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    Nearly seventy-five percent of your skin is made up of water and collagen. Luna Skincare maintains these levels. The reason why your skin is so beautiful when you are young is because these levels of moisture and collagen are at their peak. As you age, however, environmental damage and natural decay make these levels dip. There are many studies that show the positive effects of topical collagen for the skin. Collagen is a protein that is found throughout the body which helps to maintain the…

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    Gelatin is a solid substance that is used as a supplement in food preparation. This protein appears in several foods such as gelatin desserts, marshmallows and, in some dips, cream cheese and yogurt. It is made of minerals, cartilage, bones and collagen that are found in pastured animals. Gelatin has many health benefits. It is rich in amino acids which are effective in improving the bones, the joins, the skin and, the mood. Gelatin can treat arthritis Arthritis is a very common condition…

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    from degenerative arthritis have said that many cases in which Tea Utensils with prescription and herbal remedies that might be used to.Chicken feet are skin, joints that make up the collagen contains, a component of healthy nutrients and able to digest well. -Improvement of arthritis Chicken feet contains collagen also…

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    Tendons are bands of fibrous connective tissue that connect muscles to bones(Pagorek et al. 2012). Their functions include mediating normal joint movement and stability and to contribute in maintaining body posture(Sharma & Maffulli 2005). Tendons injuries are frequent and cause joint dysfunction that can affect the performance in workplace. Work-related overuse disorders are most common in the tendons and tendon insertions of the upper extremities. The most commonly-affected tendons are in the…

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    imperfecta is caused by one of several genes that aren’t working properly. Each of the genes that cause OI plays a role in how the body makes collagen. Collagen is a material in bones that helps make them strong and not break or fall apart. When these genes are not working properly, there is not enough collagen, or the collagen does not work properly. This lack of collagen leads to weak bones…

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    In the reading, the author claims that existence of the actual tissue in dinosaur fossil is not implausible by pointing out three different explanations in favor of this statement due to the perusing regarding T.rex leg bone. However, finding all the ideas dubious, the lecturer totally repudiates the claim and presents some conspicuous evidence to the contrary. At first, the author argues that the soft flexible substance inside the bone channel may indicate residue of the real blood vessels in T…

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    can result in osteoarthritis. Another thing researchers have found that can cause osteoarthritis is a rare defect in people’s production of collagen. Collagen is a triple helical molecule and makes up a major section of the extracellular matrix. This fibrous, structural protein makes up the white fibers found in, skin, bones, tendon, and cartilage. Collagen is an essential building block for mechanical resistance in multicellular organisms. However it is also a signal molecule involved in coding…

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    and bone densitometry. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI) is a genetic disease affecting the quantity and structure of collagen that is normally found in connective tissues, bones, and the sclera, or white portion of eyes. It is estimated that this condition affects 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 20,000 births (Antoniazzi, Mottes, Fraschini, Brunelli, & Tato, 2000). The abnormalities of the collagen produce fragile bones that are susceptible to breaking, even with minimal trauma. Connective tissues, such as…

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    has too little collagen or poor quality the bones begin to weaken and caused them to break without a specific reason. Collagen plays a huge part in the human body it is the main protein of the connective tissue. Types 5 and 6 are not caused by the type 1 collagen mutation but the caused have not yet been identified. In 2006 Osteogenesis Imperfecta type 7 and 8 were discovered these do not have a dominant genetic formation but in some way they do affect the development of collagen. The most…

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    encodes for the alpha 1 chain of type VII Collagen. This gene is a single nucleotide variant. It is located specifically on chromosome 3: base pairs 48,564,072 to 48,595,301. The normal function of COL7A1 is to present instructions for creating proteins that are used to group type VII collagen. Collagen is a major constituent in a group of proteins that help to strengthen and support connective tissues, tendons, ligaments and skin. Exclusively, VII collagen plays a fundamental part in…

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