Today, scientists and inventors are driven by the desire to improve human living quality for the future. ... The development of Graphene is one large advancement that could revolutionize human energy consumption for the future. ... Equally important, we can now drastically cut down the toxic waste generated by disposed batteries, since our batteries last 10 times longer than the current generation of lithium-ion batteries.... The future of modern medicine heavily relies on not only understanding DNA, the language of life, but being fluent in this language. ... I am impressed by its activity pr...

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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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Also once one generation of altered humans is devoid of any genetic diseases this will make the disease absent in future generations. ... I feel that the movie Gattaca serves as a brief look into the future that shows the negatives of genetic engineering if man gets too carried away and decides to make perfect people. ...

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Further, type 4 genetic intervention, if successful, could assure that the enhancement would be passed on to succeeding generations. ... They also believe that germline gene modification is not something that will be possible in the near future. ... Danks is the Director of the Murdoch Institute for Research into Birth Defects, Limited at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. he finds "no significant place for germ-line gene therapy in the treatment of genetic disease, and it is quite wrong to suggest that the present methods of gene therapy would allow the correction t...

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The fitness can be determined by the presence of certain genotypes and phenotype in future generations. Genetic drift occurs when there is fluctuation in gene frequencies from generation to generation. ...

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Also, the changes will affect the future generation and they would have to live with that changes. ... The second gene therapy does not have any affect on the future generation at all. ... Doctors do not yet know of the impact of this gene change on the patient and future generations. ... It is unknown of what will happen to the gene pool in the future. ... One of the major issues is whether or not the gene therapy will have any effect on the overall gene structure of the patient and the change in gene structures of the future generation. ...

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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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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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This was soon followed by the introduction of new generation sequencing and the use of barcode adapters in sequencing complex libraries corresponding. ... Genotype by sequencing is specific in its nature since it only uses new generation sequencing of complex bar-coded DNA libraries whose representation has been reduced. ... Restriction Association DNA Baird, (2008), first introduced restriction enzymes for use in reducing complexity of the genomes with the combination of new generation sequencing. ... These challenges led to the combination of the RAD and new generation sequencing in develop...

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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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Genes constitute a blueprint of our possibilities and limitations, the legacy of generations of our ancestors, our genes carry the key to our similarities and uniqueness. ... This version of gene therapy could cause changes in our species because the alterations are passed on from generation to generation. ... By drawing a vile of blood, you would be able to know your future. ...

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Baby embryos and their genes are at stake and also their future because if we alter their genes, we may not know what's in store for them later in life. ... Thomas Shannon says, #" Genetic engineering offers the promise of a substantive improvement in the quality of the life of future generations as well as an improvement in the quality of the life of future generations as well as an improvement in the quality of our environment." ... What would happen to the baby in the future if they did succeed in genetic engineering. ... If we don't go into genetic engineering, we won't know...

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After they know what the protein does, a ways in the future, they can possibly even correct the error by replacing it with a healthy functioning gene and get that cell to multiply in the area the important protein is needed. ... After one generation or two the separation will start to occur. The first generation will have the very best of the last then the next will have the very best of the previous, the separation would be enormous. ... The government will need to step in and prevent the major class separation by being able to pick the zygote with the most desired traits, or even further in ...

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If genetic engineering is done on reproductive cells, children could be kept from carrying the genes that are responsible for a specific disease, and, therefore, prevented from carrying those diseases to future generations [CITATION Mat12 p 576-579 l 1033 ]. ...

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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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Gene therapy can be used for several things , such as to eliminate disease , cancer , HIV , AID and probably some other type of things that hasn't been discovered or even can fully cure these problems in the near future. ... Germline therapy would change the genetic pool of the entire human species, and future generations would have to live with that change. But due to the difficulties and problems of germline therapy , it's unlikely that germline therapy would be tried on humans in the near future. ...

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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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Meiotic recombinations that always occur take place during gamete generation, may separate a disease-associated gene and a marker DNA sequence which is used to detect mutated genes. ... Doctors and genetic counselors who will use these tests in the future, should be well informed about newly emerging tests. 2. ... Because it is intensely related with the future life of the girl, her consent should be taken. ... So, strike of the disease may skip generations or at least some individuals. ...

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Although outside factors such as one's social life, career goals, or parental influence may help effect the decisions a person makes, genetics determine the basic make-up of a person's future. ... Case studies have been performed to reveal that depression can be transferred from generation to generation. ... In the book McCandless states So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, ...

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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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Article 3: "Penicillin, a First-Generation Biotechnology" Quote "We are in England in 1927. ... However, if used correctly and morally, cloning may become quite useful for the future. ... This article make me wonder; what are the future uses for cloning and how can it be beneficial? ...

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