Would you ever have a surgery that gives you artificial intelligence like in the book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes? In the Science Fiction book “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes the main character Charlie had an I.Q of 68. Charlie got artificial intelligence and it made his I.Q increased to 204. It was an awful idea for Charlie to have the A.I surgery. The surgery made Charlie I.Q decrees to 68. After the operation‚ Charlie began to go through a regression. Before the operation he
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Stem Cell Research Yay or Nay? One of the biggest political debates of recent times is whether the government should not only allow‚ but appropriate funds for the research of all types of stem cells mainly the embryonic stem cell. A stem cell is a primitive type of cell that can be manipulated into developing into most of the cells present in the body. Scientists believe that the stem cell is the single most important element in the cure of many diseases‚ which include heart disease‚ diabetes
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Book Review 1 The book review is about the book titled “Brainwashed: the seductive appeal of mindless neuroscience”. The book was published a couple of years ago in 2013 in New York by Sally Satel and Scott O. Lilienfeld. I chose to write a review on this book because a couple of years ago when I started school at Portland State‚ I had joined a book club through the neuroscience club at PSU‚ where they chose this book for a term. During that time‚ the book was very trending due to some contemporary
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INTRODUCTION Is it ethical to favor the killing of unborn babies in order to extract their stem cells for medical research? The word ethics is a theory or system of moral values; the discipline dealing with what is good or bad and with moral duty and obligation. We find that the moral and ethical standings are tested when scientist and theologist go head to head in the debate over "stem cell research". In November 1998‚ two independent teams U.S scientists reported that they had succeeded in isolating
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In the past few years CRISPR has become a debatable issue consisting of both pros and cons. Under certain circumstances‚ scientist should be able to edit the human genome. CRISPR has potential to help generate electricity‚ create cells that are disease-free and possible save the lives of endangered species. In addition‚ CRISPR may help to extend the shelf life of vegetables or enable humans to live longer (Park 69-70). However‚ little is understood about the full effect of gene editing and some worry
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Are stem cells important to medical research? The most basic cells in the human body are stem cells and people are formed from stem cells. Stem cells are an important part of human medical research‚ and they help with specific medical treatments. However‚ with all the good from stem cells‚ controversy surrounds the methods employed to obtain stem cells. Even with all the controversy‚ stem cells are useful. Stem cells are the most basic‚ but useful cells in the human body. They are the building
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Embryonic Cloning Embryo cloning is an area of stem-cell research that focuses on embryos and is the process of harvesting human stem cells for scientific study. Embryonic stem-cell research is sometimes also referred to as research cloning and therapeutic cloning. Cloning is a general term that scientists use to describe various processes for duplicating biological organisms and is an ethically controversial area of biomedical research. The debate regarding cloning is centered mainly around the
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The three levels of technology in medicine are non technology‚ halfway technology‚ and high technology. Non technology is not only high in cost‚ but it requires plenty of effort and skill for a doctor. Non technology is a type of supportive medical care in the medical field. This type of “technology” in medicine require physicians to provide reassurance to healthy patients that believe they have contracted a fatal illness. Non technology takes up a lot of time and is not real technology. Non technology
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Stem cells are "blank" cells that have the potential to develop into any type of cell in the body -- nerve cells‚ heart cells‚ kidney cells. Scientists are trying to harvest the cells before they have differentiated‚ then coax them into becoming certain types. If they could grow cardiac cells‚ for instance‚ scientists one day might be able to replace damaged heart tissue in someone who has had a heart attack. By growing nerve cells they might be able to repair brain cells damaged by Alzheimer’s or
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Name_______________________Period___________ Chapter 9: Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy Overview: Before getting involved with the details of cellular respiration and photosynthesis‚ take a second to look at the big picture. Photosynthesis and cellular respiration are key ecological concepts involved with energy flow. Use Figure 9.2 to label the missing parts below. See page 163 of your text for labeled figure. Concept 9.1 Catabolic pathways yield energy by oxidizing organic
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