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    Hook: Thesis Statement: An ethical dilemma has surfaced‚ allowing parents to genetically modify their child. Genetic modification has the ability to improve health‚ change physical appearance‚ and provide medical professionals with new information through a powerful tool known as CRISPR technology. (Improving Health)Topic Sentence: A poll was conducted by Harvard T.H Chan School of Public. 65% think‚ changing the genes of an embryo to reduce the risk of certain diseases should be illegal. Society

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    in recent years. One of which is the scientific research of genetic engineering. They have found ways to fix genetic mutations‚ cure diseases‚ and even just improve a child’s athletic or intellectual ability. Genetic Scientists are trying to genetically engineer children in the womb‚ but genetic engineering is an inferior practice because of the safety‚ financial‚ and ethical issues. First‚ as our society gets closer and closer to genetic perfection‚ it has to monitor the safety of it’s people. When

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    Ethics of Genetic Engineering If you could know that you had a high risk for developing cancer‚ would you? In the last four and a half decades‚ the science of genetic engineering has opened new possibilities and new questions. While the field originated as a study of bacteria‚ it has advanced an incredible amount since 1973 and developed a multitude of branches. Genetic engineering is essentially the concept of cloning or manipulating an organism’s genetic sequence for a specific purpose. This

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    Over time our bodies have adapted to tolerate lactose better. Before our bodies couldn’t drink milk like we do now due to their genetics. Now our bodies have better adapted due to genetic mutation. Lastly a way that mutations can be helpful to the human body is the production of new and superior proteins. These proteins made wouldn’t be able to be created any other way. By producing these new proteins we

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    The ability for scientists to use genetic screening in real life is quickly coming to fruition. Genetic screening is the ability for scientists to look into the DNA of a human being and determine the diseases in which the person may later face in their life. Thus‚ doctors are able to take efforts to cure the diseases before they even happen. However‚ it is likely that in the not so far future a form of genetic screening will come to be in which scientists are able to test for other traits such as

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    Biology‚ Genetics‚ and Substance Abuse and Addiction Leigh Lusignan Walden University CPSY 6728-4 Substance Abuse Counseling Facilitator: Dr. Natalie Spencer June 13‚ 2014 Biology‚ Genetics‚ and Substance Abuse and Addiction The relationship between genetics and substance abuse or addiction is a source of some controversy in the field (Walden University‚ 2014). In this application‚ I will consider how natural dispositions and genetics may influence substance abuse and addiction and develop a position

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    Just as genetic testing could be used by employers to spot genetic deficiencies in potential employees‚ it can also be used by insurance companies to screen clients to see if they are genetically prone to specific diseases. The use of such tests is already a reality for life insurance companies‚ which have been given access to genetic test results that indicate whether or not the policy recipient has the genes for Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease is of particular interest to life insurance

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    Genetic Engineering: The Good and The Bad The argument between whether genetic engineering is wrong or right rages on every day‚ and will continue to be an issue until everybody can come to an agreement on what can and can’t be done. Mary Shelley‚ the author of Frankenstein‚ writes about how she feels and questions the progression of modern science and how far we can go until it is just morally and ethically wrong. Through the mind of a young scientist‚ Mary pictures the possibility of what could

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    Genetic Disease Diagnosis‚ Screening and Treatment Advocacy and Decision Making in Genetics Competencies for Contemporary Nursing Issues (GNT1) Juanita Allen Janette Barney Western Governor ’s University Task 3 724.2.5-03-08 724.2.6-02-09 Mr. and Mrs. Trosack have recently been told through chorionic villus testing‚ that their unborn child has Tay Sachs disease.As the case manager there should be several appropriate members identified for an interdisciplinary team to obtain information

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    It is believed that genetic variation is caused by a variety of factors which may include natural selection and mating patterns. With the results from the Blanding’s Turtle experiment‚ who are listed as an endangered species‚ the topic of genetic diversity and genetic variation will further be discussed and researched. Genetic variation describes genetic differences among individuals of the same species. In a population‚ it is derived from a wide assortment of genes and alleles. This variation

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