Although curing disease is indeed one goal of genetic research‚ investigation of the overall safety of a treatment is also critical‚ as is consideration of the moral and ethical issues associated with a treatment. Although the first two tasks are reserved for scientists and clinical investigators‚ the latter is everyone’s responsibility. This is particularly true when it comes to three recent "hot button" genetics-based therapies: gene therapy‚ stem cell therapy‚ and pharmacogenomics. Gene Therapy Human
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David Stem Cell paper T-T 11:20 Stem Cells and Cloning 1. Cloning is one of the most widely talked about topics in this world. The people that defend cloning believe that cloning and genetic engineering will be the answer to most of the diseases in the future. On the other hand‚ the people against it think of it as ‘ playing God ’. Cloning is unethical because people will lose their identities if their clones come into
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are focusing on reducing complications and extending the life spans of patients‚ but no treatment has been proven to treat this disease directly and effectively. Fortunately‚ the new drug named farnesyltransferase inhibitors appears recently in the research field of Hutchinson–Gilford progeria. My hypothesis is that farnesyltransferase inhibitors are effective and safe to treat children born with progeria. My first objective is to test the effectiveness of farnesyltransferase inhibitors in both animal
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Protein Mediated Generation of Human Induced Pluripotent Cells for Maximum Efficiency Project ID: 3244K Abstract Inefficiency of IPS cell generation is a major obstacle in the development of IPS based technologies‚ such as their use in regenerative medicine. Current methods are limited to approximately 20% efficiency and often come with a trade off in safety. We propose a new technology that would increase the rate of IPS reprogramming to nearly 100%. This technology entails the usage of
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The article‚ “Restoration of vision after transplantation of photoreceptors”‚ addresses the outcome whether transplantation of photoreceptor cells can actually improve vision. The study was tested on animals‚ such as mice‚ to discover their ingrained ailment of night blindness. The research showed credible evidence regarding the mouse’s retinas and their innate disorder. The transplantation of photoreceptors contributes responsive signals to light and are highly similar to adult’s photoreceptors
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1. Explain broadly‚ what ‘3D Imaging’ is. You must identify the hardware and software typically associated with this field. 3D imaging is a process where there are two different images and they are put together to make give a three-dimensional feel to the single image. 2. Describe at least three areas that 3D imaging is used. You need to describe in detail The nature of the technology in relation to the specific area. This means you need to Elaborate on how the technology being is used‚ explaining
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advancing‚ every day we learn more about how life works and through this we increase our knowledge and understanding of health and disease. Even in the last ten years we have had numerous scientific advancements‚ from the human genome project to stem cell research. I hope to one day contribute to this understanding through the knowledge and skills I gain from this course. I have always had an interest in science‚ especially in terms of how illness and disease affects the body. I developed an interest
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The mitochondria is a double membrane-bound organelle located eukaryotic organism‚ in cells. It is inherited maternally meaning the offspring only receive their mitochondria from their mother (Gale Group Inc‚ 2016). Mitochondria are often known as the powerhouse of the cells as they generate the energy for the cells to do their job (Newcastle University‚ 2016). If a female was to have this mitochondrial disease‚ all her children will inherit it as the females mitochondria is the only one inherited
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is a succession of mitotic cell divisions without cell growth between division cycles. There is close to no cell growth because during cleavage‚ the embryonic cells undergo the S and M phases of the cell cycle but practically avoid the G1 and G2 phases. Thus‚ the embryo does not increase in cytoplasmic material or enlarge but merely partitions its zygote into smaller blastomeres. The first five to seven divisions produce a
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EEGs Clinical psychologists and neuroscientific researchers have always sought to understand what is going on in the brain and what is on the mind of their clients. For centuries‚ direct examination of the brain was elusive and almost nearly impossible due to the inadequacy of technology. However‚ noninvasive advances in brain examination have alleviated those challenges‚ making it possible to explore and investigate the brain in depth. Electroencephalography (EEG) is used to monitor and test electrical
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