Progeria is known as Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS). Progeria is a mutation that occurs within your genes. This disorder is extremely rare but fatal. In the gene Lamin A is the mutated protein gene. LMNA is responsible for giving instructions to make the protein Lamin A within the cell. This protein‚ Lamin A‚ is necessary for holding the center of a cell together‚ known as the nucleus (Progeria Research Foundation). The failure of LMNA results in making all the cells destabilized. The
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Anne Bradstreet: Poems Summary and Analysis of "The Flesh and the Spirit" Summary: The poet describes walking by the secret place on the banks of the Lacrim and overhearing a conversation between two sisters; one called "Flesh" and the other named "Spirit." Flesh asks her sister why she prefers to survive on meditation alone‚ and how quiet contemplation can be satisfying. She wonders if her sister ever dreams of anything beyond the moon and asks if she is "fancy-sick." Flesh wants to try to show
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beginning of his writing career‚ Nathaniel Hawthorne has made several references to Anne Hutchinson. In fact‚ he even wrote a sketch called “Mrs. Hutchinson”. Because of Hawthorne’s apparent interest in Mrs. Hutchinson‚ it is entirely possible that he would use her as a template for one of the characters in his many books. Hawthorne’s character‚ Hester Prynne‚ is similar in many ways to Anne Hutchinson. One likeness between the two women is they were both respected members of
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paper from a traditional black box. Everyone‚ including Mrs. Tessie Hutchinson‚ awaits this yearly tradition and most of them agree that this tradition should continue to be held in their small town. The lottery seems exciting; however‚ unlike a typical lottery the reader finds that toward the end of this short story it is not a lottery anyone in the small town wishes to win. The unlucky winner of the lottery‚ Tessie Hutchinson‚ is a character of tardiness or procrastination‚ anxiety‚ whining and
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Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) is a genetic condition that is characterized by the rapid appearance of aging beginning during the childhood of whomever is affected. Those affected typically look normal at birth‚ but then as they begin to grow the symptoms become more apparent. Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is an incurable premature aging disease caused by the accumulation of progerin. Progerin is a toxic Lamin A mutant protein and is most often generated by a silent point mutation
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Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome is an extreme rare genetic disorder that catastrophically influences children in pre-mature aging and dying in their teenagers. So far‚ all drugs used to treat this disease are focusing on reducing complications and extending the life spans of patients‚ but no treatment has been proven to treat this disease directly and effectively. Fortunately‚ the new drug named farnesyltransferase inhibitors appears recently in the research field of Hutchinson–Gilford
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The Diary of Anne Frank The Diary of Anne Frank‚ a play written by Franes Goodrich and Albert Hackett in the play they decribe the life of a young Jewish girl‚ named Anne Frank. Anne and her family were forced into hiding because Hitler’s discrimination against the Jews. The hiding place is small attic of a office owned by Miep Gies and Mr. Kraler in Amsterdam. The people hiding in the attic commonly known as the secret Annexe. The secret Annexe consists of Mr. and Mrs. Frank‚ Anne Frank‚ Margot
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missing Roanoke colonists‚ Anne Hutchinson’s trial‚ Father Marquette’s views on native people‚ and how George Washington established diplomatic relations with Native Americans. Around the year 1620 the Pilgrims left the Netherlands to establish Plymouth under contract for the Virginia Company due to many reasons. According to William Bradford‚ some of these included complications with adjusting to the country describing the Englishmen as “soldiers surrounded by
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Title: The Recipe for the Highest Bouncing Super Ball Name: Date: November 14‚ 2013 Question: How much borax is needed from 1g to 5g to produce a super ball with the highest bounce from the height of 1.5m? Hypothesis: If 2 g of borax is used to make the super ball then it will produce the highest bounce because 2 g will make the appropriate number of bonds without producing a ball that is too soft or too hard to bounce. Materials: Paper cup Beaker Graduated cylinder Stir stick Pencil
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Anneliese Marie Frank‚ better known as Anne Frank‚ was born on June 12‚ 1929 in Frankfurt‚ Weimer Germany. Otto Heinrich “Pim” Frank was Anne Frank’s father. Otto died at the age of 91 due to lung cancer‚ but survived through all of World War II and the worst death camp of them all‚ Auschwitz. Edith Frank who was Anne Frank’s mother died at the age of 44 due to starvation in the Auschwitz concentration camp. After Edith died in 1945‚ Otto got remarried to Elfriede Geiringer in 1953 and remained
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