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Treating Disease With Stem Cells
1,019 wordsThis article was written by Dr. Gregory Hale, professor of Pediatrics at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, in response to questions posed by Scientific American Magazine regarding the treatment of certain diseases with cord blood stem cells. There is some additional information provided by Viacord, a medical service company that provides private family cord blood banking, processing, and research. Dr. Hale discussed the advantages of cord blood stem cell transplants, the results of...
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1,998 wordsMillions of people around the world suffer from ulcers. An ulcer is a sore or hole in the lining of the stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine). People of any age can get an ulcer and women are affected just as often as men. With stomach ulcers, H. pylori infection is found in 60 to 80 percent of the cases. Again, it is still uncertain how the infection acts to cause the ulcer. It probably weakens the protective mucous layer of the stomach. This allows acid to seep in and inj...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Red Blood Cells
678 wordsWhat is It? How can I get It? How do I know if I have It? Can I get It from my boyfriend? If I do have It, how can I treat It? Questions, after questions, all pertaining to one subject, sickle cell anemia, a disease that has affected the lives and homes of many people. Not knowing all you can know about this disease is the 5 % added to your chances of recieving it. Sickle cell anemia is an inherited blood disease which can cause bouts of pain, damage vital organs or even cause death in early chi...
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Side Effects Normal Cells
1,080 wordsChemotherapy: The treatment of disease with drugs that directly poison the diseased organism. Most often referred to for cancer treatment, where powerful drugs with potentially sever side effects are used to eliminate or contain the spread of tumors. In treating physical diseases, probably the most common form of therapy in Western medicine is chemotherapy, or drug therapy. Some physical conditions, where chemotherapy is not the best option, can be corrected through surgery while others may be e...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Red Blood Cells
439 wordsSickle Cell Anemia is a genetic disorder of the blood. This disease is very harmful causing infections, damage to organs, pain in the back, chest, and abdomen. The symptoms of this disease come at an early around six months of age, they are serious infections, pain and swelling in the hands and feet, and the heart gets larger. A defective gene that produces a weird form of hemoglobin causes Sickle Cell Anemia. Hemoglobin is a component of the red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen f...
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Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cystic Fibrosis
2,111 wordsWithin the first few hours after conception a phenomenon takes place in the one-cell human embryo that has awed scientists and philosophers for more then a century. The genes of the mother, carried by the ovum, and the genes of the father, carried by the sperm pair up. At that moment, when the paring is completed, the genetic fate of the person-to-be is sealed. The sex, color of eyes and hair, the height, blood type fingerprints, shoe size- indeed all physical and chemical characteristic are irr...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Stem Cell Research
1,148 wordsEmbryonic stem cells... are in effect, a human self-repair kit, (Christopher Reeve, activist Larry King show). For the advancement of science, stem cells are infinitely valuable, especially when considering all the potential applications in the field of medicine. Stem cells usage is a very controversial topic, because most people think of abortions, cloning, and other negative topics when they here the term stem cells. However I think those thoughts are because they dont understand what a stem c...
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Sickle Cell Disease Sickle Cell Anemia
1,272 wordsSickle Cell anemia is a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, or a collection of recessive genetic disorders characterized by a hemoglobin variant called Hb S. Normal red blood cells are round like doughnuts, and they move through small blood tubes in the body to deliver oxygen. Sickle red blood cells become hard, sticky and shaped like sickles used to cut wheat. When these hard and pointed red cells go through the small blood tube, they clog the flow and break apart. This can cause pain,...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Red Blood Cells
298 wordsSickle-Cell Anemia is an inherited blood disorder that affects millions of people around the world. It is particularly common among people whose ancestors come from sub-Sahara Africa and Spanish speaking regions. Approximately 2 million Americans carry the sickle cell trait. Sickle-Cell Anemia is caused by an error in the gene that tells the body how to make hemoglobin. The defective gene tells the body to make the abnormal hemoglobin that results in deformed red blood cells. The presence of two...
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Stem Cells The Miracle Cure
1,112 words... are stem cells not derived from an embryo, and thus not even flawed arguments can be made against them. The most common adult stem cell is the blood stem cell. Trigg, a medical doctor involved in doing the research, has termed these hematopoietic stem cells. These stem cells are found in the bone marrow and spleen, and are normally used in the germination of new blood cells, both red and white. Red cells are used in the distribution of food, oxygen, and waste throughout the body. White blood...
