interference with political‚ social and religious matters. One of the latest and most ferociously debated technologies‚ that the scientific community has offered humanity‚ is the technology of Genetically Modified Organisms and in particular genetically modified foods. A Genetically Modified food is crop plant modified in a laboratory using molecular biology techniques with the goal of producing an organism with specific traits for various reasons. It is therefore only logical‚ given its nature that such
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GMOS “If an individual who has a known allergy to peanuts unsuspectingly consumed a genetically modified organism that contained the allergenic protein from the peanut‚ conceivably the individual would experience an allergic reaction” ("Ohio State University”). It is startling to know that in today’s society someone who is allergic to something like peanuts cannot eat many foods that have been grown around peanuts or that have been processed in the same place where peanuts have been. This means
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Pros and Cons of Vaccination In 1796‚ Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine‚ which was for the smallpox virus. (Google timeline) Centuries later‚ we now have a very large amount of vaccines that have been created with the purpose of protecting the human race from infectious diseases. The question is‚ how effective are these vaccines? Are they more beneficial or harmful to us? Are they serving their purpose? Could a person survive in this world without ever being immunized? In this small research
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In “Genetically Modified Humans? No Thanks‚” the author Richard Hayes is responding to Ronald M. Green’s article on gene therapy. Hayes is a visiting scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and has a Ph.D. in Energy and Resources. He has also addressed the United Nations about banning human cloning worldwide. The author argues against using genetic therapy in human research because of the risk it provides for human rights. He believes that it will likely result in the escalation of social
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Barbie: Should the Doll be Modified? Jordan Sidebottom ENGL 1302 Professor Baggaley February 3‚ 2014 Sidebottom 1 Jordan Sidebottom ENGL 1302 Professor Baggaley February 3‚ 2014 Barbie: Should the Doll be Modified? Since Barbie was first launched by Mattel in 1959 over 10 million have been sold. “Somewhere in the world‚ a Barbie is sold ever half-second”(Dittmar‚ Halliwell‚ and Ive). Out of all Mattel profits‚ Barbie makes up approximately
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Genetically modified organisms- a step ahead or a step in the wrong direction? Paulina Langowska Genetically modified organisms‚ also known as GMO‚ are such organisms whose genetic material has been artificially changed using genetic engineering. Genetic engineering‚ to put it simply‚ is altering the DNA technology‚ using DNA molecules from various organisms and using this molecules to create a brand new set of genes. Then the set of genes is added to an organism’s genome. Below is shown an exchange
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ENG-112 Mar 27‚ 2013 GMO’s or No-No’s? Genetically modified organisms (or GMO’s for short) have coasted their way into every single part and place of America’s current food sources. GMO’s are genetically modified or created organisms to‚ according to some scientists‚ end world hunger. They are very easy to grow in certain environments and fuel big business while proving the abilities to feed the masses with an extremely low cost. But what are the long term costs? GMO’s are proven to be
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environment? Although there are many different opinions on GMOs‚ my opinion is that they can be harmful‚ but also advantageous. As stated before‚ there are dangerous aspects of GMOs. The National Library of Medicine states that the modified organisms can be inbred with the non modified organisms leading to the overall extinction of the original species. The Institute for Responsible Technology believes that GMOs have been linked to toxic and allergic reactions‚ sick‚ sterile and dead livestock‚ and that the
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inhumane and should not be considered. After weighing both sides of the pros and cons
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More than fifty countries all over the world are outraged over the multi-billion dollar biotechnology company Monsanto‚ and their attempt to control the world food supplies. It has been proven in various cases that their products could cause deadly defects‚ disorders‚ and are constantly harming the environment. They are eliminating small organic farm owners by accusing them of “stealing” their products and driving them out of business. On top of that‚ they are robbing the consumer’s right by refusing
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