Diabetes

Length: At least two pages double spaced minimum of ~ 600 words minimum (your paper will not be graded on length but it will be graded on how well it answered the following questions) Topic: Pick a genetic disease.

This disease can be an inherited disease (example: sickle cell anemia, type 1 diabetes) or it can be a disease such as cancer which results from a mutation of a gene (example chronic myeloid leukemia). Try not to pick a disease that is not well understood or that is caused by a complex set of genetic mutations.

You will need to get approval for the topic by your instructor.The paper should clearly answer the questions in the pathophysiology section and the Citations: The paper needs to have at least 3 citations in the format of your choice. The sources must be from a reputable source (Wikipedia is generally an ok source.

It is not great. If you search the disease on Wikipedia, make sure to check the primary sources. General note on citations: You are not an authority on this topic, so you must cite your source of information if you are summarizing or quoting information that you read from a source. Your textbooks often don’t cite their sources for their information, but this is not the correct way to write a scientific review.

You must provide citations so the reader can reference the source material. See the next page for the requirements for the paper: Figures and pictures:• Figures and pictures are welcome in this paper.

A single picture can often save whole paragraphs of laborious explanation  If you use a figure or picture from the internet make sure to cite the source! Plagiarism is a serious offense and you can avoid it by using a simple citation.