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proteins that are involved in repairing damaged DNA. XPB has the same type of mutation as XPA however it is an essential subunit of a 9 unit general transcription factor IIH (TFIIH) complex. The TFIIH complex helps repair damaged DNA therefore mutation in XPB means the TFIIH complex doesn’t form properly hence cannot do its job. In XPC there is a single base substitution on the third chromosome this causes a missense mutation which produces inactivated XPC protein this is crucial because XPC…

humans but to save them”(End All Diseases). You can take this in multiple ways, either in a deep meaning like to save humans in a complete species or to change our dynamic as humans; but I believe that it means to take away our diseases and genetic mutation. Which is the main reason scientists will use this operation, but doesn’t…

common in some regions. For instance, it was reported that Meckel syndrome has an incidence of 1 per 3,500 live births with a carrier rate of 1 in 30 in Bedouins in Kuwait (Teebi et al.1992). This essay will define Meckel syndrome by introducing its causes, symptoms, and treatment. The two main causes of Meckel-Gruber syndrome are genetic inheritance and gene mutation. Hereditary diseases are controlled by two genes, one acquired from the…

Background Basal cell carcinoma can be defined as a malignant neoplasm in humans. Basal cell carcinoma originates in the areas between the follicles, subject to a spontaneous mutation. BCC’s can be organized into four categories: nodular, morpheaform, metatypical, and superficial. BCC can be treated generally through SMO inhibitors, for example, vismodegib (Ximena 398). Vismodegib is a molecule inhibitor of the Hedgehog (Hh) pathway (Pricl 389). The pathogenesis of BCC is the inapposite…

Introduction Osteogenesis imperfecta describes a group of genetic disorders that are colloquially known as “brittle bone disease” and is estimated to affect around 7 out 100,000 people around the world. As the name suggests osteogenesis imperfecta is characterized by imperfect formation of the bones that leads to frequent fractures or breaks from minor trauma (Rauch et al., 2004). Depending on the severity of symptoms the impact to an affected individual 's life can differ. This paper will…

Cri Du Chat Syndrome Section 1 The genetic disorder Cri Du Chat stems from the deletion of a portion the p arm of chromosome 5 in the affected person. This deletion is seemingly spontaneous in most affected individuals. “Approximately 90% of cases results from a sporadic, or randomly-occurring, de novo deletion” (6. pg. 606). This deletion may include a fraction to the entire loss of the p arm of the fifth chromosome as a whole. Taking into consideration the very spontaneous nature of…

the cells is due to a point mutation and the genome of the infected cells can’t be changed we must look into the biochemical pathways that HU affects. Throughout the literature the main theme has been discussing…

that some patients are not diagnosed until they are adults. Sometimes it even goes undiagnosed. Conversely, the disorder can leave some people with severe disabilities. Tuberous sclerosis may be inherited, or it can be the result of a spontaneous mutation within a person’s genetic makeup. Children who have a parent with the disorder have a fifty percent chance of inheriting it…

when mutated genes carrying certain mutations are transferred from parents onto an offspring. Genes are the factors that codes for proteins and deficient form of gene cause due to mutation in genes give rise to deficient form of protein. Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a hereditary disease. WPW syndrome causes chronic heart disease which is associated with ventricular pre-excitation and a thicker ventricle muscle. Patients with the disease have a high rate of more than 100 heart beats…

genes" or transposons, are sequences of DNA that move (or jump) from one location in the genome to another. A transposable element (TE or transposon) is a DNA sequence that can change its position within a genome, sometimes creating or reversing mutations and altering the cell's genetic identity and genome size. Transposition often results in duplication of the TE. The transposable elements make the biggest part of the genome. It mainly contributes to the mass of the Eukaryotic cell DNA. They…