Albinism
.... pigmentation. This could involve the entire body or part of the body. This is believed to be caused by an enzyme deficiency involving the metabolism of melanin during prenatal development. This can be inherited by an dominant or recessive trait. In complete albinism, there is lack of pigmentation in skin and hair, as well as in retinal and iris tissue; in incomplete albinism, skin and hair may vary from pale to normal; in ocular albinism, function may vary from norma to impaired. Impairments may invo .....
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Alcoholism 3
.... and heart action are affected; concentrations above 0.50% may cause death, although a person generally becomes unconscious before absorbing a lethal dosage. Moderate or temperate use of alcohol is not harmful, but excessive or heavy drinking is associated with alcoholism and numerous other health problems. The effects of excessive drinking on major organ systems of the human body are cumulative and become evident after heavy, continuous drinking or after intermittent drinking over a period of time .....
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Athrax
.... after on set of acute symptoms.
The intestinal disease form of anthrax may follow the consumption of contaminated meat and is characterized by an acute inflammation of the intestinal tract. Initial signs of nausea, loss of appetite, vomiting of blood, and severe diarrhea. Intestinal anthrax results in death occurring in 25 to 60% of these cases (www.cdc.gov).
If anthrax were to be used in biological warfare, pulmonary (or inhalation) anthrax would be of greatest concern this is the most lethal .....
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
.... such as anxiety or
depression.(CHADD) Gender and age affect the way the patients display
their symptoms. Boys are more likely to have the disorder than girls. The
symptoms of ADHD usually decrease with age, but those symptoms related
with other similar disorders are said to increase with age. 30-50% of
children with ADHD may display symptoms, although often times less
severe, into adulthood.
ADHD may be observed in children before the age of four, but it’s signs
are often misse .....
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Chromosome Probes At The University Of Toronto
.... to examine tissue and obtain a reading for a specific cancer. " It wouldn't suggest a mode of therapy," he points out, "but would be a speedy test and would have prognostic implications for the kind of tumor discovered." As a basic research tool, Willard's probes could be used to develop a genetic linkage map for human chromosomes. "It's important to know the location of genes in the human genome, particularly disease genes. The leading approach to try to sort out disease genes is to use genetic linkag .....
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Cloning
.... transplantation, is an extension of
research that had been ongoing for over 40 years.
Up until now, scientists thought that adult cells could not be “reprogrammed” to behave
like a fertilized egg and create an embryo, but the evidence obtained by Dolly’s success prove
otherwise. The issues of cloning have been around for a long time, starting with the publication of
Joshua Lederberg’s 1966 article on cloning in the American Naturalist, and the publics interest
has been perked by many sci-fi b .....
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Cloning 2
.... Members of a clone are genetically identical and
genetic identity has given cloning an additional more technical meaning: namely the
procedures used to create a new organism whose genetic constitution is a replica of
another existing individual. Such a feat can be achieved by substituting the nucleus, which
contains the genes, from one of the cells making up that individual's body, for the nucleus
of a fertilised egg.
Since our genes dictate to a large extent what we look like, how we beha .....
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Computers
.... techniques also make possible invasions of privacy and of restricted information sources, but computer crime has become one of the many risks that society must face if it would enjoy the benefits of modern technology.
Imagine a world without computers. That would mean no proper means of communicating, no Internet, no video games. Life would be extremely difficult. Adults would have to store all their office work paper and therefore take up an entire room. Teenagers would have to submit course-works a .....
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Creatine
.... heat and cooking, and the full amounts available in these food sources may be reduced during normal preparation. When dietary consumption is inadequate to meet the body's needs, a limited supply can be synthesized from the amino acids arginine, glycine and methionine. This creatine production occurs in the liver, pancreas and kidneys. The bottom line is that your ability to regenerate ATP depends on your supply of creatine. More creatine, more ATP remade, and more ability to train your .....
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Cyclohexanone
....
infrared light, and rotations are excited by microwaves” (Tissue).
IR spectroscopy is the measurement of the wavelength and
intensity of the absorption of infrared light by a sample. The
wavelength of IR absorption bands are characteristic of specific types
of chemical bonds.
An IR spectrophotometer is an instrument which is designed to
obtain an infrared spectra of a molecule. An IR spectra is obtained by
first irradiating a sample with an IR source of lig .....
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A Look At Anemia Related To Nutritional Issues
.... fuels. The oxygen is transported from the lungs to tissues throughout the body via red blood cells. Oxygen binds to hemoglobin, a specific molecule within each red blood cell. This molecule consists of heme, which is a red pigment, and globin, which is a protein. If the amount of functioning hemoglobin is reduced, a condition known as anemia arises" ("Anemia", 1). "The anemia that may result can take many forms, including that caused by a low iron level (iron deficiency anemia), a vitamin deficien .....
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A Medical And Moral Look At Ectopic Pregnancy
.... depending upon how advanced the pregnancy is. Uterine bleeding is sometimes associated with an ectopic in addition to the pelvic or abdominal pain. If the pregnancy has ruptured, one could expect all the signs and symptoms of acute blood loss such as fainting, shock, rapid pulse, low blood pressure and a drop in hemoglobin and hematocrit levels.
Testing and diagnosing an ectopic pregnancy is actually difficult, because an answer to the problem is not always clear cut, nor is it always available righ .....
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Aandp Kidney Problems
.... showing very small amounts of blood in the urine.
In a severe case the patient may feel ill or tired. The patient may also produce very small amounts of urine and accumulate large amounts of fluid in the system. This retention of fluid will cause puffiness in the eyes and also ankles. If fluid accumulates in your chest you may not be able to breathe well or become short of breath.
Jason shows all of these symptoms noted above. The bruising to the body may be something totally different but in .....
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Abortions
.... topic. We make no progress because we are not talking about the same thing. The anti-abortionists are focused on the fetus’ rights, and the pro-abortionists are focused on the women’s rights. Though these issues are basically interrelated, they are different topics.
The issues of the social problems like child neglect and financial burden, and even the issue that it is the woman’s exclusive right to make decisions concerning her body; they are not the problem. It all comes down to one thing: Is .....
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Achondroplasia
.... produce a child. Couples at risk of having a child with 2 copies of the changed gene. A DNA test is now also available to detect double homozygosity.
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