Scoliosis

The Greyfriars research team embarked on an excavation procedure around the vicinity of Leicester. The main aim of the excavation was to show the condition of medieval Leicester. The scholars met a discovery that would bring a lot of talk, in the archaeological and historical world. The discovery of the skeleton of Richard III. DNA analysis proved it was, in fact, his remains. Further morphological observation would show that the king had a hunchback. It would show that Shakespeare’s description…

Trisomy 13 is a disorder that is created by translocation. An extra 13th chromosome somehow attached to one of the gametes. Infants die quickly with little chance at life. Genetic researchers don’t know why. Trisomy 13 is a genetic mutation linked to the 13th chromosome. Instead of a pair of the 13th chromosome, you somehow would have extra. The cause of having this third 13th chromosome was that the extra chromosome was attached to one of the gametes. This is called Translocation. The side…

female presented to the Emergency Room department complaining of severe back pain that began two days prior. The patient was tender to the touch along the middle of the thoracic spine with no warmth or redness. The patient’s spine did reveal mild scoliosis but no gross deformities. There was no significant radiating pain to the surrounding spinal musculature. Although the patient was ambulatory, any movement such as walking, twisting side to side, bending over, or standing up inflicted pain.…

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive degeneration of alpha motor neurons, leading to muscle atrophy, paralysis, and even death1 .Mostly it has a recessive inheritance; however, autosomal dominant and X-linked inheritance has been documented2 The reported incidence is about 1 in 10,000 live births with a carrier frequency of 1 in 50.3 The gene for SMA, survival motor neuron (SMN1) has been mapped on the 5q11.2-13.3 region and there are two…

I developed a “S” curved scoliosis, over the years as a child until I was 13 years old and the pain in my back infinitely increased to the point where it was unbearable. After being taken into the hospital for an examination I was told my spinal cord was beginning to curve to the right. My doctor believed it would be best to get x-rays for a neurosurgeon to examine. Once I got the results back my neurosurgeon, Dr. Knockels, noticed that my spinal cord was curved at a 45 degree angle. Dr.…

released leading to complications in speech development. CaMKII levels in the hippocampus control calcium levels and receptors, when these are not properly activated, it can affect the growth of the spine leading to a curvature in the spine, known as scoliosis (Jana,…

Cantu Syndrome is a rare condition that excesses the growth of hair, exclusive facial oestrogen. As well as other anomaly this disorder conflict against affected individuals, abnormal development of bones enlarges heart and cartilage. People with Cantu Syndrome are very hairy people as well as the most affected abnormal people. It starts affecting shortly after birth in babies with PDA “abnormal buildup of fluid around the heart and high blood pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood from…

the L5-S1 level, which demonstrated ventral impingement on the thecal sac as well as impingement on the intervertebral foraminal bilaterally. There was mild narrowing of the anmteroposterior diameter of the spinal cal noted at L5-S1 level. Mild scoliosis is seen. Posterior…

This was the moment of my life in which it was full of excitement and anxiousness. It was my last year in middle school and soon I was going to face high school. It was already May and before school ended I had a field trip of my art class to attend. It was one of those field trips that only a few kids were selected to go. From the whole class my teacher only chose 6 students to go. The group of students he selected included me and my best friend Serena. Serena was a very shy and quiet person…

Marfan syndrome (MFS) is a genetic disorder which affects the connective tissue of the body. MFS is autosomal dominant, with “approximately seventy five percent of people” diagnosed with MFS having a parent that has the disorder. The other “twenty five percent” of people with MFS have developed this disease through new gene mutation (NIH. National Human Genome Research Institute). This disease is not specific to gender, race or region, and is potentially life threatening. MFS affects multiple…