... 's the condition became known as Down syndrome in honor of the English doctor John Langdon Down. Who, in 1866, studied people with mental retardation and noted distinct physical features in them. Some of the physical features associated with Down syndrome are low muscle tone, many newborns appear as floppy and not toned, they have flat facial features especially a small nose with a ... retardation, which ranges from mild to moderate. People with Down syndrome suffer from congenital heart defects, which affect approximately 40-50% of these people. Their poor muscle tone makes much physic...

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... but also a positive health status - a well-being, the ability to be active and productive in ones life. Being health is feeling that there are few physical or emotional impediments to doing things in your life that you would like. It's not so much a biological state as it is a state of mind. ... being able to exercise and being fully active. Having a job that is productive and filling is part of that balance. The World Health Organization describes health as a state of social, physical and economic well-being. If you are missing any of these components, you will probably suffer in several...

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... 100,000 genes in the human genome. The Human Genome Project estimated to take ten to twenty years to complete. During this time its anticipated that physical and genetic maps of the human genome will be completed. The scientific products of the HGP will contain a resource of genomic maps and DNA sequence information ... as well as yeast. To sequence the human genome, maps of the chromosomes based on the DNA of the chromosomes are constructed. These maps known as physical maps, a series of overlapping pieces of DNA. These pieces of DNA are ordered as they would appear in the human genome ...

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... human reproduction. They encouraged reproduction of the "best and the brightest" and discouraged reproduction of the "unfit" -- including criminals, alcoholics, psychotics, the retarded, paupers, and those in poor physical health and envisioned a society that perpetuated white middle and upper class power. By sterilizing the mentally ill and restricting foreign immigration, eugenicists sought to isolate the American genetic stock from ... of the busiest times in U.S. immigration. During the first two decades of the 20th century, 600,000-1,250,000 immigrants per year entered the country t...

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... , DNA forensics (identification), agriculture, livestock breeding, and bioprocessing. Genome maps of other species will allow us to compare it to that of a human genome map. It will allow us to understand other species and why they are so different to us. The information we gain from these types of studies will then ... life for their children. In the human condition, this is the possibility of making an error and creating a genetically advanced baby who cannot cope with an imperfect world. In my opinion, I believe that, if and only if, a deadly disease is detected, then the scientists ...

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