The Ethics of Genetically Modified Organisms Genetic engineering has become a seriously debated concern in society over the last three centuries. As scientists become closer to finding a way to accomplish it with new technology and less risks‚ the increasing concerns grow. People all over the world are looking for a way to eliminate disease‚ expand lifetimes‚ and preserve resources. When looking at the genetic engineering of many important factors in society such as religion‚ laws‚ and societal
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from high risk state to acute psychosis and suggesting the use of immune cell based miRNAs for assessing high risk states. In a study‚ global plasma miRNAs were profiled in a test cohort of 164 schizophrenia patients and 187 control subjects. The screening revealed the up-regulation of miR-130b and miR-193a-3p in individuals with schizophrenia but not in control subjects. Another similar study identified miR-132 as a potential and superior biomarker in peripheral blood that will allow discrimination
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Introduction The Primary Community and Continuing Care (2009) state that public health nurses (PHNs) provide preventative and curative care within specific geographical regions to people of various age groups. Mulcahy et al (2012) describe PHNs as ‘population based generalist nurses’. Public health nurse’s areas of care vary from wound dressing clinics to postnatal home visits. Placement in this area involved experiences such as the addiction clinic‚ breastfeeding clinic and first postnatal visits
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Occupational Risks in the Medical Technology Profession: Blood borne Diseases: A blood-borne disease is one that can be spread by contamination by blood. The most common examples are HIV‚ hepatitis B‚ hepatitis C and viral hemorrhagic fevers. Diseases that are not usually transmitted directly by blood contact‚ but rather by insect or other vector‚ are more usefully classified as vector-borne disease‚ even though the causative agent can be found in blood. Vector-borne diseases include West Nile
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Opposing Viewpoints On Aborting a Handicapped Fetus The continued debate between anti-abortion lobbyists and pro-choice activists regarding the ethics of abortion has ensured a steady stream of written opinions. With fairly recent advances in prenatal screening‚ doctors can detect whether a fetus is healthy or not and more abortions are being performed due to this awareness. In turn‚ the issue of whether aborting a handicapped fetus is ethical or not is being much debated. Paul Greenberg‚ an editorial
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There are potential positive benefits that could come from genetic screening. Couples could profit from genetic manipulation‚ as it is said to reduce the risks of‚ or completely eliminate‚ hereditary life threatening diseases (Cystic fibrosis‚ Down syndrome‚ Spina bifida‚ etc.) from being inherited by their unborn child.
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group or the control group. The intervention group was visited at their 38 week visit‚ where the first educational intervention was administered. This intervention provided the expecting mother with an informational booklet about PPD‚ a prenatal depression screening using the PHQ-9 and EPDS‚ and symptoms of PPD and how to identify them. Participants were also provided a pamphlet of contact information‚ and encouraged to contact a professional if they began to experience any symptoms of PPD. This group
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Abortion: Morally Permissible or Impermissible? Abortion can be defined as a means of terminating a pregnancy by removing or expelling a fetus from the uterus before viability. Abortion has been‚ and will always be‚ a controversial issue in today’s society and in the future. People have always struggled to determine whether it is ethical to abort a fetus; morally permissible (acceptable) or morally impermissible (unacceptable). The polarizing views that are associated with abortion makes this
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Maple Syrup Urine Disease Maple syrup urine disease or MSUD is a genetically inherited disease‚ characterized by a maple syrup odor found in the sweat‚ urine and earwax of affected individuals. This metabolic disorder was first documented in medical literature in 1954 by John Hans Menkes‚ a pediatric neurologist who would also discover Menkes Disease. People with this condition lack specific enzymes required to metabolize certain amino acids. It is also commonly known as BCKD deficiency‚ branched
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Background Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI)‚ also known as brittle bone disease‚ is a genetic mutation. I chose Osteogenesis Imperfecta because I wanted to inform the people about the seriousness of this disease. People with this disease have weak bones due to a mutation affecting the collagen in the body. This causes people to have fragile bones‚ which will fracture easily. People may also be very short because of their weak bones. Types of this condition can be mild‚ it can also be very severe. This
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