There are many alternatives that exist to the use of live animals in research and most non-animal testing methods are more reliable and less expensive. Some of those alternatives are‚ “synthetic skin” called Corrositex‚ computer modeling‚ improved statistical design‚ and the Murine Local Lymph Node Assay (LLNA). “Another resource that exists to prove the viability and relevance of using non-animal testing methods is Fund for the Replacement of Animals in Medical Experiments (FRAME).” FRAME is located
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Vanessa Hanashey-Kinzel 2/4/2015 Race is only skin deep The video‚ “Race‚ the Power of Illusion” approaches the common theory that there is genetic difference among the DNA of different races. For two hundred years‚ scientists poked and prodded‚ measured and mapped the human body searching for a biological basis to race. You can still find articles in medical literature looking for some organ that might be so fundamentally different that it would set the races apart. When genetically‚ we are
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Jackson English 101: Section 42 23 September 2013 Citizenship Response Essay #1‚ Sanders: Final Copy America is a wide range of cultural‚ environmental‚ and geographical landmarks‚ but yet they are skimmed over every day. “Beneath the Smooth Skin of America” is an essay written by Scott Russell Sanders about his understanding of regions. According to Sanders‚ we have a problem in which we have turned into one big region‚ a global village‚ and that we don’t know about our homelands. Sanders
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and death. Everyone over forty should schedule an annual screening with their dermatologist to check for skin cancer. If your dermatologist notices an area that causes alarm‚ a biopsy will be done on the suspicious tissue. A pathologist will then examine the tissue and determine whether the sample is benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancerous). Like most cancers‚ early detection is key for skin cancer‚ so make sure you stay up to date with your dermatology
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Tattoos: A History of Skin and Ink Ralph Bianco Axia College What is a tattoo? A tattoo is a design made or a permanent mark within the skin made by the operation of picking while leaving behind an ineffaceable ingraining of coloring into the punctures or by scar rising. That would be the definition‚ however‚ a tattoo‚ to many‚ has a more personal‚ abstract meaning. To many people tattoos would symbolize religion‚ status‚ experiences‚ art and individuality. Just as fascinating‚ is the history
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of non-melanoma skin cancer are treated in more than 3.3 million people. Despite these staggering statistics‚ skin cancer does receive nearly as much attention as other more talked-about forms of cancer. Skin cancer is just as serious as any other type cancer and should be taken seriously by the people of the United States. Many people die from skin cancer‚ and it attacks people of all ages‚ therefore people should be more aware of skin cancer and realize how serious it is. Skin cancer occurs when
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#425 Skin Cancer Skin cancer affects millions of people every day‚ with skin cancer being the most common form of cancer in the United States it’s important that people get the right information on the condition. It’s also important that people get educated and gain as much knowledge they can about the causes of skin cancer and all the ways in which they can prevent it as well as how they can detect it in it’s early stages to prevent it from getting worse. Estheticians help people stay protected
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Mcleod “Everybody’s Ethnic Enigma” One of the stigmas and constant stereotype I deal with on a regular basis is my skin color. Being a lighter skin color I am always asked the question what is your nationality? In majority cases most people’s response is you must be white‚ mixed‚ or Hispanic because you are not 100% black. Just because my hair texture is different and the color of my skin is lite why can’t I be black? Education is the key as a Christian approach. In the Bible God offered healing to
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1. Skin cancer can be caused by many things; the first is getting too much exposure to sun. The UV rays come in contact with your skin and reaction occurs which makes your skin tan or burn. The UV rays from just one sunburn can damage your skin and cause you to become more at risk of getting skin cancer. Another cause of skin cancer could be genetics‚ if your someone in your family had skin cancer the mutated gene could possibly get passed down to you and you could have a higher risk of developing
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Why Skin Comes In Colors I have read an article on Why skin comes in colors" by Blake Edgar‚ and he gives a brief analysis of why that is so. According to my research‚ skin color is largely determined by the amount of melanin the skin produces. Dark-skinned individuals produce more melanin than light-skinned individuals. At least three genes regulate the amount of melanin produced. Each gene has two forms: dark-skin allele (A‚ B‚ and C) and light-skin allele (a‚ b‚ and c). Neither allele
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