Maleeka Rizvi
12/6/2018 12:14:41 am
Here is a syndrome that can be caused by the mutation in the genes. It causes the person to walk on all four. The syndrome is known as Uner Tan Syndrome
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Vanessa
12/6/2018 08:06:30 pm
Did you know that mutations can possible boost one's immunity towards cancer?
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Shehryar Suleman
12/7/2018 08:06:02 pm
Mutations happen for several reasons, but mostly they happen when DNA fails to copy accurately. For example, when a cell divides, it makes a copy of its DNA and sometimes the copy is not quite perfect. That small difference from the original DNA sequence is a mutation. External environment and influences can also cause mutations because exposure to specific chemicals and radiation can cause the DNA to break down.
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12/8/2018 08:31:43 am
FDA has approved a new cancer drug that is the first to be designed from the start to fight a specific genetic mutation, not a traditional cancer type. It is designed and approved to treat cancers that arise anywhere in the body that carry a certain genetic characteristic. Normally, patients are treated based on where the cancer came from, but this technique is unique because it works regardless of where the cancer came from as long as it has the specific mutation. It treats a genetic mutation involving genes called NTRK genes.
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Abdul Al Riahi
12/8/2018 10:26:51 am
Cancer is a genetic disease—that is, cancer is caused by certain changes to genes that control the way our cells function, especially how they grow and divide.
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Michelle K
12/8/2018 03:29:51 pm
Investigators found three adults who did not have cystic fibrosis, despite having mutations on both copies of the CFTR gene, which normally causes the condition. The researchers said they don't know for sure exactly why these people failed to develop the diseases that they seemed genetically destined for. One possibility is that these individuals also have other genes that somehow suppress these disease-causing mutations. These unique cases would help in finding out ways to treat these diseases in the future.
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The FDA has approved a new cancer drug that is the first to be designed from the start to fight a specific genetic mutation, not a traditional cancer type.The new drug, named Vitrakvi, is not approved to fight breast cancer or lung cancer or colon cancer. Instead, it’s designed and approved to treat cancers that arise anywhere in the body that carry a certain genetic characteristic. What makes Vitrakvi unique is that it works regardless of where the cancer came from as long as it has the specific mutation.
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Sukhleen
12/8/2018 06:53:35 pm
An example of a biotechnology is Human Gene Therapy – the insertion of genes into a person’s cells to treat a genetic disease. Diseases include cystic fibrosis, haemophilia, muscular dystrophy, sickle cell anemia, or diabetes. In most cases, a “normal” gene is inserted to replace an “abnormal” disease causing gene in the genome. If a gene is inserted directly into the cell, it does not usually function, so a carrier known as a vector is genetically engineered to deliver the gene. The vector can be injected into a specific location in the body or a sample of the patients’ cells can be removed and exposed to the vector in a lab. This process is a promising treatment option however the technique remains risky. Scientists are working toward finding a more effective way to “deliver genes and target them to particular cells.”
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12/8/2018 08:22:06 pm
New biotechnology has been developed in relation to CRISPR. Previous CRISPR tools limit gene-editing to short snippets of DNA within one single gene. Extracting the DNA from the cell could allow for more edits at one time.
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