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    climb‚ the blame can be stress. Or better: a gene that‚ in moments of nervousness‚ responds by releasing protein urocortin 3‚ which increases cravings for sweet and fatty foods‚ and changes the way the body uses insulin‚ a hormone essential in the transformation of sugar energy. The discovery is of Israeli scientists and shows the relationship between stress and anxiety with obesity and diabetes. Conclusion: look for activities that leave you calmer (working out‚ listening to music‚ dancing‚ dating

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    known as serum markers of cardiovascular risk (Huether‚ & McCance‚ 2012‚ p.600). The discovery of leptin in 1994 started an extreme interest in the study of

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    Transgenic Animals and Plants What is a transgenic animal/plant? A transgenic animal or plant is one that has a foreign gene (called a "transgene") inserted into its DNA. Transgenic animals and plants are sometimes called "genetically modified organisms" or GMO ’s for short. What is a transgene? A transgene is the foreign gene that has been moved from one organism into a new organism by genetic engineering. For example‚ a bacterial gene that is inserted into a plant ’s DNA would be a

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    engineered to be resistant to certain herbicides with helps in preventing environmental damage by reducing the amount of herbicides needed. As far as GMO’s in pharmaceuticals and medical research‚ we are now able to clone the genes necessary to create insulin whereas we used to have to harvest it from the pancreas of killed animals. They are also in the process of developing edible vaccines in tomatoes and potatoes to make medicines and vaccines easier to ship‚ store‚ administer‚ and to make them cost

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    Animal Testing Is Inhumane

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    Finding discoveries of many vaccines‚ connected to intractable diseases. Albert Sabin‚ who developed the polio vaccine said “without animal research‚ polio would still be claiming thousands of lives each year”("Forty Reasons"). The fact of the matter is that this type

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    Chapter 12

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    12 Hunger‚ Eating‚ and Health Why Do Many People Eat Too Much? 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Digestion‚ Energy Storage‚ and Energy Utilization Theories of Hunger and Eating: Set Points versus Positive Incentives Factors That Determine What‚ When‚ and How Much We Eat Physiological Research on Hunger and Satiety 12.5 12.6 12.7 Body Weight Regulation: Set Points versus Settling Points Human Obesity: Causes‚ Mechanisms‚ and Treatments Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa ISBN 0-558-78571-9 Biopsychology

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    ENGLRES FINAL DRAFT

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    Patrick D. Villoria ENGLRES EL Alex Bondoc December 3‚ 2014 Final Paper Draft Topic: Nanotechnology and its Medicinal Uses Thesis Statement: Nanotechnology revolutionized medicine with the use of nanorobots and nanomedcine for better cure of diseases. NANOTECHNOLOGY: ITS APPLICATION AND USES IN MEDICINE What is Nanotechnology? Why is Nanotechnology important in the first place? These are some of the obvious questions that popup in our minds. Within our stock knowledge‚ we

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    Genetic Manipulation

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    Genetic Manipulation: The Benefits of its Discovery There have been more than 50 biotech foods that have been examined by the FDA and have been found to be as safe as conventional foods. These foods include canola oil‚ corn‚ papaya‚ potatoes‚ and tomatoes. But this is not the only field in which genetic manipulation has been used. Nonscientists tend to believe genetic manipulation is said to be “playing God” but it is a very beneficial science that changed the world. To get a better understanding

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    consists of two steps: 1) finding the classes to which the input case could belong; 2) finding the most similar cases from these classes‚ through a nearest neighbor technique. The tool is integrated in the EU funded T-IDDM (Telematic management of Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) project. 1 INTRODUCTION Case-based Reasoning (CBR) [1‚ 2‚ 3] is a problem solving paradigm that utilizes the specific knowledge of previously experienced situations‚ called cases. Each case is usually described by

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    Diabetes Nature vs Nuture

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    DIABETES Genetic vs. Environmental Gina Hume Ivy Tech Community College – Northwest Indiana July 20‚ 2011 DIABETES Genetic vs. Environmental Thesis: Is diabetes really a genetic disorder or could its causes lie in environmental factors? I. Statistics from American Diabetes Association A. 2006 number of cases B. Current number of cases in 2011 C. Number of deaths annually II. Define diabetes A. Define type I

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