Can You Picture It? Response

1) Rodman Philbrick was 27 years old when his first book was published. It took him since he was 16 years old which is eleven years, till he got his book published.

2) What makes Rodman Philbrick a great writer is that he has a great imagination. He has been writing ever since he was in the sixth grade and through that time he probably made great improvements in his writing mechanics. He also has a good memory and he can remember things back when he was 12 and can recall all the great ideas he had back then. Thats why Mr. Philbrick is a great author.

3) a) Spaz:

I chose Justin Long as Spaz because he is good at looking like a loser and act one as well. He is good at being a coward such as his role in the movie Live Free or Die Hard because he's a computer geek in the movie but he's also a big coward.

b) Ryter:

I chose Dumbledore from Harry Potter as Ryter because he looks very old and has a white beard like Ryter. They are also both very wise and can hand out useful advice when needed or not.

c) Little Face:

I chose Marvin Williams when he was in his little man role in Little Man because I thought it would be hilarious. He also didnt talk normal in front of the people who take care of him which is also like Little Face.

d) the Proov Girl:

I chose Misa Campo to represent Lanaya, the proov girl. I chose her because she is perfect and has the physical characteristics of a proov which makes my choice a good one. I'm not sure if she is as smart as a normal proov but she does look like one.

e) Monkey Boy:

I chose Mike Tyson to be my monkey boy. He has golden teeth that make him fearsome like the fangs of a monkey boy and he also has a tribal tattoo that makes him more scarier like the paint on the monkey boys' face.

Gene Therapy

Gene therapy is the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme. Basically gene therapy helps to cure diseases that are passed down through your family such as certain types of cancers. Its a great thing to use but it did spark a bit of controversy when it was released. The biology of human gene therapy is very complex, and there are many techniques that still need to be developed and diseases that need to be understood more fully before gene therapy can be used appropriately. The public policy debate surrounding the possible use of genetically engineered material in human subjects has been equally complex. Major participants in the debate have come from the fields of biology, government, law, medicine, philosophy, politics, and religion, each bringing different views to the discussion.

As in all medical therapy, the treatment on modifying the environment so that any harmful expression of the genotype. For example, in the disease phenyiketonuria the expression of the mutant gene is counteracted by putting the affected person on a diet low in phenylalanine. (Phenyiketonuria is an inherited disease due to faulty metabolism of phenylalanine, characterized by phenyiketones in the urine and usually first noted by signs of mental retardation in infancy.)

This is a form of gene therapy using an andenovirus vector.