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Cracking Your Genetic Code: A Review of Genetic Testing In Gattaca, the plot focuses on the ethics, the risks, and the emotional impact of genetic testing in the nearby future. The film was released in the 90s; yet in the present, the film does not give the impression of science fiction. Today, genetic testing is prevalent in many aspects of the scientific community. This paper will describe genetic testing, its purpose, diagnostic techniques that use genetic testing, relating Huntington’s disease

The name Huntington’s disease comes from an American physician, George Huntington (see figure 1), after he was the first person to give an official description of the disease in 1872 (Bhattacharyya, 2016). In Canada alone, more than 21 000 individuals have been affected by Huntington’s Disease, an incurable illness that results in death typically between 15-20 years after diagnosis (Scrivener, 2013). This disease causes both physical and mental changes in an individual, therefore completely changing

Huntington’s Disease • Huntington’s Disease is a genetic disorder that causes the breakdown of the nerves cells in the brain. It is eventually fatal, and deteriorates a person’s abilities mentally and physically. There is currently no known cure for Huntington’s Disease. • There are many signs and symptoms of Huntington’s Disease, and as the disease progresses they will ultimately become worse. The signs may initially appear as subtle symptoms, such as an irritable mood, difficulty thinking

Huntington 's Disease Huntington 's disease is an inherited neurodegenerative disease that is caused by a mutation on the HTT gene. It typically effects persons in their third to fifth decade of life and can be passed onto their children. Neurons in the brain waste away or degenerate in different areas causing the characterizing symptoms, such as dance-like movements and mental decline. Diagnosis and prognosis can be devastating to both individual and family. However, there are genetic tests that

and can lead to a total change in behaviour. Sadly, there is no known cure. What causes Huntington’s Disease? Huntington’s Disease is caused by a defective gene inherited from the parents, carried on chromosome 4. It is responsible for making ‘huntingtin’. Basically, it means that certain proteins needed to make brain chemicals are unable to make them in your brain as normal. This leads to damage and the death of some brain cells, called neurons, in the basal ganglia and the cortex, located in the

could potentially be relevant to me personally because I also have a certain blood type. My blood type was determined by my two parents genotype. This is what allows us to find out what the Mendelian traits are in a couple - Such as if the man has Huntingtins and the female does not; an expert will tell that couple the probability of that trait occurring in your offspring. 2. The principle of segregation is important to understanding inheritance because during meiosis, alleles will separate into gametes

Pharmacokinetic profiling of LBH589: Initial pharmacokinetic studies were performed using C57/BL6 mice. Mice were given a single ip injection of 10 mg/kg LBH589, sacrificed at 0.08, 0.5, 1, 2, 4, 8, and 24 hr post-dosing (n=3 at each time point) and brain and plasma levels were analyzed by LC-MS/MS (LOQ= 1-6 pmol/mL in plasma, 23 pmol/g in brain). The compound was rapidly eliminated from the systemic circulation (Fig 1A). Although brain penetration was limited early, the brain to plasma ratio increased

Describe the difference between genotyping and whole genome sequencing in your own words. Be specific in your answer. Genotyping is basically whole genome sequencing done incompletely, it is looking at a small specific portion of a chromosome instead of all of one’s genes. Genotyping is used by companies like 23 and Me, it is significantly cheaper than whole genome sequencing. Genotyping can gives you the risk factors for some disease, however because it is incomplete it is fallible. The risk factors

Andrew Wilson The suitability of the use of animal models and SiRNA Technologies in autosomal dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease Dr P Martin Biomedical Science Abstract: The treatment of dominantly inherited neurodegenerative disease has been not feasible until recent discovers of gene therapy. Discovers such as short interfering RNA (siRNA) which cause gene silencing due to the molecule forming a complex with messenger RNA (mRNA), resulting in the degradation of mRNA through pathways

Huntington 's disease is a dynamic, neurological disorder. Tragically, it doesn 't demonstrate manifestations until people have reached they’re 30 's or more. 'Children whose parent 's have this genetic disorder have a 50-50 ' ( ) possibility of acquiring the trait. History Huntington 's disease was found by numerous researchers before George Huntington. For instance in the 1840 's HD was described in writing as a "Chronic hereditary chorea by Dr Waters of Franklin N.Y.," ( ) who found a