Ethical Dilemmas in Genetic Patenting – A Utilitarian Perspective On August 16th‚ the U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that Myriad Genetics in Salt Lake City‚ Utah‚ had the right to patent ‘isolated’ genes that are linked to ovarian and breast cancers.1 This means that Myriad Genetics can prevent others from using the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes in research. It also means that Myriad can charge high prices from companies that wish to use these genes. This has raised arguments about the ethical
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“Set up as a top-secret biological and chemical weapons facility during the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War Two‚ Unit 731 has been referred to as the Asian Auschwitz. Through the practice of lethal human experimentation‚ the unit is thought to have been responsible for the death of up to 200‚000 civilians and military personnel – the vast majority Chinese and Korean nationals‚ but also South East Asians‚ Pacific Islanders and Allied POWs. In the sprawling six kilometer-square complex in the
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remaining stockpiles or facilities still in place must be destroyed by April 2012. The CWC went into effect in April 1995 and so far 188 states have ratified it including countries with large chemical industries. The CWC was largely based off of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC); however unlike the BWC the CWC has a verification mechanism. The CWC
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their kind of personality they would say something more like they are shy because people make fun of her/him. The third and final one is homosexuality. Nature can deal with this by thinking that homosexuality is a choice but in a nature part it is a biological factor or being responsible for the development of the individual. Nurture on the other hand means that individuals feel that environmental factors are the cause of one’s homosexuality. People who use nature vs nurture today are everyday humans
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One of the oldest controversies has been the argument of nature versus nurture. This ongoing debate looks at whether human development is caused by biological aspects or influenced by society and experiences. Nature versus nurture is a subtle but power theme illustrated throughout two novels‚ Lord of the Flies written by William Golding‚ and Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley. Through these two works we find multiple examples which show Golding’s argument that although one’s environment influences
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There is a wide range of types of biochemical weapons. Biochemical weapons can be viruses‚ bacteria‚ and even toxins. One of the most common biological weapons include anthrax‚ a disease of humans and animals‚ instigated by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis‚ a facultative‚ gram-negative‚ nonmotile‚ anaerobic‚ and spore creating organism. Another highly used biological weapon includes smallpox. The smallpox (variola) virus is the most considerable of the animal viruses. The virus particles are unusually
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As stated in our reading‚ “Europeans were the original ones to introduce the Columbian exchange and the collision of humanities that took place in the New World. The results of contact were generally bad: the tale is mostly one of hunger‚ disease‚ and death.” [Work Cited. #1] Disease affected everyone‚ and unfortunately the results were not pretty. The Columbian Exchange was a crossover of agriculture‚ animals‚ and diseases that came from one society to the next. The more the Spanish people came
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Turritopsis nutricula is a kind of jellyfish that is known today as the only “immortal species” in the world. This organism is very lucky to be gifted with such characteristic of reversing its life cycle. It has actually escaped the shackles of biological death. They may be small in size but they are terribly increasing in number due to
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School-age children‚ face daily exposure to environmental agents and factors that may cause injury‚ illness‚ or death similar to those of all other age groups. Physical agents such as fires; mechanical agents such as bicycles‚ skateboards‚ and cars; biological agents such as bacteria; chemical agents such as asbestos; and radiological agents such as x-rays are the causes of injuries or death. Accidents are the leading cause of death in children over age 1 year in the United States. Accidents from contact
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The power to make your own decisions and not have your choices determined by your genes and your past shows that the philosophy of free will is the most compelling philosophy. Naturalism is the philosophy that we‚ as humans‚ are influenced completely by our genes. The genes we were created and born with do not control the choices we make. If genes were the only things that influenced a person’s decisions‚ then scientists would be able to invent a machine that could make its own decisions and have
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