Genetic testing is a relatively new field. It is a kind of medical test that distinguish the changes in DNA, RNA, chromosomes, genes, or proteins. The results of such a test can affirm or dismiss any suspected genetic condition or help determine a person’s chance of developing or passing on a genetic disorder. Genetic testing also examines the genetic data contained inside a person’s cells to figure out if that person has or will develop a certain type of genetic disorder or could pass a genetic
Nature of the disorder Down syndrome is a genetic disorder, not an illness or a disease. Another name for Down syndrome is ‘Trismony 21’. Down syndrome is caused by an error in the cell division where an extra chromosome appears, being the 21st chromosome. When a baby is being produced, the inherited details from the child’s parents are 46 chromosomes in total, usually 23 chromosomes from each parent alone. In all instances of Down syndrome, a child gets an extra chromosome because of the error
Down syndrome or trisomy 21 is a genetic disorder caused by having a three copies of the genes on chromosome 21. Children with Down syndrome are at risk in some health problem, including intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, not all who have down syndrome are the same in having a serious health problem. Many of these health problems can be treated with medication, surgery, or other interventions. Some of these conditions are occurring in often among children with Down syndrome such
children for non-disease traits. If it is possible to improve a child’s life before he or she is born, then it should be done. Nature can often be cruel; it may grant one child the gift of a perfectly functional body, while give another Tay-Sachs disease (a life threatening disorder). The child who was born with Tay-Sachs did nothing to deserve this devastating disease, which will cause the child to suffer and ultimately take the life of that poor child. Tay-Sachs is an inherited genetic disorder and
and responds to sounds even before birth. The ear can be divided into three parts leading up to the brain – the outer ear (ear canal and ear drum), middle ear (3 small bones called ossicles) and the inner ear (cochlea and hair cells): Sound travels down the ear canal, striking the eardrum and causing it to vibrate.These vibrations from cause the ossicles to vibrate which, in turn, create movement of the fluid or cochlea in the inner ear. This, in its turn, cause disturbances in hair cells which consequently
Genetic testing is a type of diagnosis tests conducted to examine and analysis genetic vulnerabilities against inherited diseases. It is a DNA testing done in small samples size of body tissue or blood, to identify by detecting signs of disorder found in the protein, genes and chromosomes. Development in genetic testing has taken a leap in medical field, with the ability to measure potential risk of individual getting diseases. The analysis test of DNA has become an important identification tool
at its most advanced state, there are still factors which prenatal development. Genetics, maternal drug use, and maternal disease are three major threats to prenatal development. Down syndrome is the most common genetic anomaly to occur during prenatal development. Typical features of Down syndrome include flattened facial features, heart defects, and mental retardation. The risk of having a child with Down syndrome increases with maternal
Genetic engineering, by definition, is the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material. There are two types of cells in the body: somatic (cells that are found in the body) and germ-line (cells that are found in sperm and eggs), and therefore two types of gene therapies. Somatic cell therapy consists of genes being introduced to a patient in order to help them recover from a disease (e.g. Cystic Fibrosis), and germ line therapy consists of changes
Marlo Jenner once stated, “That is the difference between St. Jude's and all other children's hospitals. The other hospitals are not bad at all; they're good hospitals, but they're just working with what they know, and St. Jude's is working with what nobody else knows, because they're doing research.” Although St. Jude looks like every other hospital from the outside, the patients, families, and doctors allow the interior of St. Jude to stand out amongst all other hospitals around the world. Last
genetically engineered/modified babies, are created through pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, (PDG) in order to prevent genetic diseases and inherited medical conditions; however, this procedure is expensive, prejudice between “Designer” and “non-designer” children will arise and if the process is not done carefully, the embryo could be terminated. This paper will express to the readers that designing babies due to disease is ethical yet altering a baby's appearance and abilities, that are desirable