For the past few decades‚ the study of genetics has given scientists an ability that we as a species never had before-- the ability to directly modify our genetic makeup. With this scientific breakthrough‚ the possibilities are endless with real world implications. On a darker note‚ this also means that genetic modification has the ability to adversely affect humans in ways we cannot imagine. This gives rise to an important question‚ how ethical is the genetic modification of humans? Before we can
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revolving around science and technology‚ usually conveying the dystopian alternative future context‚ the pessimistic resultant of society. Ray Bradbury ’s Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and Andrew Niccols Gattaca (1997) both explore the values and concerns of human existence. Despite the difference in context‚ Gattaca and Fahrenheit 451 both extrapolate the relationship between man and machine in a metaphorical sense. Both pose similar dystopian concepts of a machine like world. Through the use of juxtapoism
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In the movie GATTACA‚ the audience is shown a new‚ futuristic world‚ in which the genetics of any offspring can be changed and altered to create a genetically perfect child‚ known as a "valid". In this new society‚ having an embryo genetically altered‚ and then inserted into the uterus of the mother‚ much like IVF‚ is seen as the "normal" way to conceive‚ and the previously normal‚ now atypical "faith birth" wherein intercourse is the cause of conception‚ is frowned upon‚ as it produces genetically
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two that pulled me the most were Genetic Determinants and Environmental Determinants. This is my third class in my Graduate program and I have found that Nature vs. Nurture is an “argument” that is a constant factor in individual development and personality. I am swayed more toward these two factors of personality development due to several personal experiences. Upon referring to the text and reading various articles‚ one would be able to conclude that genetic evidence of personality development
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1. One patient has a grade I tumor of the lung‚ while another patient has a grade IV tumor of the lung. Explain how tumors in various stages are similar and how they differ. (1 point) Both stage I and stage IV lung cancer is presented with cellular differentiation‚ loss of normal tissue structure‚ as well as irregular size and shape of the nucleus. Normal cells are able to divide and die cancer cells are pile up on top of each other forming a tumor. The staging and grading of cancer depends on
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How does movie Gattaca relate to biology? The movie Gattaca directed by Andrew Niccol is about “a genetically inferior man assumes the identity of a superior one in order to pursue his lifelong dream of space travel”. During the process (to become as same as Jerome Morrow‚ the superior)‚ Vincent goes through lots of different operations‚ including physical and genetic operations. As we watched it and saw the operations and the doctors in the beginning of the movie‚ we connected happenings to the
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People define who they are by having the ability to be who they want to be. Jerome‚ from Andrew Niccol’s Film‚ Gattaca‚ was never given the legal opportunity to be who he wanted to be. From birth he was told he had no potential‚ no chance at a stunning life. When his perfect younger brother‚ Vincent‚ was born it made it all the more harder for Jerome to cope with his faults. Jerome was tired of always being told he would never achieve his dream of going into space‚ so he took matters into his own
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meaningful” (Wald 45). These words were spoken by a Nobel Prize winning biologist and Harvard professor‚ George Wald‚ in a lecture given in 1976 on the Dangers of Genetic Engineering. This quotation states that incredible inventions‚ such as genetic engineering‚ are not always beneficial to society. Genetic engineering is “altering the genetic material of cells and/or organisms in order to make them capable of making new substances or performing new functions” (Wald 45). It is also one of
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Egyptian Jewelry and Makeup Everyday in the Egyptian way of life‚ both men and women would adorn themselves with beautiful jewelry and makeup. Wearing these pieces of jewelry and makeup was part of their everyday life. Everyone‚ man or woman‚ Egypt wore more type of jewelry. What kind of jewelry they wore was usually dependent on how wealthy they were. The rich wore fine jewelry made from gold‚ silver‚ or electrum inlaid with precious stones. The less wealthy wore jewelry that was made
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Concept Check 14.1 C O N C E P T C H E C K 14.1 1. Pea plants heterozygous for flower position and stem length (AaTt) are allowed to selfpollinate‚ and 400 of the resulting seeds are planted. Draw a Punnett square for this cross. How many offspring would be predicted to have terminal flowers and be dwarf? (See Table 14.1.) 1. According to the law of independent assortment‚ 25 plants (1⁄16 of the offspring) are predicted to be aatt‚ or recessive for both characters. The actual result is likely
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