Rare species

The Saint Louis Zoo The Saint Louis Zoo was voted second best zoo in the United States in a USA Today poll where they had the people who go to these zoos vote. The zoo is home to over 15,000 animals per their website. Many of them are rare and endangered species. They have some exhibits that they charge for but admission to the zoo is free. The Mission of the Saint Louis Zoo is to conserve animals and their habitats through animal management, research, recreation, and educational programs that encourage the support and enrich the experience of the public. This could be the mission of any zoo it is not what makes the zoo special. They try to grow the experience threw innovation and research. The zoo has a healthy relationship with the Saint Louis Community some of the ways they do this is partnering with schools to introduce…

adding on to our $19.2 trillion debt. Also, immigrants may still be able to find a way around the wall, and those that are currently in America have no feasible solution to get out. Nevertheless, the economy will never get a chance to recover and improve its financial state with the addition of the wall. Habitats and ecosystems along the border will be broken up, and could be possibly destroyed if the plan of building a wall goes through. Several rare and endangered species inhibit the…

we allocate more resources into funding orphan drug research, and if so how much? Allowing for greater incentives to pharmaceutical companies could certainly help lower prices and also increase a pharmaceutical company’s interest in developing drugs for rare diseases; however, this may be unfavorable due to the fact that a burden would most likely be put on society as a whole thru an increase in taxes. Today there are many patients who utilize Patient-Assistance Programs as a resource for for…

As we know Genzyme has become a leader in biotechnology ranking in around $4 billion in revenues last year. The company managed to create a competitive advantage in an industry that has been struggling to keep up with innovations and still be profitable. One of the reasons for such success in the pharmaceutical industry is the ability of this company to gain share in the global market while keeping its core values unchanged. The focus of the company from the beginning has been putting patients…

and is likely tissue specific. Overactivation of these or related signaling pathways results in cellular overgrowth and tumor susceptibility as seen in Proteus syndrome as well as in related hamartomatous and hyperplastic diseases such as Beckwith-Wiedemann (IGF-2), CLOVES syndrome (PI3KCA), Cowden disease and SOLAMEN syndrome (PTEN), neurofibromatosis type I (NF1), tuberous sclerosis (TSC1/2), and Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (LKB1) (Figure 2). Note: prior to 2011, and occasionally still, the term…

Angelman Syndrome Description of the Disease An extremely rare and uncommon disease known as Angelman Syndrome is a very complex neurodevelopmental and monogenic disorder (Bailus, 2014). The term neurodevelopmental refers to the shape, reshape, state and generation of the nervous system during the embryonic stages of life, while the term monogenic can be explained as a disease, which is controlled and inherited, by a single pair of genes (Gentile, 2009). It is estimated that Angelman Syndrome…

Amicus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based in Cranbury, New Jersey. The company’s focus is on finding advanced therapies and treatments for a broad range of human genetic diseases. These diseases, known as orphan diseases, typically affect fewer than 200,000 people nationwide. Currently the company’s main concentration is on treatments for Lysosomal Storage Disorders such as Fabry disease and Pompe disease. Amicus Therapeutics has directed their development on the…

part of North America and Europe) has become a conservation threat to rare native species, community, and ecosystems (Gundale 2002; Hale et al. 2006; Nuzzo et al 2009; Maerz et al. 2009; Sutherland et al. 2011; Nuzzo et al. 2015). In 2011, Sunderland and coauthors identified earthworm invasions in previously earthworm free regions as one of the 15 most immerging issues of biodiversity conservation. One of the reason for the issue is that invasions by European earthworms, particularly species…

In "First Flower" a group of botanists and paleobotanists reveal how that "abominable mystery" is starting to move towards a solution. NOVA captures images of how they are continuing to inspire new scientific discoveries today. It all begins in northern China, where amidst the country's rich, volcanic conditions for fossil-finding, Professor Sun Ge and his team first unearth the Archaefructus fossil from an ancient lake in a region where dinosaurs once roamed. Sun Ge brings his amazing find to…

Keystone species are the main primary driver for diversity. Keystone species are species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically. They cause biodiversity for 3 reasons. First, the keystone species causes the different animals from all around that area to come to where the keystone species is located because the keystone species has what the other species need to survive, a working ecosystem . These animals then…