However‚ it can also enter our body via different route. If it enters lung tissue‚ for example in a cystic fibrosis patient‚ it can cause a form of pneumonia. Patient who being infected may have the following symptoms in different part of the body: pneumonia in the respiratory tract‚ bacteremia in the bloodstream‚ diarrhea and enteritis in the GI tract‚ otitis
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genetics and lifestyle. Non-infectious diseases are not caused by specific organisms and are studied and cared for more in developed countries‚ where many infectious diseases are under control. Examples of inherited non-infectious conditions include cystic fibrosis and Down syndrome‚ and examples of conditions caused by environmental or lifestyle factors include heart disease and skin cancer. Ways of prevent of non-infectious diseases can be for example cutting down on exposure to cigarette smoke and the
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What is Racism? Racism is defined as the belief that one particular race is superior or inferior to another race and that all members of each race has predetermined social and moral traits due to their inborn biological characteristics. Racism as existed for more than 1000 years dated all the way back to the days of slavery and segregation. The most prevalent type of racism seen within the health care setting is institutional racism. Institutionalized racism is typically defined as biased access
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Term | Definition | * Reliability | Repetition‚ achieving consistent results | * Validity | Obtaining results consistent with what was being tested‚ correctly testing the aim‚ keeping everything else constant | * Accuracy | How accurate results are | * Dependent variable | Relies on independent variable‚ plotted on y-axis | * Independent variable | One you change‚ plotted on x-axis | What is the Human Genome? The human genome comprises a sequence of approximately 3 billion
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Hemochromatosis in European descent. Furthermore‚ this advantage is also relevant to another disease mostly affecting European cystic fibrosis. “Tuberculosis which has also been called consumption because of the way it seems to consume its victims from the inside caused 20 percent of all deaths in Europe between 1600 and 1900‚ making it a deadly disease” (Moalem and Prince 21). Cystic fibrosis is a disease that slowly affects a person’s body and leads to death‚ however‚ saves them from developing tuberculosis
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Rough Draft Ermer 1 Joseph A Ermer Professor Bryson Newhart English 955 Cloning for medicine In the summer of 1995‚ the birth of two sheep changed genetic research and medicine forever‚ with seemingly endless possibilities in the medicines‚ and therapies that could result in the use of cloning and stem cell research
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Unit 2. Chapters 9-16. Cell Processes 1. Cellular Respiration‚ Photosynthesis‚ Cell Cycle‚ Mitosis‚ Meiosis‚ & Genetics. Note A: All work must be hand-written‚ including charts & diagrams. Note B: each answer requires more than one sentence & use diagrams whenever possible; failure to use diagrams will result in less points. Chapter 9 Outline 1) Principles of Energy Conservation a) Cellular respiration and fermentation are catabolic(energy – yielding) pathways b) Cells must recycle the ATP
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alcohol syndrome infections during pregnancy GENETIC: Down syndrome‚ cystic
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Kenny the Tiger – Kenny is a white tiger who has down syndrome. The only way to produce a white tiger is through inbreeding. Unfortunately‚ there are some fatal side effects of inbreeding like early deaths or still births. Cystic Fibrosis Diagram – Cystic Fibrosis is a recessive genetic disorder that affects the lungs‚ liver‚ intestines‚ and pancreas. It will clog the lungs with mucus which can lead to life threatening infections in the lungs. What DNA Means to Me DNA Code Picture – I
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Genetics Problems 1. Brown eyes are dominant over blue. What are the chances that the first child of a marriage of two hybrid (heterozygous) brown-eyed parents will be blue-eyed? What are the chances of the second child being blue-eyed? BB Bb Bb bb There is a 25% chance that the first child will be blue-eyed and a 75% chance the child will be brown-eyed. There is a 50% chance that the trait for brown eyes will overpower the recessive trait for blue eyes. 2.In humans‚ color-blindness
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