When Dr. James Thomson succeeded in isolating human embryonic stem cells in 1998, he probably did not suspect that his unusual discovery, would fan the flames of new discussions over the sacredness of human life. Named the Breakthrough of the Year for 1999 by the prestigious journal Science, human...

The science of biology has evolved to the point today that an animal's basic nature can be quickly and permanently changed by altering its generic structure. The possibilities that the genetic engineering of animals can bring us is endless; from the Harvard-Dupont mouse prone to developing ca...

Bioethics and Genetic Engineering By the year 2025, the world's population will be approximately 7.4 billion people and 2 million clones. What seems like something from a bad science fiction movie could, indeed, be a reality based on how quickly technology is growing in the area of...

Should Scientists Be Allowed to Clone Children? The cloning procedure involves taking an unfertilized egg from a female, removing the nucleus, which contains most of the genetic information, and replacing it with the nucleus of a cell from the adult person to be cloned. The most difficult part is t...

We have seen comic material in the movies and on television. The entertainment industry usually shows it in a humorous situation such as Danny Devito and Arnold Schwannager as genetically engineered twins while Michael Keaton was duplicated to make his life easier. Cloning is only achieved after int...

Cloning A clone is a cell, group of cells, or organism that is descended from and genetically identical to a single ancestor. Or to look at in another view, a clone is a copy, an organism descended asexually form a single ancestor. There are different types of cloning however, and cloning tec...

In our society today there are many topics that are very controversial and stir up heated arguments. When you think of these issues, things like abortion and the death penalty come to mind. The leaps and bounds made in the advancement of technology that must be discussed and decided upon, this will ...

Ethical Concerns of Genetic Research Throughout the course of the last several centuries, science and religion have been at odds with one another. During the Enlightment era, much conflict arose as to what constituted Earth- its shape, size and position in relation to the sun. In the 19th cent...

CloningA research company has reported that it has cloned the first human embryo. Its goal was to produce genetically matched replacement calls to help patients with a wide variety of diseases. The company, Advanced Cell Technology (ACT) of Worcester, Massachusetts claims that its intention is not t...

Discuss why some skin disorders can show a mosaic pattern of expression and others do not? In May 1998, an international symposium was held in Marburg, Germany, to discuss the growing research interest in Mosaicism in Human Skin. At this symposium, the work of Alfred Blaschko and Rudolf Happle wa...

A clone is an organism, or group of organisms derived from another organism by an asexual (nonsexual) reproductive process. A group of cells stemming from a single cell is also called a clone. Usually the members of a clone are identical in their inherited characteristics. An example of clone is ide...

Biotechnology is an unstoppable reality, and it should be something closely watched (Thompson). Biotechnology concerns human beings, problems concerning plants, animals and the environment. There is a great range of issues and topics when talking about biotechnology. However, the main question is wh...

One of the serious hereditary disorders that have been like a nightmare for some parents, when affecting their child, is the muscular dystrophy disorder. Various medical fields are going to be dealing mainly with genes and hereditary disorders, muscular dystrophy being one of them, as they are beco...

Genetic Enhancement: Out of Our Reach How would you feel knowing that a child was killed before it even had a chance to live, or knowing that food you are eating can cause some kind of un-curable disease in the next couple of years? As you know, scientists are always researching new products t...

ENCYCLOPÆDIA BRITANNICA reproduction process by which organisms replicate themselves. In a general sense reproduction is one of the most important concepts in biology: it means making a copy, a likeness, and thereby providing for the continued existence of species. Although...

Background The term 'Designer Baby' is not a scientific term, it is a term created by the media to describe conception techniques other than traditional. The techniques used give parents more control over what their babies will be like. These techniques have been available due to adva...

We have seen comic material in the movies and on television. The entertainment industry usually shows it in a humorous situation such as Danny Devito and Arnold Schwarzennager as genetically engineered twins while Michael Keaton was duplicated to make his life easier. Cloning is only achieved afte...

Cloning is a process used to obtain an identical organism asexually. The clone it produces does not only look and think like its donor, its DNA is identical. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid. It is the substance that contains the genetic information for most organisms. In other words, it con...

Molecular Biotechnology in Our Life If you have had a can of soft drink, ate a fruit, or took some head ache medicine this morning - then it's very likely you have used a genetically enhanced product. Genetics is a part of biotechnology that manipulates biological organisms to make products...

Advancements in the medical field have given us the ability to treat and cure certain diseases. In the near future one may be able to have a child who is immune to all diseases by using reprogenics. Through reprogenics one may also choose the sex of their child, what their child will look like, an...

Cloning--Our Next GenerationSome people believe that biologists are cloning human embryos only to see how far they can go, but in actuality, there are many legitimate reasons for investing cloning. Embryologists believe that research into cloning could help improve the life of future generations. I ...

If we were meant to be perfect, then why doesn't god make us so? Paul says that we should rejoice in our weakness because it gives us reason to want to get closer to God. One might argue that we now have the means to "improve" on God's work, to help those in need lead a more ...

Human cloning has always caught the public imagination even though scientists are afraid of the public's reaction. For years, scientists have been telling us that human cloning was impossible and would never be possible. Yesterday's science fiction is today's reality. Human cloning means designer ...

Cloning Is cloning ethical? the majority of the world would say no but the medical research possibilities associated with it are endless. In 1997 when Dolly the lamb was born we began to think, wow if it's possible to clone an animal, why not a human in the future? It soon became known that it was p...

As our technology continues to advance, breakthroughs in medicine are discovered. With these new developments, serious ethical and moral questions arise. Advancements in genetic engineering, reproductive technologies, cloning, organ transplanting, and human experimentation are all causes of concern....