Andrea Sachs

Tay-sachs disease is a rare disorder that is caused from a missing enzyme that is used to break down fatty substances. The fatty substance is Gangliosides, which begins to build up to a toxic level in a child’s brain and begins to affect their nerve cells. As the disease begins to progress in the child, the control of their muscles weakens and it leads to blindness, paralysis, and eventually death. Symptoms begin to show in the first three to six months of an infant's life, but it can be…

and David Abshire died at the age of three to an incurable inheritable disease known as Tay- Sachs. The couple believed they would never have baby again, however, in the year 1994 the couple introduced to the world a completely healthy baby by the name of Brittany Nicole Abshire. Brittany was a special child. She was the first child in the world to be successfully screened for the incurable disease Tay-Sachs using the genetic testing method of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. (The New York…

In the 1980’s, Nancy Wexler contributed to advances in medicine by discovering a genetic marker that could indicate inherited disorders linked to chromosomes, such as Down’s Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, and Tay-Sachs Disease (Vaughn, 2013, p. 566). Since then, prenatal genetic screenings have become widely accessible through simple, low-risk procedures such as carrier testing, blood tests, and ultrasounds. These procedures are only capable of reporting the risk for inheriting abnormalities…

Tay-Sachs disease (TSD), also called GM2 gangliosidosis, is an uncommon disorder that is genetically inherited, which progressively destroys cells in the central nervous system. The central nervous system consists of the brain and the spinal cord. Because the disorder is autosomal recessive, both parents must have the mutation in the gene in order for the child to be a carrier or have the disease. A child with parents that are both carriers has a 25 percent chance of getting Tay-Sachs and 50…

When genetic disorders are discussed, both in popular culture and in medicine, they are viewed as negative ways, and for obvious reasons: many genetic disorders, like the one Sierra has, can easily kill or seriously inhibit a person from living a “normal life.” Throughout recent medical history, there has been a lot of focus on learning new ways to control or treat certain genetic conditions. In fact, the entire discussion of how to treat genetic disorders can be brought back to our class…

children with their own DNA even though they are known carriers of genetic diseases.He uses Sarah and Abe Shapiro, a Jewish couple and known carriers of Tay-Sachs, as an example of being able to have their own healthy child. “Knowing their risk, Sarah and Abe used in vitro fertilization . . . Such was the way Michael was created” (Pence 60). Tay-Sachs is a common genetic disorder within the Jewish people affecting one out of twenty-seven Jews in America and in addition terminal not making it…

Tay - Sachs disease is a fatal and genetic disorder. The disease “leads to gradual deterioration of the central nervous system. ” A child inherits the genetic abnormality if both parents are carriers of the TS gene. The gene mutation that is inherited with TSD is Hex- A. Since there is a lack of enzyme Hex -A a substance called GM2 begins to accumulate. Babies lack this important enzyme which later leads to progressive destruction of the brain’s nerves cells as their lives progress. (McDowell…

Da Vinci was doing many things that helped change the views of man. Leonardo was born out of wedlock between a respected notary and a peasant woman in 1452. During his child and teen years, Leonardo was under the care of a sculptor by the name of Andrea Del Verrocchio, who helped him kick off his art career. Like all people, Leonard had his fair share of thoughts and opinions, he voiced and showed them through his work. Leonardo’s studied can be categorized by academics and arts, by doing so he…

The last earthquake was 1868, and as you can tell we are a little over due. The Hayward fault is a neighbor to the San Andreas fault. Although, the San Andreas fault is bigger, it is said that the Hayward fault is more dangerous, because of its past large earthquake, and it has millions of people living above it. They share the same tectonic setting, and strike-slip fault as well. The…

The Santa Cruz earthquake happened on October 17, 1989, in San Francisco Bay Area and magnitude was 6.9. 67 people were killed, and over 5 billion damages followed the earthquake. (History.com Staff, 2009) Community and people think this earthquake occurred in San Francisco area. However, there were other affected cities such as Los Gatos, Watsonville, and Santa Cruz, etc. In consequence of location, scientists, geologists called this earthquake differently such as Loma Prieta earthquake, San…