I chose to pursue a STEM degree for multiple reasons. First‚ my lifelong goal is to attain a career where I can help others. All humans were placed on this Earth the same way‚ and no one deserves to suffer from life-threatening diseases and illnesses. I believe that I can help others by researching diseases‚ illnesses‚ and finding cures. Therefore‚ I’m double majoring in microbiology and medical laboratory science‚ and plan on becoming a clinical pathologist. Science always intrigues me‚ and the
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induced pluripotent stem (IPS) cells differ from those currently in place for human embryonic stem (ES) cells. An IPS cell is created artificially from skin‚ fat and fibroblasts by reprogramming patient ’s own cells. Scientists believe IPS cells to be a promising source for treating diseases. An ES cell is created by destroying an embryo. Other scientists think ES cells will also be a promising source because it is composed of your own DNA‚ so the immune system won ’t reject the cell. While scientists
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Cell Fusion Introduction: The fusion of cells is a fundamental biological event that is essential for a variety of developmental and homeostatic processes. The importance of cell-cell fusion during development and disease is displayed in a variety of biological processes including‚ but not limited to‚ fertilization‚ development of tissues‚ the immune response‚ and aspects of tissue regeneration due to stem cells (Chen and Olson‚ 2005). Fertilization‚ which is the fusion of sperm and egg‚
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most of the discoveries made‚ In regards to health and research. She is Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta unfortunately had cervical cancer and upon going to the doctors in the 1950’s‚ cells from her tumor were sent for research without her consent; and unfortunately the credit/rights that her and her family deserves have been thrown in the air. Medical procedures of the 1950s and 60s caused people to question if what was being done was moral or ethical for the family. Upon observation of the arguments made
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Ethical Issues in Group and Individual Counseling Krishunna Pearson Liberty University Abstract Within the pages of this research paper‚ there will be an examination of several aspects of ethical issues that may arise within group counseling. The paper will compare common ethical concerns during group and individual counseling. It will also examine ethical standards that should be upheld by a counselor in group counseling. The research paper will also examine the use of Christian
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having sickle cell anemia can make a person more resistant to contracting malaria If it had not been for Anthony Allison‚ the world as we know it today would drastically change. Like the video stated‚ many people with the sickle cell anemia would meet “death before adulthood”. Areas with high frequencies of anopheles mosquito and sickle cell anemia would correlate but nobody would understand why. I admire Allison for not only having the burning inquiry to determine why the sickle cell anemia character
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look at the STEM job shortage. The proponents of STEM say that we have an acute shortage of STEM graduates. But is that true? One indicator is employment numbers. Let’s take 2012. In that year we had twice as many people with STEM degrees (immigrants and native born) than STEM jobs available. 5.3 million STEM jobs vs. 12.1 million people with STEM degrees. With less than half of the immigrants with STEM degrees were working in STEM jobs. Wages are good measure of labor demand. If STEM graduates were
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which there is lower than normal number of red blood cells or hemoglobin within a person‚ consequently decreasing the amount of oxygen being carried to the rest of the body. Causes of such a condition are usually insufficient amounts of iron‚ blood loss‚ lack of red blood cell production‚ or high rates of red blood cell destruction. (MNT‚ http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158800.php) One form of this condition is the disease Sickle Cell Anemia‚ an inherited blood disorder that affects hemoglobin
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SICKLE CELL ANAEMIA Sickle cell anemia is an inherited condition. People with sickle cell anemia inherit two copies of the sickle cell gene‚ one from each parent. The sickle cell gene makes abnormal hemoglobin called Hemoglobin-S. The sickle cell gene is a trait due to a change in ONE nucleotide in the DNA sequence that leads to a change in ONE amino acid that changes how the hemoglobin protein folds. This change in the structure of the hemoglobin protein leads to a change in the shape of
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Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a genetic disorder that is hereditary. It affects the blood‚ and is caused when the hemoglobin in blood cells are deprived in oxygen from the proteins. These cause normal round blood cells‚ to have are rigid sickle shape. People affected by SCA have a higher risk of death‚ stroke‚ severe attacks‚ and severe rushes of pain. James Herrick discovered an anemia‚ and found bizarre sickle-shaped cells in 1910. A treatment for the disease was discovered in the 1920s by E. Vernon
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