Scenario/Focus During our lives we are influenced by particular life factors. These can be genetic factors that we inherit from our parents that we cannot control‚ such as Cystic Fibrosis. Or they could be Biological factors (caused when a baby is in the womb) for example‚ Foetal Alcohol Syndrome. Environmental factors‚ for example chemicals and pollution. Socio-economic factors such as‚ how much money our parents have may prevent us from affording certain things to keep us as healthy as we want
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Last year‚ Opal went to the doctor for a strange lump in her breast. Thankfully‚ it was not cancer‚ but the doctor delivered a grim piece of news. She had a mutation in the BRCA1 gene‚ which meant a high likelihood of a cancer diagnosis later in life. Opal had no idea how to process the information‚ so her doctor sent her to a genetic counselor. Not everyone has the same opinion on going to the doctor‚ and definitely not everyone reacts to a diagnosis in a similar manner; highlighting why M.D.
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transport and human disease. Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM 2013‚ 24:342-50. 9) Higgins CF: ABC transporters: from microorganisms to man. Annual review of cell biology 1992‚ 8:67-113. 10) Cant N‚ Pollock N‚ Ford RC: CFTR structure and cystic fibrosis. The international journal of biochemistry & cell biology 2014‚ 52:15-25. 11) Insight into Pleiotropic Drug Resistance ATP-binding Cassette Pump Drug Transport through Mutagenesis of Cdr1p Transmembrane Domains: Manpreet Kaur Rawal‚ Mohammad
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1. Read the passage below. Use the information in the passage and your own knowledge to answer the questions that follow. Applications of gene therapy Gene therapy has been used to relieve the symptoms of some inherited conditions‚ such as cystic fibrosis. This condition is caused by a recessive allele‚ which
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mutation are permanent changes in nucleotide sequence in codons of the gene/ produced when DNA replicates/ alters the AA sequence in the polypeptide and therefore the structureand function of the polypeptide or protein/ may be harmful e.g. cystic fibrosis or beneficial e.g. antibiotic resistance in bacteria. (3) Roles in generating genetic diversity: Increases the number of alleles and so the range of possible genotypes and phenotypes in the population e.g. consider 1 gene with 2 alleles:- 2
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Abortion: Pro Choice View Hong Chen Composition I Abortion is a growing issue in America among women and their right to reproduce children. Approximately one to three million abortions are done each year. Women get abortions for many reasons such as for rape‚ teen pregnancy and health reasons. Rape is one of many reasons that cause women to choose abortion to end their pregnancies. What to do about their pregnancy is mandatory‚ although many or them felt they were ending
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is one that I do not see in many professions. Aside from my personal childhood pediatrician visits‚ my first significant interaction with nursing staff was at Boston Children’s Hospital. The nursing staff that took care of my older sister with Cystic Fibrosis always made her and my family feel comfortable. They attended not only to my sister’s care‚ but also made sure we were educated on what care was being provided and usually got us kids crack a smile or let out a laugh. The time is right now
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be the future of genetics‚ a new form of gene therapy known as CRISPR is one of the most revolutionary breakthroughs in history. The argument I would like to make is that although CRISPR has the capability to prevent serious disorders such as cystic fibrosis and Huntington’s disease‚ it is too dangerous given its novelty and safety and ethical concerns. Having discussed this technology in several classes‚ I have a strong understanding of both the potential benefits and repercussions associated with
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Negative Although genetic engineering may seem like the key to a healthy‚ disease free population not enough is known about genetic engineering‚ and human genes to make it safe. The human genome is very complicated‚ often times one sequence of genes has control over multiple different physical attributes of a person‚ this means that by altering one gene sequence scientists could very easily accidentally alter multiple different attributes of humans. Also scientists have discovered that even when
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development 2.1 Explain how children and young peoples development is influenced by a range of external factors. Health Status A mixture of genetics and other factors can affect a child or young persons health. There maybe conditions such as Cystic Fibrosis (lung disease) sickle cell disease (abnormal red blood cells) diabetes etc that all have an impact‚ even general things like the common cold or viruses can have an affect on a child. Disability Conditions such as spina bifida and cerebral palsy
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