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1. Klinefelter's Syndrome (XXY Karyotype) 47,XXY is a male chromosomal abnormality - with an addititonal X chromosome Image © Kate Phizackerley 2009, all rights reserved The condition affects betweee 1 in 500 and 1 in 1,000 men and often remains undetected until a man experiences problem...
2. Genetics 101 This lens is intended to help your understand human genetics. It's a straightforward introduction using easy animations. You don't need to be a scientist or doctor to understand this. Some of my other lenses cover more advanced genetics, such as som...
3. Warning Signs of Pre-diabetes This lens deals with the danger signs of pre-diabetes. If you have any of these factors, you may need to see a doctor. There are at present 180 million diabetics in the world and the number is rising fast. Even prediabetes is very dangerous. The warn...
4. Can DNA Testing Confirm Jewish Ancestry? Many people are asking these types of questions, especially today with the Hebraic Roots and Two-House movement exploding throughout many western and even eastern countries. One of the best answers I've come across was by Bennett Greenspan himself, t...
5. Jurassic Park for Real? - Cloning Extinct Animals Geneticists have cloned sheep, horses, cats and dogs. The next step it seems is to bring back the dead. Scientists are currently working on resurrecting through cloning an animal extinct since 1936. The Australian Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, was h...
6. 23 And Me - Time's Invention Of The Year 23 Things I Know from 23 and Me 23 and Me is Time's invention of the year. 23 and Me is a way to access one's genetic information. All of us have 23 pairs of chromosomes. 17% of us are left-handed 44% of us have attached earlobes 88% of us have...
7. Male 46,XY Karyotype The standard human karyotype is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, giving 46 chromosomes in total. Human sex is determined by the final pair which is either XX or XY. A person with two X chromosomes is female; XY is male. Karyotype is the technica...
8. Humor-Wild Ramblings- Aging Gracefully Yep, looking in the mirror just isn't as fun as it used to be. In fact some days it can be darn right scary. You look in and the image looking back isn't anyone that you recognize. So how do you adjust? How do you handle the effects of aging? Do you...
9. Branches Of Science Science is a vast subject and has to be categorized into various branches. There are many sciences, each concerned with a particular field of study. In each science, too, a study is made of the laws according to which objects react.
10. Gregor Mendel Gregor Johann Mendel (July 20, 1822July 20 is his birthday; often mentioned is July 22, the date of his baptism. Biography of Mendel at the Mendel Museum - January 6, 1884) was a German speaking Austrian Augustinian priest and scientist, and is often...
11. DNA Activation Resources DNA activation is an increasingly popular form of energy healing that is, by many indications, capable of noninvasively stimulating a self-healing potential in the human genetic blueprint. True DNA activation honors the full body-mind-spirit continuu...
12. My Sister's Keeper: A Discussion Starring Cameron Diaz and Abigail Breslin and directed by Nick Cassavetes, My Sister's Keeper is a movie about a family that struggles with the moral and ethical implications when one daughter depends fully on another to survive. Because the younger...
13. Edgar Morin Edgar Morin is one of France's leading contemporary philosophers, an emeritus research director at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS). His large body of work is characterised by a concern for knowledge that is neither hampered nor pig...
14. Stem Cell Research and Therapy Stem cell research and therapy is one of the latest medical technologies being researched and developed with great results. Stem cells are the cells that occur from the beginning of development and they provide the starting material for every tissue...
15. ORYX AND CRAKE by Margaret Atwood Told from a present viewpoint and remembrances, Atwood's story is told by Snowman, the only human survivor of a viral devastation who finds himself mentoring and minding a tribe of engineered individuals in a post-apocalyptic, haunted paradise. If ge...
16. Gregor Mendel Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-84) was an Austrian monk and botanist, who is known as the "Father of Genetics". He conducted hybridization (the inheritance of particular traits) experiments on green peas. He showed the inheritance of these traits follow...
17. Scientist makes glow in the dark cats South Korea scientists are cloning cats to treat human genetical diseases. They claim the "glow in the dark" cats will make it easier to study changes in the cats genome.
18. Genewize Life Sciences "Profit DNA Revolution Making Wellness Personal" Since the companies launch in August 2008, your probably wondering and checking back in for more information. Let me tell you it's been busy and exciting to see our company become the leader in scientifically proven health and wellness nutritional su...
19. Cytogenetics and Cancer Research
20. What does a Genetic Counselor do? Genetic counselors are health professionals with specialized graduate degrees and experience in the areas of medical genetics and counseling. Most enter the field from a variety of disciplines, including biology, genetics, nursing, psychology, public...