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21st Century and Technology

long way in the past few decades. While once a pie in the sky idea, many women have birthed babies that have not belonged to them....

Impact of Stress on Diabetes

and Baron Josef von Mering removed the pancreas of a dog in 1889 to see if it were an essential organ. Their early attempts to fe...

Brook and Tseng's Research on the Correlation Between Negativity and Anger in Toddlers and Drug Use by Parents

regard to how that behavior impacted their child. Under the third hypothesis, the interdependent model hypothesis, parental perso...

Sex Offending Explained

of sex crimes, however. Sexual violence often targets children as well (Nester, 1998). The issues surrounding child abuse alone ...

Cloning and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

Genetic Science and Self Concept

could be toying with the emotions of another future human being? There is also the question of what type of social stigma would b...

Progress of Fat and Genetic Predisposition to Obesity

health. There are morbidly obese people who appear to enjoy being the way they are and actively seek to maintain their stat...

Sociological Considerations of Genetics Research Effects

study of knowledge and morality in society to ask several ethical, legal and relevant social questions. Traditionally, fed...

Arguing for an Adopted Child's Right to Know Biological Parentage

is to address these two aspects of biological identity as they relate to the human right to know their biological origin. S...

Genetic Alteration and Ethics

die due to a womans right to choose. Each situation is taken individually but it is really all the same. These situations of human...

Understanding Sickle Cell Anemia

and intermittent episodes of vascular occlusion causing both acute and chronic pain. It is estimated that 70,000 Americans of diff...

The Phenomenon Known as Ageing

increased number of T cells with identical phenotypes which are found in the elderly....

Human Nature and Selfishness

that mankind is hardwired for selfishness and are a slave to these drives whether we understand or are cognizant of them in the fi...

Protein Synthesis, RNA, and DNA

amino acid sequences of Proteins" (2003). In figuring out the Genetic Code one can see how a sequence of bases as contained in RNA...

An Alcoholism Overview

and forgetful. It can be a very serious problem for the elderly who are often on a smorgasbord of necessary pills to treat a varie...

Controversy of Applying Genetic Engineering to Foods

the production of GE foods. Lastly, many of the same companies which produce GE pesticide resistant crops are the same companies w...

Unborn Babies, Genetic Defects, and Parents' Right to Know

with it a great deal of uncertainty and guilt. Needless to say, most men and women who undertake abortions do not do so lightly o...

Chapter Twelve of Visions by Michio Kaku

for the new research that could be done. Scientists are stating that it is now possible to grow tissues that will not trigger the ...

Differing Viewpoints on Cloning

Should cloning be allowed? How about for humans? Should we be able to design our own children? Who owns genetic material? The poss...

Human Genetic Mapping Research, Pros and Cons

In twelve pages this paper discusses the research into human genetic mapping and evaluates pro and con arguments surrounding the i...

Sexual Preference and Genetics

In eight pages this paper examines heterosexuality v. homosexuality in terms of genetic basis proof. Five sources are cited in th...

Controversy Over Genetic Engineering

chemicals or through genetic engineering. Many people remember DES, the wonder drug of the 1960s, that produced babies without lim...

Cross Functional Counseling and Factors That Are Effective

(Schrag, 1995; Hunt, Soto, Maier & Doering, 2003). Nelson (2002) takes this one step further by pointing to a body of resea...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

Genetic Predisposition and Alcoholism

In five pages alcoholism is examined from a genetic perspective and psychological and biological aspects are employed as supportiv...

Adolescent and Child Obesity

In eleven pages the problem of obesity in American children is examined in terms of adolescent health risks and causes that includ...

Workplace and Genetic Testing

In eight pages this paper discusses employer use of genetic testing and the related legal, moral, ethical, and financial issues. ...

Advantages and Disadvantages of Genetic Engineering

In five pages genetic engineering as it modifies agricultural crops is examined in terms of the advantages and disadvantages of th...

Male v. Female Victims of Eating Disorders

"1 teenage girl in 8, and 4% of teenage boys had serious symptoms of anorexia nervosa...

Stating the Case for Genetic Predisposition and Alcoholism

In a paper consisting of five pages the genetic studies are compared with behavioral and environmental studies to conclude that al...