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Gene Therapy 2

In research facilities all around the world scientist are attempting to stop diseases at their very roots. Instead of trying to find drugs to cure illnesses they are trying to change the genes that cause the diseases. The process by which this is done is called gene therapy. Gene therapy is the ...

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PCR And Its Use

Often times, scientists only have a small amount of DNA to deal with when doing genetic research or studies. In these situations, scientists can do one of several things. One is to just try to work with it anyway, but this is nearly impossible (depending on how much there is). Ther are a couple ...

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Human Cloning

Cloning humans has recently become a possibility that seems much more feasible in today’s society than it was twenty years ago. It is a method that involves the production of a group of identical cells or organisms that all derive from a single individual (Wadman, 6). Ever since researchers ...

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The Truths of Human Genetic Editing

Human Genetic Editing - the controversial discovery that has got scientists all over the world debating about, yet, it’s only been tested on a small group of monkeys (Mullin). Human genetic editing is the act in which scientists inject bone marrow modified by an unregulated and fairly ...

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Genetically Modified Foods: Great Benefits

Genetically modified foods, or genetically engineered (GE) foods, are manipulated and scientists alter the genetic makeup to enhance the foods' nutritional value, boost their resistance to disease, insects and weeds, or lengthen their “shelf lives”, the length of time they remain edible before ...

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Human Genetic Engineering

What if you could design your child before it was even born? What if you could cut out any life threatening diseases, make sure that your child is not susceptible to smoking addictions or alcoholism, and then make your child genius? Would you? Are you asking yourself how this could be done? Have ...

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Capital Punishment Should Be A

E-mail: JohnHWhitehead@hotmail.com John H. Whitehead Professor Roth English 128 Whitehead 1 1 December, 1999 A Moratorium on The Death Penalty Should Be Enacted In Illinois Due to the recent releases of newly exonerated Death Row inmates, individuals and organizations are calling for a ...

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AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (), suppresses the immune system related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). A person infected with HIV gradually loses immune function along with certain immune cells called CD4 T-lymphocytes or CD4 T-cells, causing the infected person to ...

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The Case Against Capital Punis

E-mail: johnhwhitehead@hotmail.com John H. Whitehead Professor Roth Whitehead 1 A Moratorium on The Death Penalty Should Be Enacted In Illinois Due to the recent releases of newly exonerated Death Row inmates, individuals and organizations are calling for a moratorium- a cooling off period for ...

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"The World Today Seems To Be Going Crazy": The Unabomber's Manifesto

It was May 25th 1978, Terry Marker was on his usual patrol on campus at the University of Illinois. This earmark package, addressed to an engineering professor at Rensselaer from a material science professor at Northwestern, was found in a parking lot. What seemed like an insignificant ...

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Human Genome Project

Thesis: Large corporations, such as insurance companies, and governments are looking to save money on future policyholders through the use of genetic testing. General information on the Time of discussion leading up to implementation Who was involved Where does the funding come from Insurance ...

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Cloning 5

Is there a good side to human cloning? Technology is changing the world as we know it. Not all of these advances in technology are viewed as positive. One of the breakthroughs that has received mixed responses is the issue of cloning. There has been much debate on this topic, and the debate is ...

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Cloning

Is there a good side to human ? Technology is changing the world as we know it. Not all of these advances in technology are viewed as positive. One of the breakthroughs that has received mixed responses is the issue of . There has been much debate on this topic, and the debate is certain to rage ...

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Cancer

The articles “The Killer,” “Insurance,” and “The Enemy Within” all highlighted many concerns and problems that arise with . They not only introduce medical aspects, but also the societal aspects as well. The articles also told of many procedures and ideas that are currently being studied and ...

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AIDS And You

Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...

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All You Need To Know About AIDS

Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a senten,ce of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has been profoundly altered by it. ...

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AIDS And YOU

(May 1987) (this essay is in the public domain) Introduction: AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is at present a sentence of slow but inevitable death. I've already lost one friend to AIDS. I may soon lose others. My own sexual behavior and that of many of my friends has ...

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HIV

Like the majority of the American population I have lived in a cloud of ignorance about the and AIDS crisis. I have never know anyone close to me that has been infected with either of the two viruses. So when the option to research something to do with sexuality arouse I felt this would ...

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Cloning

is the production of a group of genetically identical cells or organisms, all descended from a single individual. The members of a clone have precisely the same characteristics, except where mutation and environmentally caused developmental variation have occurred. The DNA is precisley the same ...

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Should Cloning Be Permitted?

Should Human Cloning Be Permitted? For years, part of the American public, and humans in general, have been fascinated with the possibility of creating human life by other than natural means. There are many who strongly disagree with the idea of human cloning. It certainly wasn't surprising when ...

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