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The Sickle Cell Disease
812 wordsThe sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. It causes waves of pain, damage to vital organs, and some die in childhood or early adulthood. The disease is most commonly found in blacks and Hispanics of Caribbean descent. Around one out of every 400 blacks inherits the sickle cell disease. Sickle cell occurs when two sickle cell genes or a combination of one sickle cell gene plus any one of several other hemoglobin genes. The sickle cell trait is not the sa...
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Morals And Ethics Cystic Fibrosis
1,123 wordsCystic Fibrosis Cystic Fibrosis is an inherited disease that is present at birth and is characterized by chronic lung infections and the inability to absorb fats and other nutrients from food. When Cystic Fibrosis was first identified in the 1930 s, it claimed the lives of almost all of its victims. Now with medical technology, over two-thirds of CF patients live well into their adult life, however few of them are in perfect health. Cystic Fibrosis, remains however, a serious and potentially fac...
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Anorexia And Bulimia Bulimia Nervosa
916 wordsAnorexia nervosa is an eating disorder on an overwhelming dread of becoming fat. The result of this unfounded fear is self-starvation and major weight loss. In addition, the undernourishment may cause hormonal disturbances, anemia, heart problems, brittle bones and many other problems, some of which are life-threatening (Anorexia Nervosa, 1). Bulimia is an eating disorder that is psychological in origin and can have dire physical consequences. While anorexics starve themselves, bulimics binge on...
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965 wordsHemophilia Hemophilia is the most famous bleeding disease. In this disease, there is a lack in the amount of a certain protein called anti-hemophilic globulin, or Factor VIII, in the blood. Factor VIII is extremely vital in the clotting of the blood. Because of the way hemophilia is inherited, only males can contract this disorder. Hemophilia is passed from generation to generation by female carriers. In the United States 1 male in every ten thousand has hemophilia. Symptoms appear in childhood ...
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Genetic Engineering Genetic Disorder
507 wordsOne issue that interests me is genetic engineering. I feel the possibilities and potential of genetic engineering make it the most exciting and helpful technology we have in the world. To be able to tell a couple that you can completely erase the possibility that their child will have a higher chance of getting Alzheimers disease when it is older would be a wonderful experience. Think about an entire family that suffers from anemia. It would be wonderful to be able to fix the defective gene that...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Blood Cells
764 wordsCharles Darwin stated that over time life could change so much so that new species are formed from a single species. But Darwin did not know where these mutations occurred. His theory could explain how humans and chimps are so alike yet different. Are we all just accidents of creation caused by mutations? Genetic mutations occur in the DNA of an organism. They can be influenced by environment or may occur during mitosis or meiosis. Mutations have been shaping life since it began and is the cause...
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890 wordsThe admixture of medical science and religion has changed throughout the centuries from cooperative to antagonistic. In the seventeenth century, God was seen in relationship to nature, and medical science operated within religious beliefs. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, signs of the impending separation of medicine and religion were seen. Now it seems that the separation between medicine and religion is clear cut and distinct, each reflecting its own practices. But is it true that m...
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Red Blood Cells Mg Kg
850 wordsMalaria is a Malaria Malaria Malaria is a disease that can be cured. It is also fatal if not quickly detected and treated. Luck also helps too. A person who gets malaria contracts it from a bite from female Anopheles mosquitoes. (Anopheles any of various mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles, which can carry the malaria parasite and transmit the disease to human beings) The mosquitoes themselves get the parasites from other humans who have the parasites in their bloodstream. The parasites are 1 cell...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Red Blood Cells
827 wordsSickle Cell Sickle cell is the most common inherited blood disease, which causes waves of pain, damage to vital organs, and some die in childhood or early adulthood. The disease is most commonly found in blacks and Hispanics of Caribbean descent. Around one out of every 400 blacks inherits the sickle cell disease. Sickle cell occurs when two sickle cell genes or a combination of one sickle cell gene plus any one of several other hemoglobin genes. This report will go in depth with many major issu...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Blood Cells
253 wordsHemoglobin, an oxygen carrying protein in blood, is sometime altered in people causing interruptions in the circulation of blood. This is known as Sickle-Cell Anemia. In the United States, Sickle-Cell Anemia is found mostly in blacks. About 1 in 400 blacks in the United States have the disorder. In Africa, and parts of the Middle East, Sickle-Cell Anemia can be found, not just in the United States. In infants, it only takes about 6 months after birth for symptoms of Sickle-Cell Anemia to appear....
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