These crops have been engineered to produce their own pesticides. "Many Americans have already begun to eat genetically engineered vegetables but research confirms that hardly any of us know it (Pollan 603)." ... Critics call the technology an example of a drive by agribusiness to make farmers dependent on them and the chemicals many of them produce. ... Although physicians are currently using gene therapy, they say that germ-line therapy would be much easier in finding the right place for the engineered genes (Joyce 623). ...

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When you have a reconstructed egg after somatic cell nuclear transfer has been performed, it is then treated with chemicals or electric current to induce cell division. ... Some say that cloning may be used as an attempt to improve the human race, or lead to engineered people that will help in specific purposes such as mass workers and military action. ... Along with the genetically engineered human comes people made for a specific future such as models, actors, and many other careers. ...

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" The chemical reactions inside the Graphene battery are amplified to regenerate at incredible speeds. ... Nanyang professor Rachid Yazami, who co-invented the lithium-graphite anodes used in lithium-ion batteries today, agrees that people need a more powerful battery than the one he helped engineer. ... One nanometer allows water molecules to pass through, but is too small for undesired chemicals. ...

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