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Chapter 2 - Priya Should Find Out If She Has Inherited a Fatal Disease (or should she?)
6. Describe the disease Priya's mother had?
7. If you were Priya, would you get tested for this disease? Why or Why not?
8. If Priya is tested and found to have the gene for the disease, who else has a right to know? (her family, her employers, her boyfriend...) Explain your answer.
9. What are the pros (good points) and cons (bad points) of having this genetic test performed?
10. Chapter Vocabulary
genetic counseling mutation
Human Genome Project
disorder
6) The disease her mother had made her unable to control her movements and not able to eat
ReplyDelete7) I would get tested just to be safe and plan for the future.
8) Her family has the right to know because that's her family and they can plan and help her.
9) A good thing is that you know if you have something and you can move forward. A con is that you will found out you have something that you didn't wanna know.
10)Genetic Counseling- When you go to someone who is trained to help people make decisions about their health
Mutation- Variations in the instruction carried by a gene
Human Genome Project- They have set out to learn the language of the genes
Disorder- Mutations cause problems in how your body functions
6.Describe the disease Priya's mother had?
ReplyDeletePriya's mother has a illness called huntington disease. Priya mother mood constanly changed she also couldn't get any food down without choking.
7. If you were priya would you get tested for the disease? Why or why not?
I think yes she should get tested to see if she has this illness so she can be aware of her own body.
8. If pryia is tested and found out to have the gene for the disease, who else has a right to know?
I think her family and specially her boyfriend she know this information, so that everyone can be aware of what's going on with her. Also all of them can try there best to help out pryia with this illness
9. what are the pros and cons of having this genetic test performed ?
the pros of having this illeness that it's not like it's something that you can die from. The cons having this illness that you cant keep no food down so it sounds like that she will have to eat from an IV. She really cant eat good like everyone else.
10.
Genetic Counseling-Education and guidance offered by professional advisors in order to help people make informed decisions based on genetic knowledge.
Mutation- Changes that occur to the order of bases of appearing in the DNA inside a cell.
Human Genome Project- the order of bases as they appear in the DNA of human chromosomes
Disorder- Problems in how the body functions. Health problems caused by mutations in the genes are referred to as genetic disorders