Essays Tagged: "time of conception"
Down syndrome
Down's syndrome is a genetic condition involving an extra chromosome, this change occurs around the time of conception. A person with Down's syndrome has forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual f ... he fertility techniques cause the mother to become pregnant with many children at once. At the same time, it opens up a host of other ethical questions for parents and society as a whole, say people w ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education
Prader-Willi Syndrome.
esponsible for the syndrome.PWS is attributed to a spontaneous genetic error that occurs at or near time of conception for unknown reasons. The incidence of this syndrome is 1/10,000- 1/25,000 live bi ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
A paper about Pradder-Willi Sydrome; very in-depth, with sources.
ation of PWS [Prader-Willi Syndrome] and fathers employed in hydrocarbon-related occupations at the time of conception (factory workers, lumbermen, machinists, chemists, heavy machine operators, mecha ... e 2). In later years they, and many other scientists and geneticists followed up on the research. A timeline can be found below."2. Prader and Willi (1963)"Xanalyzed 14 cases and in addition to the or ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
An Explication of Judith Jarvis Thomopson's "A Defense of Abortion"
Abortion has been a very controversial issue since the time it was legalized. People disagree about whether a zygote, embryo, or fetus is a human person. T ... as eight main points. Thompson grants, for the sake of argument, that the fetus is a human from the time of conception. Thompson's famous argument for the right of women to an abortion goes like this: ... es, it is very rarely for nine months. Also, the development of the fetus does not rule out private time such as reading, private conversations, and sexual intercourse for the mother. Besides, the vio ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy
This Essay is on downs syndrom. It has causes of the disease, different treatments and how families cope with the disease.
wn syndrome is usually caused by an error in cell division called non-disjunction. Normally, at the time of conception a baby inherits genetic information from its parents in the form of 46 chromosome ... e need a lot of medical attention, others lead extremely healthy and independent lives. Most of the time, Down's syndrome children have delayed mental and social skills. Other symptoms that are more p ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
Abortion- should abortion be acceptable? Discussion of both sides of the issue: pro-life or pro-choice?
One of the most controversial questions of all time is abortion. Is it morally acceptable to have an abortion? There are two main views on abortion ... in views on abortion, "pro-life" and "pro-choice". Someone who is "pro-life" believes that from the time of conception, the fetus is alive. They believe that the fetus deserves to live, and to kill it ... ries where it is prohibited by law. That's over 46 million abortions every year! Worldwide, the lifetime average is about one abortion per woman. In 1967 abortion was made legal in the United States, ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Sickel Cell Anemia
the red cell into a sickle shape.For such a miniscule mistake, the consequences are tragic. At the time of conception, a person receives one set of genes from the mother and a corresponding set of ge ... y donut-shaped cells to stiffen and distort into a sickle shape.These sickle cells have a very hard time moving through the small capillaries. As blood flow slows, the cells lining the vessel walls be ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
Stem Cells
cells have the capability of self-renewal, that is, they can continually copy themselves. From the time of conception to the sixteenth cell division an embryo is totally composed of totipotent stem c ... n lab tests involving paralyzed lab rats, the rats have actually generated new spinal tissue and in time, they regained total use of the affected limbs. Canadian and Italian scientists have been succe ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry
Human Development Theory
nfant's characteristic explains the theory that "brain development" of human beings progress at the time of conception. The brain rapidly develops upon birth leading to maturation of memory that guide ... ment of the "motor senses," the infant quantitatively transforms into maturity as a "baby." By this time, "grasping" of things starts to progress as the baby struggles to learn complex physical charac ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors
Abortion
with women's rights. The Catholic Church's stance on abortion is that it is evil and sinful. At the time of conception it is a living being. I am anti-abortion, or pro-life. In my opinion abortion is ... ming. In the end it all comes down to morals. I am pro-life because I believe that, from the time of conception this fetus is living. I don't think abortion is right, and no matter how much we ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Abortion
with women's rights. The Catholic Church's stance on abortion is that it is evil and sinful. At the time of conception it is a living being. I am anti-abortion, or pro-life. In my opinion abortion is ... ming. In the end it all comes down to morals. I am pro-life because I believe that, from the time of conception this fetus is living. I don't think abortion is right, and no matter how much we ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues
Gender Selection: Is It Right?
that some couples think about when they are expecting a new baby. A baby's sex is determined at the time of conception and many couples don't want to wait until the baby's birth to know what they are ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects
Gerontology
-span expectancy will likely reach 100. Life-span is your development in all areas of life from the time of conception to the day you die. Placing all factors in the pot and observing what has transpi ... m."When I was a kid"or"Back when I was in school," are statements that if "I had a nickel for every time" that was said I would be a … right a very wealthy person. Today we are viewing life thr ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Life Span Perspectives
y of Phoenix�Lifespan PerspectiveEvery one goes through many stages in life beginning at the time of conception, throughout life, and finally in death. Human development is important to psychol ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology