How many people are suffering from genetic diseases

How many people are suffering from genetic diseases

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As many as 17,000 genetic disorders have been diagnosed. Around 700 of these diagnosed disorders display abnormal -more-

How are people tested for genetic diseases?

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People can be tested by taking samples of blood, hair, skin, tissue, and/or amniotic fluid (fluid surrounding a baby during pregnancy). The sample(s) are then taken to a lab and examined under a microscope for evidence of disease.

What is a religious justification for people born with genetic di…?

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The ultimate answer to this difficult question is that when Adam and Eve sinned (Genesis chapter 3), they brought evil, sickness, disease, and death into the world. Sin has been wreaking havoc on the human race ever since. Birth defects occ…

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Is an outbreak of salmonella worth cheaper tomatoes? How many people must suffer from illegal workers?

Q: An outbreak of salmonella food poisoning first linked to uncooked tomatoes has now been reported in nine states, U.S health officials said Tuesday.Lab tests have confirmed 40 illnesses in Texas and New Mexico as the same type of salmonella, right down to the genetic fingerprint. An investigation by Texas and New Mexico health authorities and the Indian Health Service tied those cases to uncooked, raw, large tomatoes.At least 17 people in Texas and New Mexico have been hospitalized. None have died, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Another 30 people have become sick with the same Salmonella Saintpaul infection in Arizona, Utah, Colorado, Kansas, Idaho, Illinois and Indiana. CDC investigators are looking into whether tomatoes were culprits there, too.In Texas and New Mexico, raw large tomatoes — including Roma and red round tomatoes — were found to be a common factor in the 40 illnesses.Salmonella is a bacterial infection that lives in the intestinal tracts of humans and other animals. The bacteria are usually transmitted to humans by eating foods contaminated with animal feces.Most infected people suffer fever, diarrhea and abdominal cramps starting 12 to 72 hours after infection. The illness tends to last four to seven days.Many people recover without treatment. However, severe infection and even death is possible. Infants, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems are at greatest risk for severe infections.In Texas and New Mexico, the patients ranged in age from ages 3 to 82. Of the 40, 38 were interviewed. Most said they ate raw tomatoes from either stores or restaurants before becoming ill between April 23 and May 27.Another 17 cases are under investigation in New Mexico, CDC officials said.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_bi_ge/salmonella_tomatoes;_ylt=AlhptkYvEDzwL9BWo6tj7NBvzwcF

A: Illegals are most of the cause for higher taxes, unsafe work practices, poor food safety practices, low unlivable wages and unsafe finished construction like bridges and buildings.I forgot drugs and gang murderers. By the government letting these lawless people continue creating a cesspool in the U.S.A. We will soon be like Mexico. All food safety that the USDA has work so hard over the past 50 years will diminish. All the labor laws that my Gramps fought for gone. All the work safety that Nader spent his life developing gone. We will soon be like China. Bring back the lead paint for toys. And one day the Mexican flag will be flying on top of Old Glory.

Fact: AIDS is stopped by a gene in some people. Where is the gene therapy for that…?

