Shaiquan Williams
SC 235 General Biology 1
Unit 9 Assignment
Professor Travis Kibota
Kaplan University Unit 9 Assignment After doing research I have finished combining my family history, I am predisposed to one specific genetic disease: Alzheimer’s. There is one case of this disease within my family tree. My father’s mother suffers from Alzheimer’s. I will be talking about this disease. I will discuss why I chose to talk about this disease, the signs and symptoms of the disease, the modes of inheritance of the disease, when to seek help, any problems I come across, and how I would explain this to my children.
I chose Alzheimer’s because my aunt called and told me that my grandmother was diagnosed with it. Ever since that phone call it has been something I am wondering about getting in my later years. Because of this information, I know that it runs on my …show more content…
I would tell them that because we have family that had the disease, they have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s in their later years in life. I do not believe that genetic testing will do anything but make people dread the future, especially if there is not anything that can be done to prevent it. There isn’t a cure that has been proven, but you can reduce your chances by reducing your risk of heart disease. For the research portion in the Kaplan library, I used the search term “Alzheimer’s disease” and “mode of inheritance”. This search resulted in nine hundred eleven thousand and thirteen results. With the search in the library I really didn’t need to look further. The article on Alzheimer’s disease confirmed the same information from my other sites I visited. They also explained the differences between early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer’s disease. This information also matched my previous