Quinonez and Jeffrey W. Innis in Human HOX gene Disorders, HOX genes can act as both tumor growth suppressors or as enhancers thus leading to developmental disorders. Synpolydactyly, autism, pure hair and nail ectodermal dysplasia syndrome, and ovarian cancer are all linked to HOX gene mutations. HOX genes were first recognized through mutations in fruit flies. Mo Costandi comments in her article The Role…
Breast cancer and neoplasm begin with a damaged part of a cell’s DNA that continues to get transcribed and replicated. According to the National Cancer Institute, 12% of woman will develop breast cancer in their lifetime (2015). The rate of diagnoses of breast cancer has leveled off in this past decade, and the mortality rate has decreased recently. However, it remains the second leading cause of death in women, second to lung cancer (National Cancer Institute at the National Institutes of…
2012) You may need genetic counselling for a number of reasons, you may just want to discuss abnormal testing for extra precautions. Your child may have a genetic disorder which may need a confirming diagnosis form the relevant healthcare specialist. Cancers can also be hereditary, this form of counselling can help with support and working out how big the risk factor is. Your…
“Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States; it accounts for 1 in 4 deaths in the US and claims more than 1,500 lives a day.“ (psr.org). Cancer claims the lives of loved ones near and far every single day. The damage that cancer causes every day is only becoming larger and larger. Unnatural products such as Chromium Hexavalent Compounds, and hundreds of other unnatural products, are increasing the chances of people getting cancer. Chromium Hexavalent Compounds are produced…
The disease i am going to talk about is cancer, cancer is an uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells in the body. How does cancer from cancer forms or develops when the body’s normal function for control stops working it happens like this old cells don’t die instead they grow not just any normal growth it’s an out of control type of growth with this growth it destroys the surrounding tissue it could possibly spread to other areas in a process called metastasis how does metastasis do this well it…
impeccable choice to me. Oncologists have to attend to cancer matters. Cancer a disease that in the end leaves its victims restless. I want to provide consolance to those many individuals that cancer has intervened in their daily lives. Pursuing this further, oncologists are in demand. With cancer spreading rapidly there is more individuals with cancer than doctors who specialize in it. The demographics is out of balance with cancer patients being at an all time high. There is not enough…
Menopause is a normal process in which your reproductive ability comes to an end. This process happens gradually over a span of months to years, usually between the ages of 48 to 55 years old. Menopause is complete when you have missed 12 consecutive menstrual periods. It is important to talk with your health care provider about some of the most common conditions that affect postmenopausal women, such as heart disease, diabetes, and bone loss (osteoporosis). Adopting a healthy lifestyle and…
Breast Cancer is the disease cause by an uncontrollable amount of non-normal cells that surrounds tissue or areas of the body that originate in cells in the breast. Above all cancer is a very deadly disease, although some have cures, some don’t. Every single day one hundred and eight american women pass away from breast cancer. Breast cancer has many different cures, can be found many different ways, can be hereditary, and can take your life away. According to the American Cancer Society, One…
Contrary to popular belief, abortion is not safe as what is said. Medical physicians and religious figures around the world work in constant effort to try to educate those who seek abortion, and guide them into the direction of their best interest. Abortion is a potentially dangerous procedure to women across the globe, produces harmful side effects, physiological tolls, as well as betraying the religious views of many. According to Students for Life of America, “nearly 1 in 4 (22%) of…
Breast cancer is a disease where a certain cell in the breast are abnormal they divide uncontrollably everyone has BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, BRCA is supposed to repair cell damage and keep breast, ovarian and other cell growing normal. When these genes contain mutation that are passed on from generation to generation. “The genes don’t function normal and breast, ovarian, and other cancer risk increase” stated by the article “cancer information and support network.” Melanoma cancer is the most…