Modeling+diagnosis+for+genetic+diseases


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Adam Asterito



Describe your Topic below: Diabetes affects approximately 16 million Americans and many more world-wide. Finding more innovative ways to identify Diabetes inheritance genetically and use this genetic information to help treat it and work to make pancreatic transplants more likely to take could save many in the world today.

Brainstorm what you know and what you would like to know:

Too much glucose in the blood = high blood sugar = keytones in urine, sickness, loss of weight, comma death Too little glucose in the blood = low blood sugar = not enough energy = passout or coma Juvenile Diabetes is an auto-immune disease insulin production is done by the pancreas, located in the thoracic cavity and a part of the endocrine system. More than one gene is believed to control the development of Juvenile onset Diabetes ||  ||< What genes for diseases are located near genes for diabetes on chromosomes? How are these diseases controlled and/or treated? Would a DNA fingerprint be able to be done to see where the mutation is? Would possible treatments are out there? How could a pancreas transplant be completed with noor a very low rejection rate? Is it possible to transplant part of a pancreas? What are the proteins that have mutated? ||
 * = ** What we (think) we know ** ||=  ||= What we would like to know / understand ||
 * < Juvenile Diabetes is a disease where the body's insulin stops producing insulin which breaks down glucose in the blood to be put to use as energy in the body

State the essential question or problem statement for the project. The statement should encompass all project content and outcomes, and provide a central focus for your inquiry. Driving Questions can’t be Googled! Driving questions are: Provocative – Do Commercials paint an accurate picture of the United States? Open-Ended – Should the United States have used the atomic bomb in WWII? Go to the heart of a discipline or topic – How Safe is our drinking water? (Biology Chemistry principles applied in context – judgment and evaluation required) Are challenging – When are people justified in revolting against the established government? Can arise from real world dilemmas that you find interesting – How could we effectively prevent texting while driving?
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Through genetic research could a better way to treat or cure Diabetes be found? What new technology can/is being used to work towards this cure? Where can I find help in testing the target gene for diabetes? Will this cost a lot? What advancements are possible in pancreatic transplants and how could they become more reliable?

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Couldnt add more sources to document at school...these are the rest of my links below [|DNA Fingerprint]

[|Chromosome 11]

[|NIH and Stem Cells for Diabetes]

[|Chromosome #6]

[|Pancreas Transplant - Wiki]

[|Genetic Disorder Resources]

[|Protein for Surface Antigens IDDM1]

[|Diabetes type 1, Disorder Guide]

Links to Genetic disorder sites as well as medical sites such Web MD. Sites linked to Gene banks, protein structures, and gene testing.

[|Chromosome #6]

Genetic Diseases and disorders associated with Chromosome Six... Also look at Chromosome Seven and Chromosome Eleven

[|Pancreas Transplant - Wiki]

The likelyhood of a pancreas transplant taking The procedure When is it deemed necessary

[|Genetic Disorder Resources] Gene & Protein Guide Genetic Disorder Guide Metabolic Disorders Juvenile Onset Diabetes Chromosome Viewer - See link [|Chromosome #6]

[|Protein for Surface Antigens IDDM1] The Protein that controls the development of surface antigens that will stop body from attacking itself (not present in the pancreas in some cases of Diabetes)

[|DNA Fingerprint]

[|Chromosome 11]

[|NIH and Stem Cells for Diabetes]