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Genetic Testing Essays and Term Papers
Cancer 4Right now, cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In the early 1990s almost 6 million new cancer cases developed and more than 4 million deaths from cancers occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths were caused by cancer and it has been predicted, by the American Cancer ...
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Chromosome Probes At The University Of TorontoSensitive chromosome probes recently discovered by a University of
Toronto geneticist will make it easier to detect certain types of genetic
and prenatal diseases, as well as being used to determine paternity and
provide forensic evidence in criminal cases.
Probes are short pieces of DNA which ...
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Hantavirus: A Four Corners Study
When a new virus appeared in the Four Corners region, American scientists were stumped. What was causing such a quick death to such healthy people? Was there a potential epidemic on their hands? No one knew, and when they finally determined that a strain was involved, ...
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Chromosome Probes At The University Of TorontoSensitive chromosome probes recently discovered by a University of
Toronto geneticist will make it easier to detect certain types of genetic
and prenatal diseases, as well as being used to determine paternity and
provide forensic evidence in criminal cases.
Probes are short pieces of DNA ...
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CancerRight now, is one of the most feared diseases in the world. In
the early 1990s almost 6 million new cases developed and more than 4
million deaths from s occurred. Also more than one-fifth of all deaths
were caused by and it has been predicted, by the American Society,
that about 33% of ...
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Animal ResearchFor the past 20 years, there has a been an on going heated
debate on whether experiments on animals for the benefit of medical and scientific research is ethical.
Whether it is or isn't, most people believe that some form of cost-benefit test should be performed
to determine if the action is ...
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Capital Punishment Should Be AE-mail: JohnHWhitehead@hotmail.com
John H. Whitehead Professor Roth English 128 Whitehead 1 1 December, 1999 A Moratorium on The Death Penalty Should Be Enacted In Illinois Due to the recent releases of newly exonerated Death Row inmates, individuals and organizations are calling for a ...
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The Case Against Capital PunisE-mail: johnhwhitehead@hotmail.com
John H. Whitehead Professor Roth Whitehead 1 A Moratorium on The Death Penalty Should Be Enacted In Illinois Due to the recent releases of newly exonerated Death Row inmates, individuals and organizations are calling for a moratorium- a cooling off period for ...
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Cloningper. 7
, is it the thing of the future? Or is it a start of a new
generation? To some, cloning could give back a life. A life of fun, happiness,
and freedom. For others it could mean destruction, evil, or power. Throughout
this paper, you the reader, should get a better concept of cloning, it's ...
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AntibioticsAn antibiotic, is defined to be a drug produced by certain microbes.
Most doctors use to help fight the germs in a patient.
are obtained from plants, fungi, air, water, soil, just about anything on earth.
kill and attack the germ or virus in the body, but do not hurt the
human cells, ...
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Muscular Dystrophyrefers to, not one, but a group of muscle diseases. These diseases have three features in common: they are hereditary; they are progressive; and each causes a characteristic and selective pattern of weakness. Duchenne (DMD) is the most prevalent and severe childhood form of this group of ...
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The Effects Of CreatineSince 1990 more people in America are exercising than ever before. An even stronger trend in the nineties is resistance training (http://members.xoom.com/duranman/index.html). Resistance training has shown numerous positive health effects. These include weight management, minimizing muscle ...
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New Reproduction TechnologiesDuring the debate on March 15, 2000 which discussed new reproductive technologies (NRTS) issues were raised regarding the positive and negative effects of NRTS. Issues raised by the advocates of NRTS were surrounding infertility, homosexuality, disease, and cloning. All of these factors raised ...
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GenomicsThe Impact of on the World’s Economy
, the science of manipulating, building, studying, and designing molecules, is going to change the face of the world’s economy as we know it. Companies are rushing to adapt to the rapidly changing economic environment as new discoveries are being made in this ...
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Cloningopens many doors of opportunities in the agricultural aspect of
the United States of America. It has already been a major factor in saving the
lives of many humans. I feel the society as a whole can not and should not
degrade this scientifical finding. I feel that human should not be done
and ...
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AntibioticsAn antibiotic, is defined to be a drug produced by certain microbes.
Most doctors use to help fight the germs in a patient.
are obtained from plants, fungi, air, water, soil, just about anything on earth.
kill and attack the germ or virus in the body, but do not hurt the
human cells, ...
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Lyme DiseaseIn the early 1970s, a mysterious clustering of arthritis occurred among children in Lyme, Connecticut, and surrounding towns. Medical researchers soon recognized the illness as a distinct disease, which they called . They subsequently described the clinical features of , established the usefulness ...
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The Case Against Affirmative ActionThe Case Against Affirmative Action
Louis P. Pojman
In this essay I set forth nine arguments against Strong Affirmative Action, which I define as preferential treatment, discriminating in favor of members of under-represented groups, which have been treated unjustly in the past, against ...
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Invasive Scotch BroomThe Need to further Study the Eradication of the Invasive Scotch Broom(Cytisus Scoparius) in the Pacific Northwest
Abstract: Cytisus Scoparius or Scotch Broom, is a serious weed of pastoral systems, natural ecosystems and plantation forestry, which has become invasive in the Pacific Northwest ...
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Polycystic Kidney DiseaseMr. Newman is a 49 year old male who has hematuria, fever and severe flank pain. He also has bilateral lumbar tenderness, bilateral renal enlargement, liver enlargement, ankle and facial edema, skin pallor, and lung sounds suggest pulmonary edema.
His vital signs are as follows: BP 172/100, ...
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