Human Cloning Is It Ethical Or Is It Beneficial or Devastating Human cloning is a big issue in the world today. This has been a controversial issue over the possibilities that, human cloning would become the greatest breakthrough in the scientific world, or is it unet...

What role does genetics play in the determination of someone's height? This can be answered with one simple answer. A person's height is factored mainly by genetics, but also that individual's environment. For instance, when my mother wanted to have a baby she stopped smoking, drinking soda and cof...

Genetic engineering. Is this a genius procedure or simply a case of impatience and hunger for money? After doing further research on the topic, I\'ve found myself torn between opinions about whether or not genetic engineering is practical. The conclusion that I have personally come to is that aside...

Jones 1 The Pros of Biotechnology Biotechnology can be used to help humans. As essayist Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart write "biotechnology can be used to cure rare diseases." Biotechnology can be used to help any form of life from plants to animals and even food. For more than three bi...

I'll be the first to admit it, I'm a skeptic of the worst kind; it's just my nature, I guess. So, I guess it goes without saying that I'm not impressed with all the recent hype about the Human Genome Project. People have gone so far as to hail the HGP as "the cure" for...

Studies of identical twins, particularly if the twins are separated at birth, are thought to provide some insight into the nature versus nurture debate. Twins have the same genetic material, but may be brought up in different home environments. There have been some controversial, small studies of tw...

Barth SyndromeBarth Syndrome is a genetic disorder that only effect males. It is an X-linked ressive genetic condition. A mother that carries the genetic code for Barth Syndrome will never show signs or symptoms of it. She will always pass it to her daughters, and will have a fifty- percent chance o...

Benefits of Genetically Modified OrganismsWe live in a world that is constantly changing and advancing thanks to technological advancements, especially in the field of molecular genetics. Today, we are discovering and implementing new ways to overcome the ill-fated symptoms develop...

Jones 1The Pros of BiotechnologyBiotechnology can be used to help humans. As essayist Cecie Starr and Ralph Taggart write "biotechnology can be used to cure rare diseases." Biotechnology can be used to help any form of life from plants to animals and even food. For more than three billion years, n...

Horizontal Gene TransmissionFor centuries, humankind has made improvements to crop plants through selective breeding and hybridization, the controlled pollination of plants. Plant technology is an extension of this traditional plant breeding with one important difference, plant biotechnology allow...