Genomics

A Look into the Global Health Care of Iceland, Belgium, Romania, and the United States The United States has no single nationwide system of health insurance. Health insurance is purchased in the private marketplace or provided by the government to certain groups. Private health insurance can be purchased from various for–profit commercial insurance companies or from non–profit insurers (Ridic, Gleason, & Ridic, 2012). About 70% of the population is covered by private health insurance. In…

Some of the topics we covered in class that follows this theme would be Moses covenant, Abraham covenant, the Babylonian exile, and the exile from the Iberian Peninsula, Genomic period, and the destruction of the first and second temple. In the museum, there were four slates each presenting a different verse from the Hebrew bible. The first slate had Genesis 17:7, the second Exodus 20.2, Deuteronomy 30:16, and Deuteronomy…

Unit of Animal Genomics (UAG) at the University in Liège, Belgium created the genetic test for HCD. After testing large amounts of DNA and determining areas of the DNA that were similar and different, it wasn’t hard for them to find the location of the mutation. Their research…

Question 1 -Legal Issue In this discussion, the legal issue is in regards to privacy rights. Currently, policies allow researchers to input information in a database that all organizations and/or researchers can gain access. Therefore, the privacy of the original donors becomes jeopardized because his/ her permission to release his/her information goes beyond the scope of the permission granted by the donors. By having a database that other researchers have entree to violate the donors’ right of…

1.1.5 AWS Ecosystem (AWS Partner Ecosystem) Amazon offers a number of services to its users. Users can find nearly everything they need within the confines of AWS to create almost any application they may want to implement. These services are available via the AWS ecosystem — the offerings of Amazon partners and third parties that host their offerings on AWS. AWS offers 25+ services, users can fine services that • Offer preconfigured virtual machines with software components already…

Purifying DNA to Estimate its Purity using PCR Amplification of VNTR to Load and Run Agarose Gel Introduction The study of this experiment was the Dopamine transporter gene. This gene is associated with different brain disorders like bipolar, as well as certain behavioural traits such as ADHD.[1] Dopamine transporter gene is a presynaptic plasma protein containing different VNTRs in it’s UTR and plays an important role in restricting the activity of dopamine by rapid reuptake into the…

The Burkholderia Taxonomy and Genomics Burkholderia pseudomallei (Bp) belongs to the Burkholderia genus which contains over 40 species that inhabit a variety of ecological niches. The majority of species within this genus are non-pathogenic soil-dwelling bacteria, but a few species are highly pathogenic to humans and can result in severe disease [1]. This includes B. mallei, an obligate mammalian pathogen and the causative agent of glanders, which primarily affects horses and other solipeds…

Currently, Dr. Rong Lu conducts research at the University of Southern California (USC). Her lab investigates stem cell malfunction, regulation, and coordination at the single cell level (1). Furthermore, she uses mouse hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) as a model system (1). Dr. Lu’s research utilize various disciplines of biology such as molecular, cellular, and systems biology (1). Additionally, Dr. Lu’s research focuses on investigating the differences and coordination between individual stem…

Target article: Green, R.E., Krause, J., Briggs, A.W., Maricic, T., Stenzel, U., Kircher, M. et al. (2010). A draft sequence of the Neandertal genome. Science, 328, 710-722. This study created a draft sequence of approximately 60% of the Neanderthal genome based on nucleotides from three individual Neanderthal samples (Vindija Neanderthal fossils Vi33.16, Vi33.25 and Vi33.26). The study differs from previous attempts to examine Neanderthal DNA as it examines mitochondrial DNA, Y chromosomal…

Rice (Oryza sativa) is one of the most widely consumed staple foods in the world. It is especially popular in Asia. Rice serves as a major source of carbohydrate to consumers. Besides that, rice provides vitamins and minerals such as magnesium and vitamin B6 to consumers (United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, 2015). Rice can be broadly grouped into two main subspecies: indica and japonica. The indica subspecies are long and slender, while japonica grains are…