The Ethical Implications of the Human Genome Project Science has had an impact on all aspects of our lives including man himself. ... The goal of The Human Genome Project is to identify and understand the genetic makeup of man. ... Genetics achieved its first foothold on the secrets of nature's evolutionary process, when an Austrian Monk named Gregor Mendel developed the basics of how genetics work. ... Today there are many controversies relating to gene therapy and the ethical implications of the Human Genome Project. ... One of the most feared applications is that of the "improveme...

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Human cloning can give that ability back to her! ... Banning human cloning is just like banning life. ... Lives ending short will no longer be a problem, because human cloning research has unlocked the "fountain of youth" and could make humans immortal. ... All this and more could be lost if we ban human cloning. ... When scientists proceed to clone humans, they take on the role of portraying God, trying to create human beings in their own ideal image. ...

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Nature vs. Nurture: Do They Mold Who We Become? When it comes to Nature vs. Nurture there are two words that come to mind: Heredity and Environment. Scientist and experts believe that these two subjects are the main ingredients to making us who we are and who we become. When scientist and exp...

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Since nature is the most complex thing in this world, and DNA is part of the nature, altering DNA can also be considered altering nature as a whole. Many scientists believe that DNA should not be altered or major consequences in the world may occur because the equilibrium created by nature could change for the worse [CITATION Eli11 p 544-550 l 1033 ]. However, this is not just about changing the nature. ... However, how many times has the human being already changed the environment? ... The human being has built cities where forests and jungles were before; the human being has destroyed ecosys...

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For centuries scientists have always been curious as to what makes a human being human; what is it that makes each individual unique? ... In February of 2001, there was yet another breakthrough that changed the world's view of genetics, the completion of The Human Genome Project (Human Genome Project). The Human Genome shows the complete set of deoxyribonucleic acids (DNA) it takes to form a human being. ... On the pro side, the full genetic code should be left to the digression of the parents; while on the other hand; the genome should be withheld letting nature take its course. ... Th...

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Clones are present in human life as well as nature. ... Many things are human related which will effect the whole population of Earth. Others may just affect animals and not humans. ... Nature could also benefit by saving an endangered species or helping sick animals. ... Some people have an opinion that we"re taking nature into our own hands and that we shouldn't mess with nature. ...

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In fact, people do not realize that early humans used biotechnology 10,000 years ago. Early humans were producing beer, wine, bread, and yogurt by means of fermentation. ... Green biotechnology is very important part in prolonging human life. ... New medicines have extended human lives greatly. ... Medicine has extended humans lives significantly. ...

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That corn aside from being eaten by humans, are also fed to the animals that we eat, such as cows and chicken. ... For that reason is why Jeffry Smith says that "GMO's replace nature and eliminates billions of years of evolution" (Monsanto Voted..). ... Monsanto is a company that focuses mainly on genetically modified organisms to replace nature. ... The test proves that GMO's are unsafe for human health, and therefore should be labeled or banned. ... Besides the fact that GMO's shouldn't exist due to its dangerous and invasive nature it is wrong that in the Unite...

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Technologies already exist that could alter the nature of the human species. ... Technologies exist that enable scientists to change plants, animals, and even human beings at the gene level. ... From one end to the other, consumers are in revolt over the prospect of a future in which nature has somehow been altered by people holding test tubes. ... The European controversy might have come from the 19th century philosophy that "nature is as wise as man." ... Many people need organs and scientists could genetically alter pig hearts and kidneys to be transplanted in to humans. ...

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Human beings have always tried to find solutions to their problems, and examples of those nuisances are illnesses and diseases. ... However, I see reproductive cloning as insulting to humanity, since it shows no respect to ethics and nature. ... Using cloning techniques on humans could lead to many other consequences. ... As ironic as it would seem, humans are incapable to explain some phenomena and justify it as God's miracles. ... In my point of view, I think that parents will loose any feelings of anxiety of having a baby under the random circumstances of nature. ...

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One may argue that humans have no right to intervene with evolution because of the way it allows the setting aside of species barriers. ... All in all, transgenic organisms are designed not to harm nature's delicate balance but to enhance it for the good of it's inhabitants. ... Scientists just want to be involved with genetic engineering so that they can create the ultimate human beings, or superhumans. ... Many may argue that this procedure is interfering with the decision of nature in creating this child. ... The gospel teaches that trying to alter a human being with technology c...

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These chemicals can be very expensive, create dust clouds and more importantly, diminish the effect of antibiotic medications to human body. ... These experimental combinations of genes from different species that cannot occur in nature are modified in the laboratory to enhance characteristics such as increased resistance to herbicides or improved nutritional content which has been a hot topic ever since their introduction in 1980. ... Also, humans and animals that consume those plants ingest those toxins. ... A concern that GMO's bring to human health is allergens. ... Much like cigarett...

