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The Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering

fictional, of course, yet it brings home some very interesting points regarding genetic engineering. First, agriculture has turne...

Developing a Genetic Vaccine for Malaria

pathogen"; that is, they have to be able to counter the disease if it mutates (Ivory and Chadee, 2004). As noted above, its been d...

How Cultures Play A Role Where Emotions Are Concerned

only one child per family --otherwise leaving the parents to face fines, taxes and the absence of governmental support -- has been...

Watson’s DNA

this puzzle. While the article appears overall to be accurate, in that the author quotes reliable sources, Begley (2007) does not ...

MANAGING CHANGE AND CHAOS

management will impact not only the ophthalmic practice, but this practices position in relationship to the industry. The Ophthalm...

Prevention And Treatment Programs For Alcohol Abuse

prevention of alcohol abuse from a community perspective has made Sacramento, California a precedent setting city whereby extended...

The Biological Bases of Behavior

parents have a heightened probability of developing alcoholism than do children of nonalcoholic parents (Grucza and Bierut 172). ...

The Prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Nordic Countries

the increased distance from the equator. In Studies in North America Rosenthal (1983) observed a prevalence in the winter of 1.4%...

Asthma: A Research Proposal

chests as well as wheezing and coughing. The physiological reasons for these responses include spasms in the smooth muscle tissu...

A Topic in Biological and Cognitive Psychology

have a twin who reflects the same mental illness (Edlin & Golanty, 2010). Slide 6: Epigenetic Change Non-hereditary biological ...

Topics Pertaining to Learning

it draws on what students already know, which aids them in assimilating new material. The learning environment should be both chal...

Antisocial Behavior in Children

behaviors. MAOA is the structural gene for production of this enzyme. Four other chemicals, epinephrine, norepinephrine, serotonin...

Development of Personalities

the environment. A childs parents belong to the group and the child learns at an early age the importance of taking care of the en...

The Ethical Controversy of Gene Mapping

much greater understanding of which chromosomes control which aspects of the human organism. This understanding is widely regarded...

Predicting and Treating Alzheimers

This paper explores the genetic and environmental factors associated with this debilitating disease. There are four sources in th...

A Bibliography on Genetic Engineering

In a paper of 3 pages, the author provides an annotated bibliography on the topic of genetic engineering. This bibliography refle...

The Genetic and Environmental Components of Asthma

This paper reviews this disease from both the perspective of individual genetic makeup and environmental exposure in order to disc...

FNP Practice, Genetics Counseling

This research paper pertains to family nurse practitioner (FNP) practice and ethical issues in regards to genetic counseling. Thre...

Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a Hypothetical Case Study Overview

This research paper discusses osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), from the point of view of a fifteen-year-old who is hypothetically pre...

Person vs. Environment Debate, Behavior Influences

This paper presents the writer/tutor's opinion that neither personal nor environment factors are fully responsible for shaping hum...

Genetics, and the Future, Science Fiction

This research paper pertains to the topic of genetic manipulation and how advancements in this field were predicted by science fic...

Influenza and the Need for Current Vaccines

This paper reviews genetic drift as it occurs in influenza viruses. Vaccines must change yearly in order to address the changing ...

What Adopted Children Should Know About Their Biological Parents

This paper argues the thesis that genetic and sociological information about birth parents should be available to the children the...

Body and Ownership

In a paper of ten pages, the writer looks at the controversy of genetic patents. Legal rulings on the property status of the human...

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Factors Affecting Its Prevalence

This research paper discusses research pertaining to the behavioral, environmental and genetic factors that affect the incidence o...

The Many Applications of Genetic Engineering

can be amplified. Copies can be made off of the original template to use in biological and medical research and other application...

How Children Grow Up To Understand Genetic And Gender Differences

of how children understand the genetic implications of gender masculinity and femininity, with a prominent factor being that male ...

The Environmental and Genetic Determinants of Adult Development

This is a paper that contains two pages and considers the influence of culture and genetics in the human developmental process and...

Is Aggression Learned or Genetic?

been studied from several different perspectives, but it appears that there has been no attempt to relate grade expectations with ...

The Positive and Negative Effects of Using Cloning to Treat Genetic Disease

Switching around an embryos mitochondria might appear innocent enough but we must realize that mitochondrial genes act well outsid...