Fri, Oct 28 (Day 1): Students watched Extraordinary Measures
Thurs, Oct 27 (Day 5): Students watched Extraordinary Measures
Wed, Oct 26 (Day 4, altered schedule): Students watched Extraordinary Measures
Tues, Oct 25 (Day 3): Students completed the “I Scream for Ice Cream: Lactase Persistance in Humans” case study.
Mon, Oct 24 (Day 2): Students completed and submitted the Got Protein? lab.
Claire Winget: Extraordinary Measures Reflection
Although I didn’t expect it, I enjoyed the movie quite a bit. Since reading The Forever Fix in Mrs. McCarter’s class freshman year, I’ve always been very interested in genetic diseases and their treatments. I decided to do a bit of research after the movie for my reflection to get a bit more of understanding and background to the disease and found that there are actually three kinds: infantile, (beginning within a few months and which used to be called ‘failure to thrive’ due to general weakness and lack of growth), non-classic infantile (beginning by a year and characterized by difficulty breathing), and late-onset which could become known as late as adulthood. I always think of genetic diseases becoming obvious rather early on, or at least before puberty is finished. It seems rather bizarre to me that a genetic disease like Pompe could apparat when one is an adult. Although the aforementioned form of the disease is milder than the infantile form due to the fact that it tends not to affect the heart as much, the muscle deterioration is comparable to that of ALS which, ironically, tends to occur in older people.