Find an article on one of the following topics
Viruses
Stem Cells
Cloning organisms
Give a short summary of the article and include the url
Month: July 2020
Human Genetic Engineering Summer 2020
As shown in the video you watched, recent experiments claim that two babies have been born that were genetically engineered to resist HIV infection. Should this or any similar genetic modifications (which can be passed from generation to generation unlike standard gene therapy such as the one used to treat the woman with the vision problems ) be allowed for humans?
DNA Testing Survey
Suppose all we had was your DNA. Could we tell
(A) Your eye color?
(B) Whether you would get type 2 diabetes? (In type 2 diabetes, the person makes but does not respond to insulin. It is usually associated with poor diet and lack of exercise
(C) Whether you would get sickle cell anemia?
(D) How tall your are?
(E) Whether you would get cystic fibrosis
(F) Whether you would be a good sprinter?
(Take a look at this)
(G) What your skin color is? (use information from the human skin color exercise, if you did it)
(H) Whether you would be a good chess player?
(I) What else might we able to tell?
