Medical Science

Various ethnic populations have been of interest because of an apparent resistance to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among some individuals. Receptors on the T cells have been considered potential genetic factors in this resistance. HIV is a retrovirus spread…
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There is no scientific evidence for a single intelligence gene: intelligence is too complex a phenomenon (some even argue whether such a thing as “intelligence”) exists) to be controlled by a single gene, or even a simple combination of a…
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The World’s Silent Battle Without Guns Since the very beginning of all agriculture on earth, man has been plagued with insects which have cut short our bountiful harvests. True, droughts have also been the cause of a much lowered harvest,…
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Cardiovascular disease includes coronary artery disease (including atherosclerosis and myocardial infarction), hypertension, and diabetes, to name a few. Research has found that some genes of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are associated with these diseases. The RAS increases blood pressure and…
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Human blood groups are classified according to the presence of certain antigens on the surface of red blood cells. The greatest practical significance of blood group systems is to do with blood transfusions, and the most important divide human blood…
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Cloning or replicating something, whether you are replacing that which was lost in death or for just the sheer joy of playing god, is undoubtedly the next gigantic futuristic steps to be made in mankind’s’ evolutionary and technological heights. It…
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The measure of how much human intelligence is affected by genotype has been a topic of great fascination to psychologists, educators, and parents. Hypothesis have been posed in order to discover whether a person’s intelligence is a result of genes,…
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Human cloning is a technology that can result in both positive and negative consequences. Deciding what is “natural” is an arbitrary decision made by different cultures. If we see a bird make an elaborate nest or bees make a fine,…
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Tumor-suppressor genes are those that encode proteins which inhibit cell proliferation. Loss of one or more of these brakes contributes to the development of many cancers. Five broad classes of proteins are generally recognized as being encoded by tumor-suppressor genes,…
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There can be no doubt that the prickliest issues in modern genetics are not scientific ones. Ethicisits and geneticists both find themselves forced to examine and reexamine assumptions society makes about people. It is assumed, for example, that all men…
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