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    thirteen year old boy got a blood transfusion. This transfusion caused young Ryan White to contract AIDS. Young White was given six months to live with this life threatening disease. Because Ryan was born with hemophilia A he became one of the first people to be diagnosed with AIDS and had hemophilia. The story of Ryan White helps people all over the world understand the part in US history that was against the gay population. Ryan White was one of the biggest advocates of his time. After he was diagnosed

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    Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH) is a genetic disorder in which iron levels in the body build up over time. HH is often known as the iron overload disorder. Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HH) and Hemophilia have a number of similarities when both express an excess of iron build up in the body. In a review article published by the Journal of Clinical Pathology, they compared and contrasted the effects of iron on both the arthopathy of HH and HA, blood disorders that react poorly to the presence of excess

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    factors to interact with each other. Having the deletion mutation process taken place, Danielle’s factor VIII gene was removed and as a result, she was found to be a carrier of Haemophilia. “Hemophilia (heem-o-FILL-ee-ah) is a rare bleeding disorder in which the blood doesn 't clot normally.” (NIH, 2013) Hemophilia is a chromosome – linked bleeding disorder caused by

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    Almost everyone knows the story of Russian Princess Anastasia Romanov, but not everyone knows about her father, Tsar Nicholas II, and his role in his family’s banishment and death. The last Tsar of Russia was forced to abdicate his throne by the Russian people who wanted change, like how he is allegorized by Mr. Jones in George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Tsar Nicholas II is the eldest of the six children that Tsar Alexander III and Maria Feodorovna. The Tsar was born on May 18, 1868, in Pushkin, Russia

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    Genetics is a branch of biological science that focuses on the study of genes and inheritance from parent to offspring. Genes are found in chromosomes embedded in a cell’s nucleus and carry the traits that a person will have. We inherit our traits from our parents through sexual reproduction, when two gametes, a sperm from the father and an ovum from the mother, combine and produce a zygote. Gametes form through meiosis, which results in each gamete having 23 chromosomes. This results in the zygote

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    Tsarina Alexandra's Life

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    Were you born on June 6, 1872? Did your mother die when you were 6? Did you get married to the Emperor of Russia? Did you sleep with a priest so your son can get healed from Hemophilia? Did your whole family get assassinated, after being in power for 300 years? If you answered yes to any of these questions then you and Tsarina Alexandra have something in common. Alexandra Fedorovna was born on June 6, 1872. As a young child her mother would pass away leaving her grandmother Queen Victoria to teach

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    The human body transports oxygen and nutrients throughout the body using the vascular system1. When a person acquires an injury that causes him/her to bleed, the body has a natural defense to repair it1; this is the basis of hemostasis, the formation and/or dissolution of blood clots2. Localizing and amplifying coagulation proteases and their subsequent cofactor complexes maintain hemostasis3. The inhibition and/or modification of these same coagulation proteases throughout the rest of the body,

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    With 92% of corn, 94% of soybeans, and 94% of cotton being genetically modified and with upwards of 75% of processed foods containing GMOs according to the Center of Food Safety, GMOs are clearly a very important topic. According to Whole Foods, GMOs or genetically modified organisms are organisms whose DNA has been altered. The reason for the creation of GMOs was for the purpose of increasing plant productivity by engineering them to resist certain diseases, produce their own pesticides, etc. and

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    marchofdimes.org/baby/cystic-fibrosis-and-your-baby.aspx) On the brighter side this can be treated with the help of special medicines that help their bodies get the nutrients that they need from food which will help to gain weight and digestion. Hemophilia

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    administer any anesthetic. Additionally, you should let your dentist if you are allergic to any medication. Hemophilia is a condition where a person's blood is unable to clot properly. This condition can make a simple dental procedure more risky. People who have hemophilia will also have a harder time healing after a dental procedure. You definitely want to let your dentist know if you have hemophilia. Your Family History If a medical condition runs in your family, then you need to let your dentist

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