James D. Watson

Everyone Can’t Be Super Seeking perfection in an imperfect world has been a massive dilemma in today’s society. The rapid development of technology in this generation has created many new opportunities for genetic engineering. In California, a personal-genomics organization has been awarded a U.S. patent for techniques used in fertility clinics to create babies with selected traits. This human modification will lead to the controversial idea of designer children with artificial attributes.…

Our Actions and Their Consequences Have you ever wanted to change yourself? You may want to rethink that. During the short story “Flowers for Algernon” by Daniel Keyes, Charlie undergoes a experimental surgery to increase his intelligence. The story is a collection of all of Charlie’s progress reports from before to after his surgery. He continually writes better and with more intellect, and then he begins to decline. He gets amnesia and other terrible symptoms, such as depression, and…

Deciding Actively Listening for the Public Voice, by Robert Cook-Deegan and Jane Maienschein, discusses the issue of genetic engineering and the ethical dilemma and how the United States, government, and people are interacting in the struggle of the ethics behind genetic engineering. The authors present the facts that genetic engineering has laid in the grey area ever since it was first brought to in lab, and still continues to sit in that grey area. Genetic Engineering will occasionally pop up…

In this essay I will attempt to compare, contrast, and evaluate the disciplines of genetic engineering and climate science, along with their potential significance. I will also defend my opinion that genetic engineering may have the greater long-term impact on human society and our understanding of nature, while also acknowledging the long-term impact of climate science. My conclusion will evaluate the potential of for both positive and negative impacts genetic engineering may have on human…

Zhu, Qinyun Humanities 1 #8025 Gattaca In the Science fiction film Gattaca, Vincent is a child who was given birth naturally and is known as a "God-child". Who is Anton? Anton is the second son who is Vincent 's brother and is a genetically modified person. He is Well-developed genetic medicine combines the best of eggs and sperm. Why did Vincent ' parents genetically engineer their second son? What 's wrong with Vincent? As soon as Vincent was born, he was diagnosed abnormalities with several…

Jacob Reed Ms. Taylor Green Chemistry I December 9, 2016 The Life of Rosalind Franklin Rosalind Elsie Franklin was born on July 25th, 1920 into an class family in London, England. Born as the second of five children to Ellis Arthur Franklin and Muriel Frances Waley, Rosalind had science involved in her life from a young age as her father Arthur, who was an investment banker, also taught lessons about electricity and magnetism at London’s Working Men’s College. Rosalind’s education was mostly…

Genetically Modified Food as a Way of Feeding the Rich Genetic modification is a huge step in human evolution, but, unfortunately, it is not clear to what direction the step is made. The whole idea of genetic modification is to invent organisms that can adapt to any natural disasters, and, most likely, it is the only way to deal with hunger. However, if we were capable and knowledgeable enough to distinguish genetically modified foods from natural ones, what would we choose? Obviously, we would…

Another writer, Alice Rawsthorn, asks what the true definition of an artist is in this modern world, deciding that it can be anyone. Through her piece, “Can Anybody be a Designer?” Rawsthorn discusses “Unnamed,” an exhibition held in South Korea. This exhibition explores innovation in places that one would normally never look; the code involved in a computer virus can be just as majestic as a rainbow barcode where each color signifies one of the four nucleotides of DNA (adenine, thymine, guanine…

twisted-ladder structure” of DNA, by James Watson and Francis Crick, constitutes one of the greatest breakthroughs in the history of science. The discovery has given rise to the molecular biology of today and generated new insights into genetic coding upon which today’s multi-billion dollar biotechnology industry is founded. It laid the groundwork for other scientific achievements, including modern forensics and the mapping of the human genome. All of this is thanks to Watson and Crick, and…

Genetic human identification and modification should be allowed, to a small extent. Genetic modification should be allowed if born with diseases or any other life-threatening factors. Genetic identification should be allowed to identify one’s birth gender, but transexuality (changing one’s gender) should not be allowed at birth. Genetic modification should be allowed if one is born with diseases so they can have a better life. For example, from the movie Gattaca, Vincent Anton Freeman was born…