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    Summary: CRISPR

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    world of engineering, the fairly new technology CRISPR lives up to its potential. CRISPR is a technology used to scan the patient 's genetic code and search for genetic diseases, it then “erases” the bad gene and replaces it with a neutral one. With this process we can eliminate many deadly genetic diseases such as Alzheimer 's, Diseases that causes the carrier to become blind, and some forms of cancer. Francisco Mojica discovered the gene editing tool in 1993. Although Mojica was the first to…

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    improve the gene pool. Modern eugenics is based in studying, and perhaps someday altering, the genetic code to improve quality of life for all, specifically to have children born free of disease. “The emphasis is on the control of the genetic properties of future offspring.”(Epstein) What if all those hereditary diseases that run in your family could be a significantly lower concern for your children? Henry Kermes, affectionately referred to as “Hank” by his wife and friends, “Pop Pop” by his…

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    In fact, their essays actually show and teach people different perspectives on their diseases. They show that just because someone is battling cancer or MS, doesn 't mean that they’re enable to do what people without disease can do. A person can have cancer or MS and still be able to do the same things a person without this diseases are able to do just with a different approach. Mairs says,” I may find it easier than other cripples to amuse myself because I…

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    Persuasive Essay On Pgd

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    PGD: Prevent Giving Diseases For ages, it has been a natural instinct for animals to want to procreate to pass on their genes to future generations. Likewise, humans also share this instinct, but recent technology has taken this a step further, sparking a great deal of controversy. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) is a reproductive technology which can be used in conjunction with in vitro fertilization (IVF) for the diagnosis of a genetic disease in embryos prior to implantation and…

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    Genu Velgum Case Study

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    Blount’s disease. Blount's disease is pathologic genu varum which is progressive and centered at the tibia. It is divided into two distinct disease entities: 1. Infantile Blount's : This is the more common pathologic genu varum in children aged 0-3 years. 2. Adolescent Blount's: This is the less common pathologic genu varum in…

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    Death is a natural occurrence in life that arises in all living things. Natural death occurs during the later stages of life, but in tragic circumstances, children can also die. When children die, they leave behind heartbroken parents and siblings. The parents of the child can suffer from immense guilt after the death of a child. Parents ask themselves questions such as “What did I do wrong?” or “What could I have done better?”. Parents re-examine all of their decisions and second-guess…

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    Genetic Modification

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    genetics. not only will it be useful for scientists but also for new medication and the understanding of diseases .By gaining this new information, any concerns for dangerous errors will soon be history allowing this type of modification to maybe become a normality. if every child with parents who carry dangerous genetic diseases was modified this could mean that in many years to come some diseases could be eliminated from the human race. unfortunately due to the fear that a large majority of us…

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    The genetic counselling services can provide both advice and relevant information about specific genetic conditions. Genetic counselling works by looking at the likelihood of certain genetic disorders and genes being passed through to offspring and comparing the crossover of the parent’s genes and alleles and the potential risk of the child developing a genetic disorder. This allows the healthcare professional to identify any potential risks, meaning they are able to investigate and evaluate and…

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    Perinatal Counseling

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    genetics are very important for patients and their families at risk of having a child with genetic disease of birth defect. Wherein, the need to describe the use of genomics to patients and families is paramount, they need to understand that genomics study genes, which is considered as the basic units of inheritance and because it influences all body part, an error one of the genes could lead to genetic disease (McCance & Huether, 2014). In the article “ Genetic counseling following the…

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    Beginning, if a loved one is diagnosed with a curable disease, with enacting this operation money that could have been used to cure the loved one may not be available because of hospital finances. This is similar to the movie “Awakenings,” because of the prices of increasing the dosage of the drug L-Dopa, the…

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