Cornea

Animals all over the globe are sitting in a cage right now, scared, cold and alone waiting for the next experiment to be done to them. They sit in this cage longing for the day that they are able to free, if they survive the experiments or if they are of no longer need to the scientists. Every year there are millions of animals killed in laboratories from the tests and experiments done to them. These poor, defenseless animals are poisoned, shocked, and burned during these tests and are often…

Organ donation has grown more popular over recent years with its latest modern technology and people driven with the hope that they will save someone’s life with their viable organs. Although there is more awareness of organ donations and its benefits, the fact is that in the United States an average of 21 people die each day from not receiving the organs on time or at all (Donate Life America, 2016) . In an effort to aid the people in these extensive waiting lists, the proposal of mandatory…

Did you know that more than half of the people waiting for an organ will die before they ever receive one? Organ donation is the process of giving a healthy body part from either a dead or living individual and giving it to someone else who is sick to improve and prolong their life. I believe signing up to become an organ donor should be mandatory in the United States because there is a massive shortage of organ donors, the process to become a donor is very easy, and it doesn’t cost very much…

(Scanlon & Sanders, 2010, p. 223). It is commonly caused by pressure build up due to the aqueous humor, which is watery fluid in the anterior cavity of the eye (Herlihy, 2014). This fluid has 2 main roles, allows the eye to maintain shape and allows the cornea to stay healthy (Herlihy, 2014). When the pressure builds up it cuts off the supply of blood to the retina and the optic nerve becomes damaged (Herlihy, 2014). While Glaucoma causes blindness another condition of the senses is colour…

Background: What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by an error in cell division that results in an extra twenty-first chromosome, that causes birth defects of developmental and intellectual delays. The human body is composed of trillions of cells and within the nucleus of each cell are structures called chromosomes (Parks, 2009). About eight million babies are diagnosed with Down Syndrome in the United States with approximately twenty thousand in Western Europe…

Organ donation is a very big issue that affects thousands of people worldwide. So many people are waiting for organ transplants, but a large portion of them die because of a major shortage. There are a lot of doctors and scientists are working to find a solution to this growing problem. There are many solutions to this problem but most them are controversial and will be hard to put into place. Some of these solutions include: educating the public, installing the opt-out law, and biotechnology.…

To experience the surrounding world, the human body uses biological systems, senses, to interpret external stimuli and form a coherent, tangible view. The senses consist of seeing, hearing, smelling, touching, and tasting, where seeing and hearing are the most crucial. The perception of the world is the brain’s ability to analyze the incoming sensation messages and relay them back; sensation is both the initial messages sent by the nerves and the complete resulting picture created by the brain.…

Designer babies are believed to be the future of modern biotechnology and medicine. The world has seen a few successful cases, but the welfare of these children is still governed by the country’s regulatory authorities. While this novel invention provides several advantages to parents for selecting specific traits, it has also received wide criticism for the same purpose. One of the reasons for the development of PGD was to prevent genetic and inherited diseases. Genetic screening can…

This disorder is when someone cannot and never has had the ability to perceive or feel any sort of pain done to their body. People with Congenital Insensitivity to Pain although unable to feel pain, can feel the difference between hot, cold, and dull and sharp, but cannot feel if something is burning them. People with this disorder also have very overt autonomic symptoms, so they tend to show a lot of their actions that are supposed to be involuntary. Congenital Insensitivity is a genetically…

(Worldview, 2016) I was born with astigmatism. Astigmatism is a common vision condition that causes blurred vision. It occurs when the cornea (the clear front cover of the eye) is irregularly shaped or sometimes because of the curvature of the lens inside the eye. (AOA, 2016) On top of that I was born with strabismus. The symptoms of strabismus include the crossing of the eyes. My eyes…