mild dementia and progress to more severe dementia. According to the University of Maryland Medical System research‚ dementia is defined as a‚ “significant loss of cognitive functions such as memory‚ judgment‚ attention‚ and abstract thinking.” Huntington disease involves symptoms of involuntary jerking movements‚ muscle degeneration and difficulty producing speech or swallowing (mayoclinic.org). Mentally‚ some symptoms of Huntington’s also include‚ “intense emotion‚ irritability‚ and aggression”
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Is GE of humans likely? For plants like Roundup Ready soybeans and animals like the cats above‚ the technology already exists and is in actual use to some extent. For humans‚ Fukuyama seems to believe that it can occur as soon as the main obstacles are overcome. One main obstacle is the complexity of the relationship between DNA and human traits. Will we ever know which genes influence intelligence and master how to manipulate them? However‚ as computer technology and understanding of genetic
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Francis Fukuyama – End of History rise and fall of major ideologies – communism and fascism human history should be viewed in terms of a battle of ideologies which has reached its end in the universalization of Western liberal democracy the idea of western liberalism triumphs as more countries are moving towards liberal and democratic reforms Hegel saw the French Revolution in 1806 as the event that signalled the triumph of the liberal and democratic system Hegel believed that history culminated
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Samuel Huntington proposed a theory in his article “The Clash of Civilizations” that cultural and religious identities will be the main cause of conflict in the post Cold War world. According to Huntington‚ the world can be divided into roughly seven to eight “civilizations” which include the West‚ Latin‚ Orthodox‚ Islamic‚ Confucian‚ Hindu‚ and Japanese. (pp. 2) Huntington states six reasons for the clash of civilizations; 1) Differences among civilizations have generated the most prolonged and
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Huntington disease Background‚ Etiology‚ & Epidemiology In the late 19th century‚ a physician by the name of George Huntington published the first paper detailing the clinical presentation of a neurological disorder that would come to bear his name. Although Huntington was the first to suggest genetic transmission of Huntington disease (HD)‚ it wasn’t until 1993 that the specific mutation responsible for this disease was discovered.1 Huntington disease is an autosomal dominant disorder caused by
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nHuntington disease WHAT IS HUNTINGTON DISEASE? Huntington disease is an inheritable dominant progressive brain disorder that causes uncontrolled movements‚ emotional problems and loss of thinking ability. It affects the part of the brain that controls thinking‚ emotion and movement. The most common form of this disorder usually appears in a person’s 40’s and 50’s. Huntington disease affects an estimated 3 to 7 per 100‚000 people. It affects both men and women equally. The disorder appears to
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are a threat to the American ‘creed.’ Huntington uses Miami as an example of his fears realized. He argues that the city has become characterized by large populations of Cubans. He describes this as a “Cuban takeover” and claimed it led to “major consequences” for Miami‚ and then proceeded to describe only positive economic outcomes for the city and many of its inhabitants‚ as well as developments in arts and entertainment influenced by Cuban culture (Huntington‚ 42). The implication here seems to
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THE PRIMACY OF CULTURE By Francis Fukuyama Democracy’s Future Francis Fukuyama argues that for any new ideology or political trend to emerge that rival those of liberal democracy‚ it requires the precursor of developments at the level of civic society and culture. Accordingly‚ he sees the only civic society‚ and culture that seems poised to do so is Asia. Fukuyama bases his judgment on the claim that for the consolidation of democracy‚ there must exist four levels of change: On the first
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From the Outside to the Inside In society‚ human beings are constantly being objectified. Body objectification dehumanizes an individual‚ hence affecting one’s identity and rights. Fukuyama’s essay helps readers understand the importance of respect in relation to human dignity. On the other hand‚ Roach focuses on the question of ethics for the purpose of using cadavers in ballistics testing. Both essays bring attention to the issue of body objectification and how it influences an individual. Body
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a person may have more than the usual number of copies‚ but not enough to alter the function of the gene” ("Trinucleotide repeats: fragile-x‚" 2008). The higher numbers of repeats in each copy of the HD gene‚ the earlier the symptoms appear ("Huntington ’s disease‚" 2009). This is evident in the pedigree beginning with Martha and Horace. Martha died ten years after symptoms of HD appeared and her son‚ Allen also died ten years after his diagnosis. Martha’s symptoms appeared at 55 years of age‚
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