2010年4月30日金曜日

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Reference:

Altman, Lawrence K. (2010, March 8). Dr. Barton Childs, Who Studied Inherited Diseases, Is Dead at 93. The New York Times, Retrieved April 20, 2010,

from http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/09/health/09childs.html?scp=1&sq=Barton&st=cse

Summary:

Dr. Barton Childs died of lung disease on Feb. 18. He was the originator of pediatric genetics and contributed to comprehend of inherited disease. He had taught at Johns Hopkins University for almost 70 years. First, he found the disorder connected with family. The genes interact with social and environmental experiences and cause to specific disease. He was born on Feb. 29, 1916, in Chicago and graduated at Williams College in 1938. He wanted to treat children. He showed the first proof that females choose only one X chromosomes of the two.

He helped us to understand that women have fewer genetic diseases than men, like hemophilia.

He looked into genes which are related to dyslexia and other learning problems. He found that genetic study had started to make an exploration of natural disease.

Reaction:

I knew that hemophilia was caused by the X chromosome. But I didn't know that he provided the first evidence. I am sorry about his death and wanted to listen to his lecture. I learned about his idea and how to think about genetic diseases from the article. It is interesting that social and environmental experiences interact with genetic disease. We worry about only our every gene too much. We have to think about genetic diseases, including social and environmental experiences of a person. I will use his way of thinking about genetic diseases. So, I am interested in genetics. In the future, I think that the use of genetics information should be considered from different angles.

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