For example, genetic technology can and has been used to determine the capacity of a person to contract certain diseases, such as sickle-cell anemia, which could cause many employers to hesitate in the hiring and training of such people. ... The complexity of scientific evidence, especially DNA profiling, has also caused many problems within the legal profession. ... People need to familiarize themselves with today's scientific research rather than relying on the credentials of a scientific expert witness. ... Lawyers need to increase their scientific knowledge and keep up with ...

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Advancements made through scientific discovery will yield new and powerful technological innovations, ultimately securing an abundance filled, prosperous future. Major technologies are converging and advancing exponentially fast. Vivek Wadhwa, Vice President of Academics and Innovation at Singularity University, says, "These exponential technologies will help us solve many of humanity's grand challenges.... In addition to developing technologies for energy conservation and water purification, it is imperative that we continue to make similar size strides in the science behind human h...

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The scientific technology of cloning is the artificial production of organisms with the same genetic information. The technology behind cloning is called nuclear transfer. ... Scientists are currently using this technology and with many species. ...

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Farmers are obligated to sign a Monsanto technology agreement with the company that prohibits farms from sharing (accidentally or not) seeds with their neighbors (Monsanto Company, 2012). ... It could be said that without these scientific advances we would be much worse off as a population. The scientific research is so limited to corporations whose motivation is to make large profits for shareholders. ...

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In today's world, our scientific discoveries have taken us far enough to be able to prevent inherited diseases that people are born with as a result of their gene makeup. ... Genetic engineering is inherently controversial because it involves the scientific manipulation of life on a very basic level. ... This statement clearly leaves out many controversial issues such as cloning and "designer" babies, but as technology grows, maybe so will society and their views. ...

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Although transgenic mice, DNA knockouts, and other advances in the germ-line gene transfer in animals might cause one to think that germline genetic manipulation is just around the corner, several important technical problems need to be resolved before this technology could be considered for human trials. ... (2) Parental autonomy and access to available technologies for purposes of having a healthy child... (3) Germ-line gene modification more efficient and cost-effective than somatic cell gene therapy (4) Freedom of scientific inquiry and intrinsic value of knowledge They a...

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Environment, Technology, and Society Imagine this; "talking to yourself" could take on a whole new meaning if exact human cloning is made possible. ... (Teoh) Other scientific benefits are the possibility to create people with identical genetic makeup so they can act as organ donors others. ... Using this type of technology to help people is no different than having a test tube baby in my eyes, so why should it not be allowed? ... If the technology were to get into the wrong hands this could be a real threat to society. ...

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For nearly a century, cloning has been the subject of popular fiction even though the technology was lacking in reality. ... However, the traits a culture values and finds favorable are not fixed; these traits change with the nature of the economy and technology as well as fashion. ... With the rise of industrialism and later high technology, brainpower became more valuable. ... Indeed, a division in humanity between the natural (i.e., sexually borne) and the unnatural (i.e., scientifically borne) is a great concern. ...

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Genes for Sale! Levi, Wrangler, or Genomes? There is a hot debate raging in Iceland! The government of Iceland has passed a law enacting the creation of a national health database. When the bill was first proposed, it only required medical and family genealogy records to be included into a databa...

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Genetic engineering is the "Scientific alteration of the structure of genetic material in a living organism. ... They would allow human manipulation of our genes arguing that Jesus was a healer and we are just using technology to take this a step further. ...

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Bioethicist and Scientific American advisory board member Arthur Caplan raises the question: will this lead to an increase of terminated pregnancies that otherwise would have been born (Beware the Destiny Test)? ...

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