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Osteoporosis occurs when there is an imbalance between new bone formation and old bone resorption. The leading cause of osteoporosis is a lack of certain hormones, particularly estrogen in women and androgen in men.

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Infertility is defined as the inability to conceive after one year of regular unprotected sexual intercourse. Evaluation of infertile couple should then be initiated and this would include semen analysis, assessment of ovulation and tubal patency test. Diagnosis of unexplained infertility is made when all these tests are normal. This diagnosis comprises 15% to 30% of all the infertility cases.

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Introduction Every cell in our body goes through a series of events, named cell cycle. This cell cycle leads to its growth, division and duplication in order to produce two daughter cells. In eukaryotic cells (cell with a nucleus), the cell cycle are divided into two main periods: interphase and …

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Meiosis occurs in ovaries and testes, where a single cell divides twice to produce four cells containing half the original amount of genetic information. These cells are our sex cells – sperm in males, eggs in females.

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Scoliosis is a medical condition of the spine whereby the spine of an individual curves to the right or left. It is not a systemic disease.

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Klinefelter syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects males, whom are born with at least one extra X chromosome. Chromosomes, found in all body cells, contain genes. Genes provide specific instructions for body characteristics and functions.

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Karyology is the study of whole sets chromosome by referring to its standard format known as karyogram or ideogram. Cells collected from individual are induced to divide and the arrested at metaphase stage (a stage in cell division) where the chromosomes are condensed and visible.

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Introduction DiGeorge Syndrome also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome is a disorder caused by the deletion of a small region of chromosome 22. The deletion occurs at q arm (long arm) on chromosome 22 at location q11.2. Figure 1: Chromosome 22 There are many symptoms that reflect DiGeorge Syndrome. It …

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Procurement of the bone marrow is the gateway for the diagnosis of diseases related to blood cancers such as leukemia and anemia. The procurement of bone marrow is a minor operation that carries a very low percentage for causing death.

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Medical Laboratory Technologist-MLT is one of the professions listed under the allied health science group & the backbone of the medical laboratory service. MLT is involved in the process of diagnosing for treatment, rehabilitation and prevention through clinical laboratory tests

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