Cystic fibrosis

stop a disease before it occurs in their child. Using the process Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD) to screen the embryo for any genetic disorder can reduce the baby’s chance of being born with major health defects such as Down Syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and other very serious and sometimes even rare blood disorders (Fivek, 2012, para. 5-9). Not only are the health issues taken account for, medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity, Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, etc.…

So if genetic testing can be so beneficial, why is it ethically controversial? As President Bill Clinton once said, we must “recognize that this extraordinary march of human understanding imposes on us profound responsibilities, to make sure that the age of discovery can continue to reflect our most cherished values” ("President Clinton 's Comments on the Signing," 2013). Because of its nature, genetic testing leads to a whole host of potential problems including genetic discrimination, the use…

Discuss the physical assessment of a patient who presences with the complaint of cervical lymphadenopathy. “Lymphadenopathy is characterized by enlarged lymph nodes. Lymph node enlargement is caused by an increase in size and number of its germinal centers caused by proliferation of lymphocytes and monocytes or invasion by malignant cells. Normally, lymph nodes are not palpable or are barely palpable. Enlarged lymph nodes are characterized by being palpable and often may be tender or painful to…

message implied therein was Malcolm had better work his tail off at Keystone or he would be cleaning up after the camels at Broadview. Malcolm was rumored to be thicker than the skin on a pachyderm's fanny, but he was a doctor, and as such, theoretically capable of taking a hint. Speaking no foreign languages and English only poorly, Malcolm had no desire to do his residency at Broadview. Taking Dr. Brown's advice, he worked his tail off from the very first day on the job. In addition, he made…

a college admissions committee. As a member of SMART (Students Modeling a Research Topic) Team, I had the opportunity to go to Boston, to attend the Experimental Biology Conference, to present my literary research/review on the CFTR protein (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Protein). After working for many hours with my peers researching and forming a poster, we presented our poster with our model protein at the conference as one of few high school student posters in the…

Introduction Designer babies used to be something that was only in science fiction books, but now, scientists are very close to being able to create them. There are many unknowns with designer babies such as will they be used to create healthier babies only, or will everything be about making the “perfect” looking baby. That is just one example of many. However, what could possibly be one of the most harmful consequences of designer babies is a reduced gene pool that could be caused by the…

Smoking Downfall in Society & How it can be Solved Introduction Autonomy is a principle stating that people should be able to make their own decisions; whether right or wrong, people have the right to do this. Smoking, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO), is the leading cause of preventable death in the world and yet the word ‘preventable’ can be oblivious to people at the best of time or can be just as easily ignored. It could be argued that smoking reduces stress, supresses the…

Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis-PGD is the screening of embryos to test if they have single gene diseases/mutations, for example, Huntington 's Disease and Cystic Fibrosis (17/08/16 Fertility Associates Powerpoint) This means parents who have life threatening diseases or are carries of such things, can ensure they do not pass the same thing to their children. With the development of such technology PGD can stop children being brought into this world that will have serious health…

Human Genetic Engineering and Its Glitches Everybody deserves the right to have control of their own body. When the choice is made by a parent(s) to use genetic engineering to create their wanted child, the fetus has no choice but to be the way it was designed to be. Although human genetic engineering (HGE) is helpful to prevent harmful diseases and disorders, some people selfishly use this method to make a “designer baby,” for which they can create a child with the physical traits they desire.…

Development follows the same basic pattern and it tends to happen in the same order, even if some of the elements of development are missed. Sequence of development involves patterns which children go through and these are called milestones. Usually one area of development will finish before another one begins. If a child finds it difficult meeting a milestone it may delay the sequence of development. An example of sequence of development is that the child learns to walk before it can run. Rate…