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Gene therapy
Gene therapy is the insertion of genes into an individual's cells and tissues to treat a disease, such as a hereditary disease in which a deleterious mutant allele is replaced with a functional one. Although controversial, Gene Therapy can also be used for human genetic enhancement changing one's...
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Cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (also known as CF, mucovoidosis, or mucoviscidosis) is a genetic disorder known to be an inherited disease of the secretory glands, including the glands that make mucus and sweat.
The hallmarks of cystic fibrosis are salty tasting...
- x Risk Factors:
- Family history of Cystic fibrosis,
- Vitamin E deficiency
- x Treatments:
- Flu vaccine,
- Pneumococcal vaccine,
- Bronchodilator,
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- Pneumococcal vaccine,
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is a form of cancer that develops in the prostate, a gland in the male reproductive system. The cancer cells may metastasize (spread) from the prostate to other parts of the body, particularly the bones and lymph nodes. Prostate...
- x Risk Factors:
- High testosterone levels,
- Obesity,
- Male,
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- Obesity,
- x Symptoms:
- Urinary Frequency,
- Difficulty starting and maintaining a steady stream of urine,
- Nocturia,
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- Difficulty starting and maintaining a steady stream of urine,
- x Treatments:
- Radiation therapy,
- External beam radiotherapy,
- Prostate brachytherapy,
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- External beam radiotherapy,
Usher syndrome
Usher syndrome (sometimes referred to as "Usher's syndrome") is a relatively rare genetic disorder that is a leading cause of deafblindness and that is associated with a mutation in any one of 10 genes. Other names for Usher syndrome include...
- x Risk Factors:
- x Symptoms:
- Deafness,
- Vision loss
- x Treatments:
- Gene therapy
