Ever since I discovered my passion for medicine in the 5th grade, I’ve dreamt of becoming a sports medicine doctor. My journey has been shaped crossing of my mother’s career in medicine and my father’s passion for sports, they inspired me to pursue this goal. As I look into the future, my aspiration is to attend…
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Writing Assignment #4
Summary of Gene Therapy Study for Restoration of Hearing to Babies Born Deaf This study was published by Nature Medicine on June 5th, 2024. The story presents evidence that gene therapy was successful in terms of restoring hearing in babies that were born deaf due to DFNB9. It is said that this is linked to…
Writing Assignment #2
Tabrizi J, Sarah. et al. Targeting Huntington Expression in Patients with Huntington’s Disease. New England Journal of Medicine. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1900907. (2019)
Writing Assignment #3
Introduction: My primary article is titled “Targeting Huntingtin Expression in Patients with Huntington’s Disease” The journal was created by a total of seventeen authors with the lead being Sarah J. Tabrizi. The authors published this article under the New England Journal of Medicine in 2019. Background: Huntington’s Disease is a dominant neurodegenerative disorder where cells…
Writing Assignment #1
A primary article can be described as an original research paper that displays new findings and information. These articles are written by the conductors of the experiment where they can display their data, methods, and results. Primary articles tend to be published as a peer- reviewed scientific journal. Each section of the article has a…
Course Reflection
There have been a multitude of things I’ve learned this unit. One being how things can have more than one meaning. When we covered Claudia Rankine; she introduced for the first time this year how we must dig deeper to find other perspectives or be put in other’s shoes. In one of her poems Rankine…
Genome Assignment
1. WHAT CHROMOSOME DID YOU CHOOSE? I chose Chromosome #4 2 & 3. STATE THE NUMBER OF GENES AND BASE PAIRS ON THE CHROMOSOME YOU CHOSE. Approximately 1600 genes and approximately 190 million base pairs, 95% have been determined. 4. LIST ONE GENE THAT IS LOCATED ON THIS CHROMOSOME. FGFR3 5. STATE THE FUNCTION OF THE GENE YOU LISTED IN #4. FGFR3 regulates bone growth…
Unit 3 Review
After reading “Cloud Cover Caribbean” I can give my opinion of viewing the text as good and enjoyable. Being that the author, Ana Lydia Vega wrote this story completely in Spanish, it is translated well. The story is extremely immersive due to the use of having three men from the same regional area that have…
Scientific Literacy Paper
When looking at Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), we can see that it is the second most common form of skin cancer. Squamous cell carcinoma has jumped two hundred percent. SCC is charted at around 1.8 million cases in the U.S per year, right behind Basal cell carcinoma at 3.6 million cases per year. Rogers HW,…