Applications of Biotechnology in Medicine Overview of the applications of biotechnology in medicine that will be dealt here: 1. Gene Therapy 2. Pharmacogenomics 3. Genetic Testing 4. Cloning What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology can broadly be defined as the art of understanding and manipulating living organisms’ genes (code of life) and their products for the production of food‚ medicine‚ drink‚ or for other benefits or useful purposes to mankind and other organisms. Basically
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The use of Traditional Medicine can save lives: Easy and Affordable Specific Purpose: To inform my audiences about the two major ways to use Traditional Medicine at home. Central Idea: The two major ways to use Traditional Medicine at home are using alternatives medicines‚ and basic knowledge. Introduction 1) By a show of hands‚ how many of you like medicine? A) Did you know that according to article of 2011 talks about the 25 percent of the world’s medicines contain extracts from leaves
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Psychosomatic Medicine This field of study closely examines the relationship between the body and the mind. It studies the impacts of internal factors on bodily processes. It combines knowledge from psychology‚ psychiatry‚ neurology‚ biology and psychoneuroimmunology 1. It investigates to what degree the psyche influences the body. It is not solemnly human affair‚ for example experiments showed that rats react to certain mental stimulus similarly like men. Although psychosomatic medicine is quite
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that. Since 13‚000 B.C. medicine has been a thriving area of study. Even more specifically than that‚ the heart has been a thriving area of study. As a result of the heart being the organ that keeps one alive‚ numerous physicians from the past and the present strived to decipher the heart. Since the heart has yet to be completely figured out‚ cardiology proves to be a promising career in the future. In the beginning of time‚ herbalism was the first known form of medicine. At the time however it
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Jennifer Jones Professor Rodger Smith English 1301 20 September 2012 Working against the Clock Many people who strive for a career that will pay the bills with ease often resort to the medical field. In the article‚ “Medicine”‚ by Matt Richtel‚ manifests the different level of duties each field contains and how that influences medical students to determine which specialty they will pursue. Dr. Jennifer C. Boldrick graduated from Stanford University Medical School in preparation to become
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About Chinese medicine (Pien Tze Huang) In 1555‚ during the Ming dynasty imperial Zong Shi‚ a royal physician fled to the city of Zhangzhou (Fujian province) because it is not satisfied with the emperor was very cruel. The physician was settled in a temple located in the East Pushan under Zhangzhou City as a monk. He witnessed the suffering and misery of the people due to incurable disease so that he felt compelled to provide aid to all residents. By using a secret potion from the palace‚ he finally
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led to the abatement of the Aboriginal traditional medicines.(p88). Losing their freedom to practice traditional therapeutics‚ the Aboriginal people eventually had to adapt to the culturally inappropriate ways of western medicines. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages of Aboriginal healing methods for the Aboriginal people‚ as well as to explain why these traditional methods continued to persist long after western style medicines were introduced. Advantages of Aboriginal Healing
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Plantain Medicine that Treats Everything Throughout years‚ I was taught to believe that the best medicine is not a pill‚ but a folk medicine. The most common folk medicine in my culture was plantain. This herb meant to help in a variety of sicknesses. For instance‚ when I got food poison followed by high fever‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea‚ my mother prepared a tincture based on plantain‚ vinegar and salt. I had to drink 15 drops of this mixture every hour and after 5 hours the reaction
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centimeters long‚ are angular in shape‚ narrow in the end and the top is shortening. In various parts of the world‚ the uses of this plant are very diverse. A multipurpose plant which providing food‚ and medicine to the people. This essay will discuss on how a pandan tree can be used as a tropical medicine and its effects. 38 year old Hellen‚ a mother to three beautiful daughters. Suffers from asthma and every time she has an asthma attack‚ she always relies on her medication which she gets from her previous
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fact‚ the number of patients who have used traditional medicine to cure their health is increasing. This essay will examine some of the arguments for and against alternative medicine. There are two main ideas in support of alternative medicine. The first important arguments is herbal medicine is from nature. Therefore‚ there are many advantages such as it has less side-effect than Western medicine. One other reason people use traditional medicine is that it has been used for a long time. For example
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