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100 000 People Genetic Diseases
1,823 words"We [the human race]|do not have much time to prove that we are not the product of a lethal mutation" Science 263: 181, 1994 "I almost think it is the ultimate destiny of science to exterminate the human race. " Thomas Love Peacock The genetic catastrophe consists of four major genetic "epidemics" - those of cancer, vascular disease, musculoskeletal disease, and behavioral disease. There are identified approximately 250 common genetic diseases, and approximately 7, 000 "rare" genetic diseases. T...
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Benign Tumors Malignant Tumors
1,817 wordsSarcoma Sarcoma, highly malignant tumor arising in connective- and muscle-cell tissue. It is the result of oncogenes (the cancer causing genes of some viruses) and proto-oncogenes (cancer causing genes in human cells). It may affect bone, cartilage, blood vessels, lymph nodes, and skin. Soft tissue sarcomas are malignant (cancerous) tumors that can develop from fat, muscle, nerve, joint, blood vessel, or deep skin tissues. They can develop in any part of the body. Half of them develop in the arm...
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Long Term Effects Coronary Arteries
2,146 wordsDuring the late twentieth century many new diseases have been discovered. Tomisaku Kawasaki discovered one of these diseases, Kawasaki disease, or technically muco cutaneous lymph node disease, in 1961. This particular disease remained undetected for so long because its cause is still unknown. Dr. Kawasaki, a pediatrician, uncovered this disease after studying fifty cases during his practice in Japan. Kawasaki found that in those fifty cases most were characterized by fever, redness of the eyes,...
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Drug Act Medical Devices
1,951 wordsThe term orphan drug refers to a product that treats a rare disease affecting fewer than 200, 000 Americans. Orphan drugs help the companies that manufacture them, under the Orphan drug act. Under the act a small company can pick up a product that would be worth anywhere from $ 5 million to $ 20 million a year. The orphan drug act has helped in the development of products to treat drug addiction, leprosy, hemophilia, and rare cancers, as well as diseases most people have never heard of, such as ...
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