Neurodegenerative disorders

Because there are so many diseases in the world today it is pretty much impossible to find a cure for all of them. One of the diseases that doctors have been studying and have so far, unsuccessfully found a cure for is Tay—Sachs Disease. If I were a Genetic Counselor who had to speak with a couple and inform them about their child having the disease, I would provide them with the following information and approach them as follows: Your child has been diagnosed with a disease referred to as…

within Cellular and Molecular Biology, is a fatal genetic disorder that causes progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It is a rare autosomal dominant progressive neurodegenerative disease. In this essay, Huntington’s disease will be discussed in reference to the biology behind the faulty HTT gene, the signs and symptoms associated with the disease, along with coping mechanisms and outcomes for those suffering from the disorder. To begin, we will discuss the mutant HTT gene that…

issues. These issues or disorders can effect their personal lives, family and those around them. Among some of the most widely known and intricate disorders still people do not realize the underlying causes and effects these disorders have. They only see what is on the surface of the disorder shown to the outside world, but like most mental health problems comes underlying issues. One of the most recognized mental health disorder by people are schizophrenia. This disorder effects the brain…

is active at the same time the body is inactive. REM behviour disorder (RBD) only effects 1/200 persons, more frequently in men over the age of fifty, in this condition the brain stem structures that ordinarly prevent us from moving during REM sleep don’t function properly, RBD may be a very early marker of dementia and parkinsons disease, with RBD emergin an average of fourteen totwenty yers before major symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases first appear. Another important topic in dreams is…

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…

Morgan Freeman ones said “attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of”. Do you know of any disability? What does disability mean to you? What type of disabilities are you familiar with? The purpose of this research paper is to raise awareness about the negative stereotype connected with people with disability and what can be done to break the barrier encountering people with disabilities. This paper will also look at the social and cultural environmental…

A twenty-two-year-old single parent, L.A., is referred for genetic counseling by her pediatric nurse practitioner. The patient's three-year-old son was diagnosed with fragile-X-associated mental retardation syndrome. L.A. is currently at fourteen weeks’ gestation with her second pregnancy. The following paper will discuss the gene mutation responsible for fragile-S associated mental retardation and describe how it causes the clinical syndrome of developmental delay, joint hyperextensibility,…

changes that mimic other brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, progressive supranuclear palsy, post-encephalitic parkinsonism, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS, and Parkinson’s-dementia complex of Guam, or PDC (McKee et al., 2009). However, CTE is a neuropathologically distinct, progressive tauopathic disorder with a clear environmental etiology that differentiates from these other disorders (McKee et. al, 2009). Currently, this distinct neurodegenerative disease can only be diagnosed…

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)= a universally fatal neurodegenerative disease • Swift: Kills 90% of patients within 1 year of prognosis • Rare: 1 case out of 1 million people worldwide Phenotypes= observable characteristics of an individual with CJD • Cognitive: Disorientation, memory loss, mental confusion, dementia o Ex. “I have trouble falling down” • Muscular: Slow body movement, jerking muscle spasms, coordination impairment o Ex. balance problems • Other:…

Mary Williams has been overweight her entire life. She suffered from diabetes, high cholesterol, anemia. Mary’s life was in a shamble, she did not know where to turn to. Mary lost fifty pounds, but regained the weight back in a matter of months after exhausting every diet whim on the market until recently after embarking on a voluntary abstinence from food of drink technique called intermittent fasting. Research studies have shown intermittent fasting is beneficial to fighting against obesity,…