Senior Project Retrospection

I started this senior project with a several goals in mind.  The first of which was to study various genetic concepts and diseases to furthe...

Prader-Willi Syndrome

This week, after covering the central dogma of biology I have decided to study the genetic disorder Prader-Willi syndrome.  This is a disord...

Huntington's Disease

This time I decided to look into the neurodegenerative disorder, Huntington's disease.  Like I just stated, Huntington's Disease i...

Central Dogma of Biology

This week I decided to study the central dogma of molecular biology on an in depth level.  This dogma forms the foundation of many biologi...

Tumors

I decided to study tumor  this week.  Most people know that tumors are associated with cancer.  They know that tumors are a growth that inva...

"Junk" DNA

This week, instead of covering a genetic disorder or mutation, I decided to study "junk" DNA.  Referring to this sort of DNA junk ...

Sickle Cell Anemia

Causes: Sickle-cell anaemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder caused by a mutation on the HBB gene located on the short of arm ...