Genetic diagnosis

have two X chromosomes. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Turner syndrome is a kind of chromsomal genetic disease, which occurs in sex chromosome. Turner syndrome patients are absent of all or part of the second X chromosome. “It was firstly discovered by Dr. Henry Turner and named after his name” (Kelly, 2013, p. 818). Turner Syndrome is the second most common genetic disease. The incidence is about about 1 in 2,500 newborn girls worldwide.The actual percentage may be higher, some

Ethical Issues Surrounding Genetic Screening and Genetic Engineering In today’s modern age science is moving at a rapid pace; one of those scientific fields that has taken the largest leaps is that of genetics. When genetics first comes to mind, many of us think of it as a type of science fiction, or a mystical dream. Yet genetics is here, it is real, and has numerous ethical implications. One of the particular areas of interest is prenatal genetics. In this field, many new and

Many other new projects are expected in the near future, one of which is The Cancer Genome Atlas. The goal of The Cancer Genome Atlas is to determine the genetic abnormalities in fifty major types of cancer. (“Human”). Medicine has been revolutionized because of the Human Genome Project. New drugs will soon be administered that will be much more specific, effective, and fortunately cause less side effects

In 1928, when Dr. Alexander Fleming (Fleming, 1928) inadvertently discovered the antibacterial – penicillin, he forever changed medical history. Infections were no longer a terminal diagnosis; rather this miracle anti-microbial would decrease the period of illness and exterminate the pathogenic bacteria, thus saving many patients’ lives. But in the brief period of four years following drug companies’ mass-producing of penicillin in 1943, bacterial microbes began to show resistance to drugs (American

a specified location (McGraw-Hill, 2002) - the effects that they have and the interrelatedness of systems in the human body. Some diseases are genetic – the defective alleles have been inherited from one parent or both. Other diseases that require gene therapy are not inherited and can be caused by a mutation that changes the base sequence in the genetic code. (Mike Boyle, 2008) Gene therapy is an experimental technique used in the treatment of diseases, whereby a defective

is heredity and can runs in families. This suggests that genes play a significant role. The closer the genetic relationship the more likely the people are to share the disorder. Evidence from family studies by Gottesman showed that when bothparent are schizophrenic then there is a 46% chance of the child getting it, however, if only one parent had it, it dropped to 17%. This suggests that a genetic factor is involved. MZ twins share 100% of their genes; DZ twins share 50% of their genes. If genes

1) Abstract: Although Anti-sense Therapy has limitations related to targeted drug delivery, it is still considered as one of the promising technology for treating most of the Rare and Inherited disorders, being categorized as precision medicine has advanced very much with recent advances in drug delivery technologies like lipid nanoparticle (LNP) formulations, cell-targeting technologies. Anti-sense drugs are seen as most potential drugs for treating debilitating conditions with more targeted approach

Genetic Disorder is having to do with your health and body. Some people can get it and some people don’t get it every body is different. Now I am going to tell you what a Genetic disorder is, it’s an illness caused by changes or mutation in a person 's DNA sequence. The mutation can be caused by an error of the DNA replication. It can also be caused by other things such as cigarette smoke and exposure to radiation which causes the change in the DNA sequence. Now I’m going to introduce the human genome

In addition, The Human Genome Project was created to find all of the 20,000 to 25,000 human genes, and to create physical and genetic maps of the human genome. Additionally, the project also researched many other organisms that can guide medical research. The way genes are organized, provides many new practices for medicine and advances. Let alone, the study of genes from one organism

preserved. CAUSES The cause is usually not known. The cause may be genetic.