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According to Nicholas Agar, this could also lead to another detrimental problem in the future that puts designer humans inimical to naturally born humans. Furthermore, at the end of his article Agar discusses a scenario where in the future designer humans run the world and see regular humans as second class citizens only worthy to clean up after them. An even abysmal scenario that he brings up is where designer humans view regular humans in the way that we currently view chimpanzees. This could mean natural humans are unequal and suitable for medical experiments. ... The problem first sought ...

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Humans have evolved tremendously within the last three hundred thousand or so years. ... As fellow human beings, it is imperative that we cherish our lives and understand that human life is unique and should not be tampered with. Life is a gift, something we gratefully accept from nature, not a tool that we experiment with. ... We are dealing with human life, not food, not medicine, not animals. ... Who has given us the right to modify the life of another fellow human? ...

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People's View and God's View of Bioethics What is normal for the human race? ... Why are other organisms similar to that of humans? ... Cancer becomes an expression of our essential nature." ... Every species wasn't specially created, nor were humans? ... On the website I found an article called "Human Cloning and Human Disunity: An Ethical Inquiry. ...

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Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. ... Chances are no one factor or study can alone explicate and clarify the human sexual orientation. ... The nature of homosexuality primarily comes from one's biological sexual orientation and the environment is just a source to bring forth or repress the behavior Many researchers and scientists have long search for the distinguishable brain structures, the biochemistry in the human brains to diff...

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Homosexuality Homosexuality- The Major Cause of Homosexuality The origins of human sexuality and homosexuality in particular have puzzled philosophers, theologians and ordinary people for thousands of years. ... Chances are no one factor or study can alone explicate and clarify the human sexual orientation. ... The nature of homosexuality primarily comes from one's biological sexual orientation and the environment is just a source to bring forth or repress the behavior Many researchers and scientists have long search for the distinguishable brain structures, the biochemistry...

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HUMAN AWARENESS ESSAY. ... This is related to humans as consumers of these foods we are obviously interested in the effects of genetic manipulation on animal tissue. ... This led to the discovery of the "double helix" nature of DNA and it's mechanism of replication. ... The transfer of some genetic material does not alter the nature of the organisms therefore it cannot be considered as crossing species...

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Today, scientists and inventors are driven by the desire to improve human living quality for the future. ... Previous to the human genome project, our knowledge of biological systems was quite limited. This international effort to decode the human genome opened the doors for scientists around the world. ... As scientists continue to learn more about DNA, their studies will not be limited to human DNA. ... " These findings prove that "despite increasingly sophisticated techniques to design medications in the lab, Mother Nature is still the best drug designer....

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Religious groups may also argue that the cloning of humans goes against g-d, since human beings are not the creation of man. ... Nature itself is the greatest cloning agent. ... Very limited experimentation has been done on human embryos. ... There is little known about adult human DNA cloning. After more research there are many possible ways that human DNA cloning can help human kind. ...

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For the first time the cloning of a whole human being seems really possible. ... Eugenics is concerned with the social direction of human evolution. ... The goal of eugenics was to create a superior human being, and with this creation, to in time create a superior human race. ... They change with the nature of the economy and technology, as well as with fashion. ... The issue of experimentation is not dead in human cloning. ...

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Recently, with the successful cloning of Dolly the sheep, many suspect that clones of humans or human parts will soon be realized- if not already. ... Basic elements of early eugenic belief are still used today in discussions about cloning humans. For example, selective breeding (i.e., propagation of humans with certain favorable genetic traits) is thought to be an effective means of improving the overall superiority of the human species. ... 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 f...

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It is not only farmers anyone who has ever taken aspirin or planted flowers or watered there lawn has manipulated nature in a way, but this is only the beginning of genetic manipulation these are just the ideas it was started on. ... A few years after they wereable to clone human insulin they cloned the human growth hormone and a tumor fighting protein. ... Genetic Manipulation has the potential to cure all of these, in fact the European Genome Project believes that within 15 years they will be able to identify and treat all diseases that humans are susceptible. ... Human Genome Project funded...

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Will it become part of our everyday routine to start producing human bodies for spare parts? ... In other words, it duplicates the process that nature itself uses to produce twins or even triplets. ... They claim that according to the Bible, cloning of animals is much different than that of cloning humans (Macklin 66). One such argument is that of Genesis 2:6 and 2:8, God entrusts humans with control over the animals, but humans are never told to have the same kind of control over other humans (Cloning 3). ... It is working to develop a "super" pig whose organs would interchange with those ...

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He studies the nature and cause of illness or disease by analyzing body tissues and fluids. ... A forensic anthropologist is the one who studies the human body. ... Human or biological evidence can be determined by any clues coming from a human being. ... First, the anthropologist must identify if the bones are human. ... The first step is to determine whether the blood is human. ...

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