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Why can scientist use a persons DNA to determine if they are likely to develop a disease?
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It carrys their genetic code and thus by examining it can find potential flaws.
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Blood type
Persons with the hereditary disease hemophilia suffer from what?
Excessive bleeding when a cut or other abrasive injury occurs
Is a person who is homozygous recessive for a recessive genetic disese a carrier?
As long as a persons genotype consists of at least one recessive gene, they can pass it on to offspring to give them the disease, which makes them a carrier. Since this persons genes are both recessive, it is definite that they will pass on the recessive gene.
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Huntington's disease, where the lethal allele expresses itself very late in an individuals life. Persons carrying the dominant lethal allele does not become aware of the disease until after their reproductive age. Thus, they pass the lethal allele to their children without knowing and the allele persists.
Why do elderly persons often develop bowed backs and appear shorter than they were in earlier years?
This is a result of a bone disease called osteoporosis.
What do homeopaths mean by peculiar symptoms of a disease?
These are symptoms unique to the individual that do not occur in most persons with the acute disease. Homeopaths make note of peculiar symptoms because they often help to determine the remedy.
If they live long enough do all men get prostate cancer?
No. Not every man will develop prostate trouble. It all depends on the persons genes as to whether or not they get the disease.
What persons studies all forms of life?
scientist
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How does a job determine a persons place in society?
it doesn't.
What is the meaning of asymptomatic?
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Is a dream scientist a job?
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antibodies
What is the number one killer of persons with HIV?
bone disease
How do you determine how many persons a pool can safely accommodate?
50
What is the Shick test used for?
To determine a persons susceptibility to diphtheria.
