No one is able to tell from this moment if the future of genetic engineered life will be safe. ... Changing the genes in one generation doesn't necessarily mean the change for generations to come. "Genetic therapy risks great harm for many in future generations, and that there is not sufficient harm prevented to justify these risks. Genetic therapy, like genetic enhancement, not only is permanent during the entire lifetime of the affected individual, the transgene become inheritably transmitted to countless members of future generations."" ... You may be able to alter the "bad gene- ...

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Historical events and individuals play a significant role in how the future is shaped. ... Home remedies passed down from generation to generation were used to treat diseases. ... Dedication to a specific tissue or organ increases the ability to learn about new potential diseases, treatments, or complete prevention of disease in future generations. ... His ability to put together historical medical information, surgical procedures, and hygienic treatments was beneficial for the future of medicine (pg. 152). ... Much has been constructed from the past but future development can be molded by the...

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The Tech, Museum of Innovation illustrates how many diseases are passed on from our older generations. ... In the most encouraging and possibly not so distant future, post-birth medical applications are to enhance the drug delivery throughout the body. ... Eliminating illness and future diseases in an unborn is critical to ensure that the baby grows up healthy. ... These results illustrate clearly what future research in such domain could accomplish. ... Scientific American summarizes very well why research is needed, "We need to explore its potential to avert the horrors of genetic disea...

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It is impossible to predict the impact of genetic food, it is a matter of waiting for and observing future consequences. ... It can never be reversed or cleaned up; genetic mistakes will be passed on to all future generations of a species. ... We must take precautionary action if we are to protect ourselves, and all generations to come. ...

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Silver says that he can see a day a few centuries from now when there are two species of humans - the standard "naturals," (Deneen 2001) and the "gene-enriched" (Deneen 2001) an elite class whose parents bought for them designer genes, and whose parents before them did the same, and so on for generations. ... (Deneen 2001) What parents would see as a simple, although pricey, way to improve their children would result, after many generations of gene selection, in a large change by the year 2400 - humans would be two distinct species, related as humans and chimps are today, and just as unable ...

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"Facing Your Genetic History" By: Siergio Pistoi Sergio Pistoi makes a brilliant point by establishing the advantages of genetic testing by giving us an example of a woman who's cardiac disease could not be detected with EKG's, but only through genetic testing. In the past 30 years, we have ...

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There are powerful leaders in every generation who will seek to abuse this technology for their own purposes making cloning extremely dangerous to pursue. There are so many dangers and health risks that come along with cloning that continuing to experiment with it is only asking for trouble in the future. ...

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When interviewing members of society, the older generations always had more to say about the topic. The younger generation of Kauai's society, from the age 18-35 did not have much to say or care very much about GMO's being as they were not affected by the GMO's. ... " Government officials are trying to pass the bill to ban GMO's because research claims that GMO's will effect the community next to the crops being sprayed are going to have future health issues like diabetes's or an individual's immune system may become resistant to antibiotics. ...

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Somatic gene therapy involves the manipulation of gene expression in cells, but this correction is not inherited by the next generation. Germline gene therapy; this involves the genetic modification of germ cells that will pass the change on to the next generation. ... To bring gene therapy out of the shadows and prepare a marketing plan for it use in the future a biotech company such as Titan needs to educate the population on the facts and ethical issues about gene therapy, monitor regulation of gene therapy and develop the technology and alliances that will guarantee the prosperity of futur...

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Furthermore, people are concern because scientists also want to clone headless human bodies as a future source of organs. ... Also another concern is that "if scientist in one nation are genetically altering unborn children, wouldn't be hard for other nations to resist joining in a "genetic arm race" to developed a new generation better able to compete in the global economy-or in war- (Wagner B23). ... It is possible that our children's children's children will be engineered to live longer and be healthier, stronger and more intelligent than any generation before them" (Crenson ...

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Some might say this is why the Third Generation Principle came to be. ... Galton advocated what is called positive eugenics -- improving future generations by encouraging the "best" in society to have more children. ...

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In a way or the other I think that between the ages 12 and 21, every one undergoes a test, which will reflect ones future, and show a clear path towards what one will be in the future. ... Our future generation can still be saved, not by giving them more drugs but by improving and advancing our war on drugs. ...

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Since they are almost exactly the same as the originals there shouldn't be any need for special labeling for genetically altered food in the future. ... If detected, an abortion is performed, which in turn will effect genetic inheritance of future generations" (Singer and Wells 156). ... The future is the key. ...

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The Food War It is finally the Christmas time, the holiday that you have been longed for! For this special time of the year, you are going to visit your best friend in USA. She knows you love soybean juice and fries more than anything else; therefore, she surprises you with a hash brown-a...

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This could stop the formation of certain dieses such as Autisim, Cystic Fibrosis and other passed down dieases from generation to genertation. ... Genetic egineering has its great benfits and seems as if it will be a everyday procedure used in the future. ...

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One of the major concerns in genetic engineering is to ensure that the gene which is inserted in an organism will be passed on from one generation to the next, so that it will potentially improve over time. ... There are many arguments in favor of the use of genetic engineering in the future. ... If the genes can be identified, they could potentially be removed, eliminating the disease in the future. ...

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This mutant strain would breed successfully because it would have no other competition and can pass the gene to future generations. ... Issue related to genetically engineering cotton for insect resistance The subject of developing new varieties of plants raises the issue of whether companies should be able to patent the techniques used to make transgenic plants for future profits. ...

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Information generated and technologies developed will revolutionize future biological explorations. ... Generations of biologists and researchers will be provided with detailed DNA information that will be helping them to understand the structure, organization, and function of DNA in chromosomes. ... The information we gain from these types of studies will then allow us to develop new technology that will revolutionize future biological explorations. ...

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When you think of cloning, what comes to your mind? Is it of a person unnaturally identical to you? Well I will let you in on a secret, cloning DNA will not produce an identical person. Your personalities will be different so will your talents. In fact, identical twins are more alike then a clon...

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One misconception regarding evolution is that it is only the result of natural selection. What many people don't realize, is that there are actually five contributing factors that result in the evolution of a species: mutations, gene flow, sex, small population size, and natural selection. Genetic ...

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