What Is The Relationship Between Genetics And Genetics

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Cloning and Genetic
Have you ever felt like you could be better than you are right now, or wondered why your not as good as other people on certain projects? Ever wondered why we have not found a cure to cancer or a cure to Aids? For me I have always imagined asking a genie in a bottle for different wishes, most for money and things I cannot afford. But I have also wished many a times for a better body, to be more gifted in athletic activities, and I would love to have different hair colors. I always had to tell myself, “Look this is who you are. Suck it up!”.
My junior year of high school, I registered for a science class, on human bio. In that class my teacher went over the human body and we learned how different we are from one another. He mentioned Genes every now and then, explaining how they helped build our structure and make us differ from our siblings. One day in class a fellow classmate of mine asked how come traits like diabetes are still consistent with certain families. He explained our genetic
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They would be thrown into the category of mad scientists, baby killers, and monsters. Worst of all is the FBI would consistently worn them of threats on their lives and congress was constantly trying to pass laws that would name them Federal Criminals. Doctor West was extremely graphic in his stance on cloning he was known to quote, in his own words, "I feel as if all my loved ones are trapped in a burning building, dying of diseases like diabetes and heart disease," he says. "I have the fire extinguisher--the therapeutic cloning technology--that can save them, but people are trying to take it out of my hands."(Fischer, 3)These men were donating their lives to try and find cures to many diseases and they were trying with all of their might to find ways to help families who could not conceive a

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