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Development of Personalities

the environment. A childs parents belong to the group and the child learns at an early age the importance of taking care of the en...

Antisocial Behavior in Children

behaviors. MAOA is the structural gene for production of this enzyme. Four other chemicals, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin...

The Ethical Controversy of Gene Mapping

much greater understanding of which chromosomes control which aspects of the human organism. This understanding is widely regarded...

Prevalence of Cystic Fibrosis

form of CF is the result of a genetic mutation on chromosome 7 that appears in both parents, there may be many cases when one pare...

A Topic in Biological and Cognitive Psychology

have a twin who reflects the same mental illness (Edlin & Golanty, 2010). Slide 6: Epigenetic Change Non-hereditary biological ...

Human Development and the Ongoing Debate of Nurture v. Nature

In five pages this report discuses the human development debate in a consideration of how little is actually known regarding genet...

Genetics Revolution and Ethics

In four pages this paper discusses genetic research from an ethical perspective. There is no bibliography included....

Genetics and Homosexuality

In twelve pages this paper examines homosexuality in a consideration of social, psychological and genetic aspects. There are more...

AIDS Treatment and Research Improvements

In four pages this research paper considers how the research on AIDS has led to improved genetic and drug treatments with other is...

Environmental versus Genetic Factors in the Ongoing Alzheimer's Debate

In ten pages the two arguments featured in continued Alzheimer's debate are considered and reveal genetic theory support increasin...

Aristotle's Perspectives on Genetic Engineering's Ethics

In four pages Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics are applied to an examination of genetic engineering. Two sources are cited in the b...

Genetic Cloning and Social Considerations

In five pages 'Dolly' technology and the social and moral impacts of genetic cloning are analyzed. Five sources are cited in the...

Cloning, Genetic Engineering, and Embryonic Research

In eight pages cloning and genetic engineering are explored within the context of the ongoing embryonic research controversy. Six...

CASE STUDY ANALYSIS: DANVILLE AIRLINES

The problem with genetic testing is that it only reveals a genetic predisposition for a particular disease. David Reigers father h...

Asthma: A Research Proposal

chests as well as wheezing and coughing. The physiological reasons for these responses include spasms in the smooth muscle tissu...

Genetic Testing for Congenital Anomalies

based on the results?" (Pinsky, et al, 2001, p. 168). In the case of breast cancer, once a mutation that can cause cancer has be...

The Prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Nordic Countries

the increased distance from the equator. In Studies in North America Rosenthal (1983) observed a prevalence in the winter of 1.4%...

DISCRIMINATION SUITES BASED ON GENETICS

The question we need to ask ourselves here, however, is whether such discrimination, legally, can already take place. The National...

Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life

According to one theory, the universe and its components were formed in a single cataclysmic explosion between ten and twenty mill...

Homosexuality: Choice Or Biological Predisposition?

beliefs" (Foner et al, 1991). The act of ridiculing gays and lesbians even back then has made it difficult for them in todays wor...

Teaching about Breast Cancer

prefer the least invasive surgical option, others prefer the traditional approach (Katz and Hawley, 2007). Therefore, a major topi...

Prostate Cancer and Quality of Life

& McCorkle (2002) did not explicitly state any research problem or research question, but they do identify two objectives for thei...

The Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering

fictional, of course, yet it brings home some very interesting points regarding genetic engineering. First, agriculture has turne...

Developing a Genetic Vaccine for Malaria

pathogen"; that is, they have to be able to counter the disease if it mutates (Ivory and Chadee, 2004). As noted above, its been d...

How Cultures Play A Role Where Emotions Are Concerned

only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...

Genetic Influence on Elite Athletic Performance

of the test in making an educated guess as to a childs athletic future when a child is below age 9 (Lite). In other words, the tes...

The Ethics of Genetic Testing

no matter what the results are, they would not terminate the pregnancy. Hence, this debate in part has to do with the consequences...

The Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Adult Development

This is a paper that contains two pages and considers the influence of culture and genetics in the human developmental process and...

IBC Inflammatory Breast Cancer

dose of antibiotics, after which time -- when the indications do not disappear -- further testing in the form of biopsy, ultrasoun...

Smoking and its Impacts to Human Health

hazard and choosing to smoke is the risk factor. Being exposed to secondhand smoke is a risk factor as well. Just because tobac...