Genetic counseling

but also the descendants of those who were lucky enough to live. The living conditions and experiences the Jewish people faced in these concentration camps manipulated their gene expression and impacted the genetic code they would pass on to their offspring. Epigenetics and the transfer of genetic code seems to be very complicated in nature, and for that reason, many people cannot understand it. However, literature can help many of us grasp complex ideas, such as epigenetics. If we look at the…

The author moves onto state, based on the scientific research, genetic inheritance can pass down parents’ pre-conceptive stress to their offspring. This development is exciting considering it could expose a predisposition to stress disorders and opens an entirely new door for treatment possibilities. This popular press…

The position of potentiality is an argument held to defend the morality of a fetus. People who defend the argument of potentiality usually hold to the belief that the beginning of a moral life happens at conception. Potentiality is the argument that whatever abilities or characteristics and adult has, they have them by the development of what he already possessed from the outset. It is claimed that what one can become is a possibility based on what one is. Becoming is based first and…

undergo an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure to create an embryo while selecting the physical, cognitive, and behavioral traits they desire for their child-to-be (“The New Eugenics: The Case Against Genetically Modified Humans”). Although, as stated above, the appropriate accountability and oversight is mandated to those who disregard the regulatory reforms by each country. Gene therapy has also been noted that critics view gene therapy as the ability to “play god” which has the potential…

evolution. After reading this book I had a different definition on evolution. Evolution is the process of growth in DNA by natural selection in an organism that can cause genetic defects such as mutations. As I described evolution to me now is the process of growth in DNA by natural selection in an organism that can cause genetic defects such as mutations. I developed this definition by listening to class discussions and reading the Bill Nye book. Taking this course has allowed me to open my…

factors such as age, weight, medical history, daily lifestyle but it is also affected by their genetic makeup. Medications prescribed on the basis of one’s genetic information are effectual, efficient and practical and…

The film Gattaca created by Columbia Pictures is a movie featuring DNA manipulation. Gattaca begins with a young boy, who is seen as an invalid because he was not born using DNA manipulation to eliminate any genetic abnormalities. As he grows older he begins to dream of becoming an astronaut, so he can experience the freedom of space. However because of his classification as an invalid, he would never be accepted to such a program. Through the help of a third party individual Vincent, the…

They would then compare the results with the humans once they were used as test subjects. Animals have proven to be a source for testing since they have similar genetics and organ functions; however they have also proven to be difficult subjects for testing since they have different replications of disease and reactions. Animals’ genetic material is similar to the humans. Scientists are now beginning to use…

organisms do not survive over the generations. Although evolution occurs due to fitness in an individual or individuals of a species, an organism cannot survive over generations. Fitness is achieved through variations in populations of species through genetic differentiation (Scottville “n.d.”). Since the life cycle of all living organisms is to be born, survive, mate, and die, it is impossible for an organism to live through several generations. The mutation only allows for the organism to be…

In the course of over sixty years great strides have been made in genetic science: the discovery of the double helix in 1953 and the cracking of the genetic code in 1966. Denise Caruso of the Hybrid Vigor Institute in a 2008 essay stated that synthetic biology ‘bioengineers’ use biobricks “an inventory of parts…” can be used to “assemble and programmed to compel organisms to operate in specific ways” or create “custom chemicals that can later be ‘harvested’ from cells and sold” (1). A very…