Angelman Syndrome Description of the Disease An extremely rare and uncommon disease known as Angelman Syndrome is a very complex neurodevelopmental and monogenic disorder (Bailus, 2014). The term neurodevelopmental refers to the shape, reshape, state and generation of the nervous system during the embryonic stages of life, while the term monogenic can be explained as a disease, which is controlled and inherited, by a single pair of genes (Gentile, 2009). It is estimated that Angelman Syndrome…
Amicus Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company based in Cranbury, New Jersey. The company’s focus is on finding advanced therapies and treatments for a broad range of human genetic diseases. These diseases, known as orphan diseases, typically affect fewer than 200,000 people nationwide. Currently the company’s main concentration is on treatments for Lysosomal Storage Disorders such as Fabry disease and Pompe disease. Amicus Therapeutics has directed their development on the…
for the most part appeared at the bottom of the periodic table. This element has 67 protons in its nucleus, which implies it is the 67th component on the periodic table. Holmium is pliable, which infers it can be bowed and folded. It is the foremost magnetic component of the periodic table. The name comes from the element lanthanum. The lanthanides are also known as rare earth elements. Although lanthanides are not especially rare, they are very difficult to separate from each other. Holmium…
knowingly) shaped by elements. In The Disappearing Spoon, the author Sam Kean, discusses the wonderful world of the periodic table in depth. Within the first nine chapters of the novel, Kean explains the importance of location on the table, origin and discovery of each element, and its impact on other aspects of human life. Through various tales, the table is pulled apart and analyzed in an ingenious way. To a reader, it is interesting to follow how our life is determined by the elements of the…
messages. The stories are used to teach a moral lesson or understand why things are a certain way, or how they came to be. For example, deserts were created when Phaethon was driving his father’s sun chariot, essentially burning certain parts of the earth such as Africa to form deserts. Similarly, each phenomenon has a meaning or message behind it which is one of the main purposes for why a story was created. Artists, throughout several different time periods, attempt to depict what they assume…
The element Magnesium got its name when it was discovered. It is a silvery white metal that is highly reactive. Its chemical symbol is Mg and atomic number is 12. Its atomic mass is relatively 24. Therefore, it has 12 protons, 12 neutrons, and 12 electrons. According to Steve Gagnon in “The Element Magnesium” Magnesium was isolated by Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist, through the electrolysis of a mixture of magnesium oxide and mercuric oxide in 1808. Magnesium has a melting point of 650°…
Technetium There are quite a few elements on the periodic table, but some are more special than others. For instance, Technetium, is special because it is the first radioactive element. Since it was the first radioactive element, it is known to be one of the most interesting on the periodic table. Technetium is a silver like metal that will tarnish in moist air slowly. Nitric acid, aqua regia, and conc. sulfuric acid will dissolve this metal, though it will not dissolve in hydrochloric…
burning certain parts of the earth such as Africa to form deserts. Similarly, each phenomenon has a driving meaning or message behind it which is one of the main purposes for why a story was created. Artists, throughout several different time periods, attempt to depict what they assume…
The Periodic table is a table that organizes the different known elements, and Neon is one of those elements. Neon is an element that is a non-metal and also a noble gas. The start of the element, Neon, was when a Scottish chemist named William Ramsay discovered Neon, Krypton, and Argon, which are all noble gasses ("Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory." Periodic Table of Elements: Los Alamos National Laboratory). For this achievement, William Ramsay won the Nobel Prize in…
Why didn't scientists at the University of California at Berkley call element 97 and 98, Universitium and Ofium, respectively? (1 mark) Scientists at the University of California at Berkeley did not call elements 97 and 98 as ‘Universitium’ and ‘Ofium’ because they were worried that New Yorkers might name the next two ‘newium’ and ‘yorkium’, making the phrase “University of New York” rather…