MS is a well-known disease, but poorly understood. ... Therefore, I feel we all need to have a better understanding of this disease that has no cure yet. ... MS is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults who have a virtually normal life expectancy. Consequently, the economic, social, and medical costs associated with the disease are significant. ... The situation for diseases such as multiple sclerosis is more complicated. ...

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Imagine a world without cancer, Alzheimer or any other genetic disease. ... Most diseases would be able to be prevented by detecting the trait that make people predisposed to suffer that disease in particular. ... If genetic engineering is done on reproductive cells, children could be kept from carrying the genes that are responsible for a specific disease, and, therefore, prevented from carrying those diseases to future generations [CITATION Mat12 p 576-579 l 1033 ]. ... However, the major impact of genetic engineering that has not been mentioned yet would be curing diseases that seemed incur...

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Then very few people knew hardly anything about the disease. ... These cells manufacture antibodies to protect against disease and cancer. ... When the disease first appeared, it took physicians great lengths to figure out that a single new disease was involved. ... HIV/AIDS infection is becoming a manageable disease. ... These illnesses are referred to as "opportunistic" infections or diseases. ...

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MS is a well-known disease, but poorly understood. ... Therefore, I feel we all need to have a better understanding of this disease that has no cure yet. ... MS is a life-long chronic disease diagnosed primarily in young adults who have a virtually normal life expectancy. Consequently, the economic, social, and medical costs associated with the disease are significant. ... The situation for diseases such as multiple sclerosis is more complicated. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate