https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79 en-us 2016-11-15 15:59:36 UTC 2017-01-20 10:43:21 UTC hello@padlet.com emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/137780677 Medical definition:
the sampling of amniotic fluid using a hollow needle inserted into the uterus, to screen for developmental abnormalities in a fetus

Explanation:
Fluid sample from the uterus to screen for abnormalities in the fetus

]]> 2016-11-15 16:03:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/137780677 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146274016 Medical definition:
recombine (DNA) in the double stranded form following separation by heat
Explanation:
putting the two sides of DNA back together after they have been taken apart by heat

]]> 2017-01-10 15:18:03 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146274016 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146276844 Medical definition:
a type of genetic testing that is used to determine if a person is a carrier for a specific autosomal recessive disease
Explanation:
a test used to determine if someone has the gene so they can better plan for their future

]]> 2017-01-10 15:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146276844 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146280140 Medical definition:
a test made in early pregnancy to detect congenital abnormalities in the fetus. A tiny tissue sample is taken from the villi of the chorion, which forms the fetal part of the placenta
Explanation:
a test performed early on in pregnancy to determine if the fetus is growing normally and if it have any congenital abnormalities

]]> 2017-01-10 15:32:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146280140 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146282767 Medical definition:
Growing a colony of genetically identical cells or organisms in vitro.
Explanation:
Cloning is used for making stem cells researching diseases and much more.

]]> 2017-01-10 15:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/146282767 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148278923 Medical definiton:
destroy the characteristic properties of (a protein or other biological macromolecule) by heat, acidity, or other effects that disrupt its molecular conformation.
Explanation:
Denaturing is the first step of PCR (polymerase chain reaction) which breaks the DNA into two single strands.

]]> 2017-01-20 05:48:09 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148278923 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148279488 Medical definiton:
 a unit of heredity that is transferred from a parent to offspring and is held to determine some characteristic of the offspring.
Explanation:
A gene is pasted down from the parent of an offspring and it decides traits like eye color and skin color.

]]> 2017-01-20 05:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148279488 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148279632 Medical definition:
the transplantation of normal genes into cells in place of missing or defective ones in order to correct genetic disorders.
Explanation:
Gene therapy is a new trend in the medical world that helps alter problem causing genes.

]]> 2017-01-20 05:58:38 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148279632 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148285498 Medical definition:
a process to evaluate and understand a family's risk of an inherited medical condition.
Explanation:
A genetic counselor helps a family figure out was the chances are of them passing on a medical condition and what their opinions are.

]]> 2017-01-20 07:32:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148285498 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148285976 Medical definition:
the sequencing of human DNA in order to discover genetic differences, anomalies, or mutations that may prove pathological.
Explanation:
Genetic testing is the scanning of DNA to find all sorts of different things like mutations.

]]> 2017-01-20 07:36:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148285976 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148302390 Medical definition:
the complete set of genes or genetic material present in a cell or organism.
Explanation:
A genome is basically all of the genetic material from an organism.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148302390 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148304679 Medical definition:
the genetic constitution of an individual organism.
Explanation:
Genotype is your complete heritable genetic identity.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148304679 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148305484 Medical definition:
a medical procedure whereby an egg is fertilized by sperm in a test tube or elsewhere outside the body.
Explanation:
In vitro is often used by couple who who are having a hard time getting pregnant. The embryo is formed outside of the body them implanted in.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:35:52 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148305484 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148306909 Medical definition:
the number and visual appearance of the chromosomes in the cell nuclei of an organism or species.
Explanation:
A karyotype is a physical display of chromosomes.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:43:22 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148306909 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148307429 Medical definition:
a public health program of screening in infants shortly after birth for a list of conditions that are treatable, but not clinically evident in the newborn period.
Explanation:
A newborn screening is a procedure for newborns to see if they have any health problems

]]> 2017-01-20 09:46:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148307429 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148308558 Medical definition:
the set of observable characteristics of an individual resulting from the interaction of its genotype with the environment.
Explanation:
A phenotype is the physical characteristics of an organism.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:51:49 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148308558 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148309135 Medical definition:
a technique used in molecular biology to amplify a single copy or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence.
Explanation:
Polymerase chain reaction is just a way to make more of a certain DNA so it can be tested,

]]> 2017-01-20 09:54:13 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148309135 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148310099 Medical definition:
is a screening test used to determine if genetic or chromosomal disorders are present in embryos produced through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Explanation:
PGD is used to pick the best, most health embryos to implant back into a patient so that they have to best chance of producing healthy offspring.

]]> 2017-01-20 09:58:51 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148310099 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148311198 Medical definition:
a short strand of RNA or DNA (generally about 18-22 bases) that serves as a starting point for DNA synthesis
Explanation:
Primers are used in PCR to extend the DNA.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148311198 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148311925 Medical definition:
an enzyme produced chiefly by certain bacteria, having the property of cleaving DNA molecules at or near a specific sequence of bases.
Explanation:
A restriction enzyme goes though the DNA and cuts it as certain sequences.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148311925 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148312469 Medical definition:
the practice of using medical techniques to choose the sex of offspring
Explanation:
Sex selection is practiced in IVF.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:13:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148312469 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148312859 Medical definition:
a variation in a single base pair in a DNA sequence.
Explanation:
SNP is just a DNA strain with all of the base pairs normal expect for one.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148312859 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148314047 Medical definition:
The soluble liquid fraction of a sample after centrifugation or precipitation of insoluble solids.
Explanation:
Supernatant is the liquid part that has separated for the solid after being in the centrifuge.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148314047 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148314947 Medical definition:
a bacterium that lives in hot springs and hydrothermal vents, and Taq polymerase was identified as an enzyme able to withstand the protein-denaturing conditions (high temperature) required during PCR
Explanation:
Taq is a useful polymer for PCR because it is capable of withstanding high temperatures.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148314947 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148315892 Medical definition:
is a laboratory apparatus most commonly used to amplify segments of DNA via the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
Explanation:
The thermal cycler is good for PCR because it has precise temperature control and rapid temperature change.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148315892 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148316518 Medical definition:
a technique using echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate objects or areas of different density in the body.
Explanation:
Ultrasonography is just ultrasound that produces picture of internal organs.

]]> 2017-01-20 10:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148316518 emma_720064 https://padlet.com/emma_720064/rgl46g98wy79/wish/148316978 Medical definition:
an organism that does not cause disease itself but which spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another.
Explanation:
An example of a vector would be a mosquito.

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