Session Tuesday‚ 11 August 2009 Total marks - 60 Pages 2-4 General Instructions • Reading time - 5 minutes • Working time - 2 hours • • Write using blue or black pen Write your Centre Number and Student Number at the top of this page Attempt ONE question from Questions 3-7 Allow about 40 minutes for this section Pages 10-11 • Attempt EITHER Question 1 OR Question 2 Allow about 40 minutes for this section • Section III 20 marks • Attempt EITHER Question 8 OR Question 9 • Allow about 40 minutes
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Cloning itself had been a figment of imagination in books and movies for all of history‚ something no one would of dreamed to become reality. Animal cloning is a scientific process where an exact copy of an animal is created‚ meaning that the two animals have the same exact DNA. There are many reasons animal cloning is a major issue‚ but there are also many reasons why it could be helpful. Animal cloning can lead to superior animals‚ controlled testing‚ organ harvesting‚ preservation‚ and other scientific
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situation. Kubler-Ross’ (1969) theory of the stages of grief when an individual is dying has gained wide acceptance in nursing and other disciplines. The stages of dying‚ much like the stages of grief‚ may overlap‚ and the duration of any stage may range from as little as a few hours to as long as months 2.4 explain why support for an individual’s health
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experiment on our DNA? Cloning is the process of replacing the DNA of an egg with the DNA of a living organism. In 1997 the first living clone was created‚ which brought various questions about the cloning of humans. The main purpose of our reproductive system is to create new life‚ but we have subjected it‚ specifically human eggs‚ to experimentation. Human cloning is a direct violation of what makes us who we are‚ our DNA. By learning more about the complications of cloning and how scientists are
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people’s genes? These are some of the ethical questions raised by Christians. They believe that humans exist in God’s world and have no right to change it (“Moral”). People also argue that the human genome was given to you from birth and that it was generated by God. If we begin changing genes then it brings us back to ‘“playing God’”. Although these are popular questions that are asked about gene therapy‚ the most popular one and simple one is the safety of gene therapy. Although gene therapy has
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would you? Cloning‚ the process of taking a cell from one organism‚ taking a donor womb cell from another organism of the same species (which will not affect the clone’s genetic identity)‚ inserting the original cell in the donor cell‚ and placing the newly developed embryo inside a surrogate mother. There are those who think that cloning is a wonderful idea and that it is acceptable to make life‚ from and identical to that which already exists. One reason people protest the idea of cloning is because
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Introduction Cloning involves the process of nuclear transplantation. During this process‚ the nucleus of a fertilized organism’s egg is replaced by a nucleus of an organism’s cell. If the procedure is successful‚ the fertilized egg will grow into an identical copy of that organism. In human cloning‚ the process is more complicated due to the complex nature of human DNA. Body Most people agree that human cloning isn’t morally and ethically acceptable due to religious issues and health concerns. The
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Shortly after Finny’s fall from the tree‚ Gene‚ consumed by guilt and fear‚ obeys a strange compulsion to dress ike his roommate. He puts on Finny’s clothes - even the unconventional pink shirt that was the "emblem" for the Allied bombing of Central Europe - and looks at himself in the mirror. There Gene sees he has become Finny "to the life." The physical resemblance Gene senses‚ brings on a surge of Finny’s own unique spirit within him. Unexpectedly‚ Gene feels free‚ daring‚ confident - just like
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up of smaller units of DNA that is genes. Genes carry information on biological development of the body. Set of Chromosomes number: 23 pairs of chromosomes for each species‚ 46 altogether. Half of the inherited chromes are from the mother and the other matching half are from the father. Combination produced a full set‚ named embryo to be biologically developed Assuming that the environment is all right Because we inherit two different sets of chromosome from our parents‚ we have a mechanism
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Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is a rare fatal disorder that occurs in approximately 1 in 75‚000 children‚ usually leading to infant death within one year from birth (Cavazzana-Calvo‚ et al. pg 202). Patients suffering from SCID have genetic mutations that prevent their immune system from properly developing and functioning‚ which leads to recurrent and eventually lethal infections. (Kohn‚ Michel‚ and Glorioso pg 479) Most of these patients are diagnosed with a type of SCID called X-linked
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