Saving Lives, Changing Genes How far would you go in order to save a loved one from dying from, what is now, a treatable disease? ... In order to understand why the debate has risen into vast proportions it is best to define what genetic enhancement can offer, in terms of science and healing, and what it should exclude. ... Another important exclusion is what is considered to be "designer" genes. In an effort to prevent discrepancies amongst people of this nation, strict guidelines should be set forth defining what is considered to be a "designer" alteration and what is prevention. If we...

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Despite the fact that some bacteria play harmful roles, such as causing disease and spoiling food, the economic importance of bacteria includes both their useful and harmful aspects. ... To prevent any of these illnesses wash your hands, do not share food, drinks, or personal items, and cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze. ... In the past viruses were also classified by what or who it attacks, such as plants, animals, and bacteria. Examples of common human diseases caused by viruses include the common cold, influenza, chickenpox, and cold sores. Many serious diseases such as Ebol...

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But what are children? What are humans? ... How do you respond to the similar suffering of both boys when one has a genetic disease and the other has a genetic disadvantage (Parens 4-6)? ... So why is it wrong to give what amounts to a genetic vaccine- (p.43)? ... An article outlines some of these complications to include that when "you have an imperfect child in this society [it's] a real handicap, it's the money, it's your time. . .and all the investment- (Barns 8). ...

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What they also failed to mention was that ultimately, drugs could be designed utilizing this data, to attack such diseases. ... One may ask why and what puts the Icelandic genome on the proverbial hot plate? ... Gary Taubes explains, "There are advantages in having this data when studying DNA, along with advances in biotech and computing, you could simply take a few hundred or a thousand victims of disease, analyze their DNA, compare it to the healthy individuals and identify the salient differences." ... Hlodan gives an example, "The arrangement with Hoffman-LaRoche for 12 diseases netted th...

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By using biotechnology, you can make a stronger strain of the same substance. You can also give better nutrition to and flavor to foods and give it the ability to fight off pest and diseases. ... It is important to understand what biotechnology is and how it can be used to create solutions for tomorrow's world. ... Biotechnology is providing real answers to some of the greatest challenges we face in this new century, such as hunger and malnutrition, as well as more effective ways to prevent diseases and treat serious illnesses. ...

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(LeVay/Hamer 23) Animal studies make available a good deal of evidence for biological basis of disease, but in this case, sexual orientation. ... It's a disease like schizophrenia." ... Clearly family, social norms, friends, teacher or school education can't make you to become gay, which is a minority orientation. ...

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We may be able to grow someone a new liver or heart, new neural tissue to combat degenerative brain diseases like Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, grow new kidneys, or even insulin producing cells to fight diabetes. ... At the moment, if you have a transplant, your body will try to reject the donated cells because it sees them as foreign. ... What is the most concerning idea here is that we are killing either a human being, or a potential human being. ... What about using condoms, should we mourn the loss of millions of potential lives? ... However, what is the alternative? ...

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Agriculture could also be improved through improving animals and crops to better serve humans and it may be the answer to curing life-threatening diseases. ... The need for pesticides could be reduced all over the world with the possibility of injecting plants with bio engineered viruses that would kill bugs and other creatures that attack plants, could possibly also enhance crops to make them resistant to disease. ... "Are we wise in getting ready to mix up what nature has kept apart, namely the genomes of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells?" ... According to him that is how learning works: unt...

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Cloning could result in the existence of individuals who would experience premature disease due to genetic mutation in the donor-cell DNA. The possible biological effects of cloning on the aging process would indirectly cause harm to people by producing a diseased bodily condition that they would have to experience. ... Even if the cloned baby is healthy, what kind of life could it expect to lead, certainly not a normal child-rearing or adult life. ... Kass claims that cloning will lead to an eventual deficiency of our social and cultural institutions, that we will lose a normal understandin...

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Technology has allowed us to achieve what was seemingly impossible. ... If you look at technology in it's most base form we can look at the rock being used to crack open nuts as one of the first examples of technology. ... Our capabilities define us, we are what we can do. ... This means that the rate at which problems such as disease are being solved is always increasing. ... He illustrates this point through the sequencing of disease; HIV was sequenced in 15 years, SARS in only 31 days. ...

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What are GMO's and Why? ... Advancements in this field have engineered new species of crops resistant to environmental stresses, disease, herbicides and pests. ... You may not eat soybeans or canola, however animals such as cattle, pigs and chickens do, and therefore eventually you are eating them as well. ... In any successful business we try to minimize our expenses and that is exactly what genetically altered crops do for the farmer. ... In addition, genetic engineering may lead to faster growing, disease, weather, and pest-resistant crops, herbicide tolerant c...

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Sometimes you might find a person that wishes not to take any medication, rather just let nature have its way. In some sad cases, even if there is the option of treatment, the patient's body may be so over-taken by their disease that it would be of no help. ... What both parties share is the desire to meet the needs of a dying patient. ... Comfort care also suggests that doctors simply do what they can to make life happier for the terminally ill and their family any way they possibly can whether it is through kind words, bright smiles, or funny jokes; anything just to lighten the air and ...

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It exemplifies how government regulates much of how and what businesses can and cannot do. ... What they are doing is keeping an eye on the industry to make sure that no regulations do need to be imposed. ... So, what is a business in this situation supposed to do? ... For now however, businesses have the freedom to do what they want to, they may still face criticism and their business may be hurt from that. But you can't fault the businesses for using this technology until more convincing evidence does come about and genetic modification is proven to be harmful to the natural enviro...

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