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away (“Lou Gehrig’s Disease”107-109). This happens to 30,000 people in the U.S. per year (“Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis” Human Diseases and Conditions 79).…

the many nuclei that lie within it. [10] Another vital role of the thalamus is to maintain consciousness of the animal. [11] This would account for the reduced mental status of the Labrador in this case, as the fleshy matter was located here. The lateral geniculate nuclei (LGN) are ‘olive’ like in shape and are found either side in the posterior thalamus. They receive input via the optic tract, which is the link between the thalamus and the LGN. [12] The input comes from both eyes and projects…

1. Discuss the arguments made by people in favor of euthanasia. There are several arguments made for euthanasia. The main argument would be it is for the better; it is to stop the suffering. If you were in excruciating pain would you want to prolong that feeling? Do you have a high tolerance for pain? For some people they have appointed guardians or tell family members what they would want. In the case Spahn v. Eisenberg, Spahn the sister also the court appointed guardian, argued that her…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. Breaking down the disease into Greek language “A” means no, “Myo” refers to one’s muscles, and “Trophic means no nourishment to the muscles. Lateral identifies the part of the person’s spinal cord where the nerve cells that report to and control muscles are located and Sclerosis means scarring. These translations give people a…

The Significant Impact of Blindsight Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi once said, “Control of consciousness determines the quality of life.” The idea that we are in control of our own consciousness, whether we are consciously aware of it or not, is a fascinating one; and it is even more fascinating when you take into consideration phenomenon like blindsight. Blindsight, according to Dictionary.com, is “the ability to respond to visual stimuli without having any conscious visual experience; it can occur…

Death and Dying: tuesdays with Morrie Ashley Rodriguez and Bryanna Lopes MCPHS University tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is based on true-life events and is a memoir about a man named Morrie Schwartz who suffered with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig’s Disease; a disease that causes the debilitation of the neurological system. Morrie was a college professor at Brandeis University, where he wanted to have an impact on others, not exploit them like other…

Everyone is created equal, in all shapes and sizes. When one looks at a different person that is not "normal", what does one think? Does one feel sorry for them or does one laugh? There are many ways people can react to a person with autism. Is there really any difference between someone that is deaf or someone that has a mental illness from a "normal" person? Can autistic people think like "regular" people? Although people with autism are not always treated as "regular" people, they should have…

ALS Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, otherwise known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a rare incurable disease that occurs in the nervous system. It is a progressive disease, meaning that it gets worse over time. ALS is known for progressing at a fast rate, and being fatal in almost all cases. According to the ALS foundation, the average life expectancy from the time of diagnosis is about two to five years, however, more than half of people diagnosed with the disease live more than three years…

Never take the ability to control body and limb movement for granted, because everything can change in the blink of an eye. The only people that know this have suffered from a debilitating disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, is a very deadly disease that may be currently affecting 30,000 Americans by damaging motor control in the body. Lou Gehrig was an American legend. Very few baseball players were as good as he was, and even fewer were as humble. He believed in working hard and…

preliminary data for TARA that shows the technique is sufficiently sensitive to detect 0.005 fmoles of synthetic RNA template by eye and/or a smartphone scanner using transfer reaction molecular amplification and GNP signal amplification alone on a lateral flow strip (See Figure 3). Moreover, there was no background signal from no template control (non-templated transfer, Figure 3A) or a single base mismatch RNA template (Figure 3C). The reaction conditions are 150 nM A probe, 100 nM G probe…