1. What is a familial genetic disease?
Describe one familial genetic disease that is carried by a dominant gene and one that is carried by a recessive gene.
b. What is menopause? Provide 5 symptoms of menopause.
Are you for or against Hormone Replacement Therapy? Why?
c. You are a part of some Medical Mission to the Honduras and you had just completed this course "Human Health and Disease". You are assigned to prepare an intervention against STIs, which 5 preventive strategies will you present? How will you explain the difference in risk levels between males and females? Give 5 examples of STIs caused by bacterial pathogens.
d. Considering the ethical issues surrounding use of stem cells in medical therapy, some people prefer umbilical cord blood as an alternative source of stem cells. Provide a scientific argument in favor of umbilical cord blood by citing 4 advantages.