pounds. The surgery has to be safe, since doctors all over the world agree to perform it. Is it the best idea?…
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