Q: Throughout the history of the AIDS epidemic, a few lucky people have avoided infection despite being exposed again and again. Now, researchers are traveling back in evolutionary time to understand why some people are resistant — and in some cases virtually immune — to the AIDS virus.Studies released this week and last year suggest that the roots of AIDS immunity extend back for centuries, long before the disease even existed. Our ethnic backgrounds and the illnesses suffered by our distant ancestors appear to play a crucial role in determining whether our genes will allow HIV to take hold in our bodies.For now, the findings seem likely to inspire more raised eyebrows than cutting-edge drugs. But over time, the research into why some people don’t get HIV may help doctors treat those who do. By understanding which genes help people fight off infection, “we might move to a time where we can make more refined decisions about timing or intensity of therapy. Now, it’s like a glove where one size fits all,” said Dr. Matthew Dolan, an AIDS specialist in the U.S. Air Force and co-author of a new AIDS genetics study in an online edition of the journal Science.Genetic resistance to AIDS works in different ways and appears in different ethnic groups. The most powerful form of resistance, caused by a genetic defect, is limited to people with European or Central Asian heritage. An estimated 1 percent of people descended from Northern Europeans are virtually immune to AIDS infection, with Swedes the most likely to be protected. One theory suggests that the mutation developed in Scandinavia and moved southward with Viking raiders.All those with the highest level of HIV immunity share a pair of mutated genes — one in each chromosome — that prevent their immune cells from developing a “receptor” that lets the AIDS virus break in. If the so-called CCR5 receptor — which scientists say is akin to a lock — isn’t there, the virus can’t break into the cell and take it over.To be protected, people must inherit the genes from both parents; those who inherit a mutated gene from just one parent will end up with greater resistance against HIV than other people, but they won’t be immune. An estimated 10 percent to 15 percent of those descended from Northern Europeans have the lesser protection.Using formulas that estimate how long genetic mutations have been around, researchers have discovered that the mutation dates to the Middle Ages. (Similar research in mitochondrial DNA — passed along by women — has suggested that Europeans are all descended from seven Ice Age matriarchs.)Why would the mutation stick around so long instead of giving up the ghost? Researchers initially thought the mutation provided protection against the bubonic plague that caused the Black Death in Europe. Those with the mutation would have lived longer and had more children while many of their neighbors died off. The fact that the genetic mutation also provided protection against HIV centuries later would just be a coincidence.The plague scenario has been largely discarded in favor of another deadly scourge. “A disease like smallpox that has been continuous since that time … is more likely,” said Yale University professor of epidemiology Alison Galvani, who co-wrote a study about the possible smallpox link in 2003.According to Galvani, while the plague came and went, smallpox stuck around well into the 20th century, providing even more incentive for a protective gene to live on: It would keep people alive generation after generation, instead of just during one brief epidemic.to the nurse below that is exactly what they do with gene therapy they insert altered genes into every cell in your body that is the whole point of the technique.p.s. WTF do glow in the dark puppies have to do with gene therapy?

A: Just because they can locate information on a gene doesn’t mean that replacing it in a living person is that easy. It’s not like you can do a cut and paste job on every living cell in your body, and that’s what you would need to do here. Every cell in your body contains a copy of your genetics, even if the cell does nothing with most of the information. Right now, it’s about all the researchers can do to make glow in the dark puppies. They can insert some genetic information at the embryonic level. They can’t quite do the same thing with a fully developed human. It’s intriguing information no doubt, but not necessarily useful at the moment. And until they manage to figure out how to insert the desired info into your genes throughout your entire body, it’s going to be that way.

My baby tested positive for a genetic disease and I feel very depressed?

Q: I’m pregnant with a daughter and I had some testing performed. I found out recently that the baby tested positive for Cystic Fibrosis. I’ve been feeling very depressed since I found out about it and not enthusiastic anymore for some reason. I even haven’t felt like eating much. I’ve just been staying home mainly and not seeing people really. My little sister who I’ve always been very close to is 16 and has Cystic Fibrosis. All throughout her life she’s required so much care and has suffered a lot from it. She’s had to spend a lot of time in and out of the hospital and gets so many infections. She’ll have to have a double lung transplant eventually because of the very bad state her lungs are in. She also has several digestive problems because of the disease and has to have a feeding tube that delivers extra nutrients. I’ve always hated to see her suffer….How can I make myself feel better and not so down about everything?I’m in my 4th month, and no I’m not going to have an abortion, I wanted to have a baby. I was just hoping she could turn out to be healthy and not have to go through the things my sister has to go through, so the tests results were a big let down to me

A: I know 100% how you feel, but with me the turned around and told me they made a error and my baby was fine. (I can only hope this happens to you)I will be honest I wanted to have this baby more than anything I had been trying 5 years and when they told me my baby could have downs I felt sick the next day I hated it when he moved and did not seam to care any more but before they told me the baby was ok I got used to it and the fact this was my child and if I didn’t love it who would I finally got used to the idea and they told me that they messed up.I also work in disability care and there are extremes of cystic fibrosis and then some that don’t even show any signs I guess being genetic you know this.just remember that its your baby and you will love her no matter what and she will love you to I hope everything works out ok and my heart goes out to you