Recombinant DNA

In 2004, the National Health and Medical Research Council (‘NHMRC’) banned sex selection on moral and social grounds, except in the case of a serious genetic condition. However, recent debates in Australia have led the NHMRC to consider the prospect of lifting the life ban. It is inherent in such a culturally diverse society that the public cannot reach one consensus. While some believe that sex selection is unethical for ‘moral’ purposes, others believe that it is an ethical means of hindering…

In her article “The Ethical Dilemma of Genetically Modified Food”, Valeria Jefferson presents the conflict society is currently facing in the matter of the inherent ethics of genetically modified food (GMF). She addresses points on both sides of the argument, giving the reader a broad overview of the facts. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are defined as plants and animals that have been altered at the genetic level for a specific purpose. That purpose could be to enhance resistance to…

Finding justice can be hard at times when you can't really seem to find out who did it or why they have done it. Most likely the person will not confess to their crimes. In the passage "Forensic: Evidence, Clues, and Investigation" written by Andrea Campbell, it shows that forensic evidence is one of the most reliable evidences in the court of justice today. These evidences have been practiced for hundreds of years and it is still going strong as of today. The question is, what exactly is…

Alopecia Areata Alopecia Areata is a common autoimmune disease that affects the hair growth. Although this disease is only passed through genetics, but it differs from a single-gene disease. Both parents have to contribute a certain number of specific genes in order for their child to get this disease. Because of this it is rarely passed from parent to child. Now for identical twins it is much different. There is a very low chance that both twins will get it. There is only a 55% for each…

The hypothesis of the experiment was that the molecular weight of N-acetyl-β-D-hexosaminidase would be around 28,000 kDa but to determine the molecular weight the concept of SDS-PAGE had to be understood. The movement of any charged particle through an electric field is determined by its net charge, its molecular radius and the magnitude of the applied field (7). Being that natively folded proteins are not molecular weight dependent, the proteins would be traveling at different speeds in an…

Kaitlyn Staub Mr. G Biology Honors 4 January 2016 Title The Effect of Different Music Genres on the Growth of the Bacteria Serratia marcescens Introduction Exploring the question of does music affect bacterial growth requires much research. The purpose of answering this question is to figure out how to slow down bacterial growth by music. Also, if needed, the purpose is to figure out how to speed up bacterial growth through music. The hypothesis is that if the bacteria Serratia marcescens…

Real-time PCR was performed with a LightCycler FastStart DNA Master SYBR Green I™ kit in a standard PCR reaction, as described by the manufacturer (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim Germany). Each reaction contained 3 mM MgCl2, 1 µM of each primer (primers for Mamavirus polymerase, Marseillevirus capsid, or Sputnik ORF20; table 1), and 5 µl of template DNA in a 20-µl PCR mixture. The amplification started with an initial denaturation step at 95° for 10 min,…

Natural selection is a change in organism over time that results in the rise of a new species. Natural selection drives the evolution of species by picking the ones that possibly have better benefits and can survive better. An example that shows how natural drives the evolution of species is the beetles. The beetles have two different colors that they can inherit from their parents. They can be in the color green or brown. The beetles will get eaten by crows depending on the environment they are…

are most technology based that I see include: Science as a means of control - Technology and science are used from the beginning with the test tubes and determining the intelligence of each person. The threat of genetic engineering – Manipulating DNA is a technological advancement and was done when the new world bred prescribed…

Cri Du Chat Syndrome Section 1 The genetic disorder Cri Du Chat stems from the deletion of a portion the p arm of chromosome 5 in the affected person. This deletion is seemingly spontaneous in most affected individuals. “Approximately 90% of cases results from a sporadic, or randomly-occurring, de novo deletion” (6. pg. 606). This deletion may include a fraction to the entire loss of the p arm of the fifth chromosome as a whole. Taking into consideration the very spontaneous nature of…