Cystic fibrosis

In this paper, ototoxicity and its effects on hearing and balance will be discussed. Ototoxic drugs can affect different areas of the ear. It can affect anyone no matter the age, race, or gender. Although it is a common cause of hearing loss and balance problems, ototoxicity was not brought to awareness until the 1940s. Two common drugs that are damaging to one’s hearing are medications in the aminoglycoside family and cisplatin. There may be ways of preventing ototoxicity, but in some…

The Specimen Reception – where I spent most of my day-to-day work – is part of the Lab-Med group that is situated in the Central Pathology lab, and is made up of the biochemistry laboratory, the haematology laboratory – which includes cryobiology and coagulation, the microbiology lab, the histopathology lab – which includes cytopathology, the immunology lab, cancer molecular diagnostics, and transfusion medicine, as well as the Irish mycobacterium reference lab, and the national MRSA reference…

green fluorescent protein found in jellyfish; because of the green fluorescent protein is then inserted into a mammal, the protein can track biological processes, specifically the neurological cells’ activity (Goldbas). Diseases such as cancer, cystic fibrosis, heart disease, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson’s, and other genetic disorders are lessened in severity today since the viruses are genetically modified with implant genes through the process of human gene therapy (Goldbas). This topic,…

Molly Press Level 3 Biology Achievement Standard 3.2 – Integrating biological knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue. The use of IVF and Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) PGD is a process that individuals go through when carrying out IVF. It’s is when they screen an embryo for a particular genetic defect that their baby could be born with. The goal for PGD is to produce a baby that is ‘healthy’; this raises questions on what is a healthy baby. The first…

Emphysema is a chronic lung disease, which damages the air sacs called alveoli by causing shortness of breath (dyspnea) due to the enlargement of lung sacs. Emphysema is also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (Ontario Lung Association,2015). Emphysema is a disease, which not only destroys the lung air sacs but it also reduces the amount of oxygen that can reach the bloodstream. Smoking is one of the main reasons for the cause of emphysema. Therefore, it occurs mostly to the people…

Is the perfect child one that can be designed exactly to society’s wants or one that is naturally itself and not genetically modified? This is a large debate that has many opinions, both for and against the idea of designing embryos. In reality, there are many positives to genetically modifying embryos, which outweighs the negatives such as moral reasons. One example of a positive to this process is that it prevents a disease within the mitochondria. According to the New York Times, “Roughly…

Breathing is not just a matter of breathing through inspiration and expiration. Abnormal breathing patterns deals with the absent of breath sounds at certain times and the presence of normal breath sounds in certain areas where they are normally not heard. There are different types of abnormal breathing patterns that are caused with certain illnesses such as Cheyne-Stokes respiration, Kussmaul breathing, Biot’s respiration, apnea, paradoxical breathing and apneustic breathing. There are…

The Hidden Addiction: Prescription Painkillers Today many illnesses are classified as a disease, such as cancer, diabetes, cystic fibrosis; these are not questioned. Scientists and neurologists tend to disagree about classifying addiction as a disease, which can be a reason society has not accepted addiction as a disease. Addiction needs to be recognized as a disease; prescription drugs are abused 51% more than illicit drugs (“Monitoring the Future”). Relapse rates of addiction appear…

having an abortion is HIV/AIDS , Cancer , Heart disease, Diabetes and many more. There are also some diseases that the fetus may have that may result in the mother having an abortion such as Down syndrome , spina bifida , sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis and more. Many anti-abortionist think that women only have abortion because they don 't want a baby or cannot afford a baby. In some cases that may be true but others it is not. Sometimes the mothers are looking out for their health and the…

• Smoking marijuana can lead to breathing problems such as development of excess mucous, cough and bronchitis. It can also cause asthma and cystic fibrosis. • Long-term use of marijuana can decrease the amount of seminal fluid and reduced sperm count. The abnormalities in the sperm are still undetermined, although it is thought to be caused by the THC. • Marijuana use in females can lead to menstrual…