Aicardi Syndrome: a rare yet intimidating X-linked genetic disorder.

Introduction The 20th century may be recorded as one of the most hectic century of all times. Both the two World Wars have encouraged and forced medical students to look into the human body with more depth and detail. As the world became fascinated with the explicit structure of the human body, they were also able to discover the cure and treatment for many unknown diseases in the past. From insulin, to treatment of cancer, …

…expression exhibited by the genetic material. Scientists today recognize this problem and are trying to locate the mutated genes on the chromosomes. Distinguishing and isolating the genes will help scientists gain more knowledge on how the causes of certain mutations. In order to arrive to a solution, one must first recognize and understand the problem. This process will be time consuming, but in the near future, scientists will have a full understanding of genetic disorders.