19 Şubat 2012 Pazar

About the Karytotyping (Green World Connection Box)

To my opinion, parents of a baby should decide the future of their child. In some countries, before the birth, mothers get a karyotype to check if there any missing or additional chromosome on their child to make the child sick or different from others.Governments should support the karyotype check but not by the laws, because there would be many people that cannot do the karyotype test (remember how expensive is the test). And I think governments should commit the karyotype check fee of expectant mothers over a certain age. These women should do the check because they are under the risk group. There are many people on the earth and these people should be more qualified. I did not mean that the people that have 45 or 47 chromosome are poor in quality but they are not normal people. On the view of these "anormal" people, life is very hard. It is impossible to live confortable. If one government were to make karyotyping illegal, expectant mother should travel to another country to have a karyotype done, because parents are responsible for preparing their child's life.

13 Şubat 2012 Pazartesi

Sickle Cell Anemia and Malaria

Sickle cell anemia is a disease that is occur in hemoglobin molecules. Some of us have inherited mutated DNA that contains the wrong matched codon. Malaria is a disease that is very common in Africa and spread from the mosquitos. The gene that cause sickle cell anemia provide advantage for the malaria. But if this gene come both from your parents you will be suffering from the sickle cell anemia. If you have just one gene you are carrier and you will be protected from the disease malaria and sickle cell anemia. It is a chance and it is an example of natural selection. This mutated gene carrying by the offsprings. It is a correlation without causation because this gene is just a chance to provide the disease.