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Hemophilia A Hemophilia A, also known as classic hemophilia, is a bleeding disorder in which the clotting factor VIII is missing or defective. (“Hemophilia A”) This results in excessive bleeding after minor or traumatic injuries and can become fatal. Hemophilia A is a sex-linked recessive disorder, meaning that it must be inherited through the X sex chromosome. (OMIM, 2016) F8 is the gene with the mutation and is located on the X chromosome at Xq28, position 28 of the long section of the…

Knossos was the center of Minoan Crete. It is located in the small town of Iraklio. People lived in Knossos for thousands of years before it was destroyed. Which was the end for the Minoan Civilization. For a while the Knossos was only thought up as a myth because no one could ever find it. That was until 1900 EC when Archaeologist Arthur Evans and his colleagues. The Knossos was the largest palace and the living area for king Minos. In my myth a hero named Theseus defecated a monster and then…

Throughout history, animal experimentation has proved to be crucial to the development of our society. Since as early as the 17th century, we see how animal testings have led to important discoveries such as the understanding of the blood circulation and the function of the lungs in Medieval Europe . And now, scientists are relying on chimpanzees in hopes to help create the Hepatitis C vaccine . Overall, I believe that the state’s policy on animal experiments, as it is covered in the Criminal…

Globally individuals develop and obtain disease. Among these diseases is the hepatitis B virus (HBV) and breast cancer; two commonly spread/carried diseases, and potentially life threatening diseases. Chronic hepatitis B infection alone “is a global public health issue with >350 million hepatitis B virus carriers worldwide” (Ling, W H Y et, al,1931). Breast cancer has also been on the rise infecting not only women but men as well. So, it is not uncommon for individuals to have both…

As a result stability in the community is reduced and they become more susceptible to disasters, both natural and man-made, and disease. An example of this can be found by looking through research done by Schwarz (2008) in distributing Hepatitis B vaccines. In the city there are funds set aside for free vaccines to be distributed to the homeless. However past attempts to distribute this vaccine to the population resulted in a…

The term Holocaust refers to Nazi Germany’s systematic murder of European Jews. In the 1850s, European Jews were facing a new form of anti-Jewish prejudice. This hostility and discrimination of Jews came to be known as anti-Semitism. The huge amounts of suffering that took place after the Great Depression and World War I caused several people to search for someone to blame. The theory of anti-Semitism helped many Germans to find the pride they had lost before. Adolf Hitler was a key figure in…

Saturated fats (SFA), commonly found in animal fats that we consume, has been shown to increase one’s low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by inhibiting LDL receptor activity need for LDL uptake by cell (increasing in blood LDL) and increasing LDL production. This increase in LDL causes it to deposit in the walls of arteries forming plaques; therefore, increasing risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). By lowering the consumption of SFA, it decreases one’s risk of a cardiac event by…

individual lacks a certain clotting factor which prevents bleeding as a result of injury. In order of rarity from most to least, it features type A, B and C hemophilia and various severity levels. Type A hemophilia consists of 90% of cases, in which the individual lacks clotting factor VIII and 70% of patients have a severe level of hemophilia. Type B hemophilia is far less common, in which the person lacks clotting factor IX. (Crosta, P. 2013) Type C hemophilia is when the patient lacks…

cases in 2012” (ProCon.org). Trials in which the pancreas of dogs were removed were responsible for the discovery of insulin, which is important for the lives of diabetics (ProCon.org). Experimentation on chimpanzees is also responsible for a hepatitis B vaccine, and researchers are hopeful that similar experiments on chimps can yield a vaccine for hepatitis C (ProCon.org). Thalidomide, used for the treatment and prevention of a skin disease caused by leprosy, caused birth defects and death…

as, Hepatitis. Hepatitis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the liver. There are five types of hepatitis; A, B, C, D, and E. Types B and C lead to chronic disease in hundreds of millions of people and, together, are the most common cause of liver cirrhosis and liver cancer. Hepatitis A and E are typically caused by ingestion of contaminated food or water. Hepatitis B, C, and D usually occur as a result of parenteral contact with infected body fluids. The first type of Hepatitis is…