EngelskA Biotechnology and Bioethics by https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1 Made with magic en-us 2017-03-22 13:08:50 UTC 2017-03-27 08:35:12 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162722667 "A truly ethical bioethics should not bog down research in red tape, moratoria, or threats of prosecution based on nebulous but sweeping principles such as “dignity,” “sacredness,” or “social justice.” "]]> 2017-03-27 07:57:43 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162722667 https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162722920 "A POWERFUL NEW technique for editing genomes, CRISPR-Cas9, is the latest in a series of advances in biotechnology that have raised concerns about the ethics of biomedical research and inspired calls for moratoria and new regulations"]]> 2017-03-27 07:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162722920 "In the other direction, treatments that were decried in their time as paving the road to hell, including vaccination, transfusions, anesthesia, artificial insemination, organ transplants, and in-vitro fertilization, have become unexceptional boons to human well-being". https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162723050 2017-03-27 08:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162723050 https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162723128 The writer states that things would be better if all of our friends/familiy who died prematurely did not do so. ]]> 2017-03-27 08:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162723128 https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162724451 "Biomedical advances will always be incremental and hard-won, and foreseeable harms can be dealt with as they arise."]]> 2017-03-27 08:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162724451 https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162724909 "He last thing we need is a lobby of so-called ethicists helping to push the rock down the hill."]]> 2017-03-27 08:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162724909 https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162725357 "Nineteen years after Dolly the sheep was cloned, we are nowhere near seeing parents implanting genes for musical, athletic, or intellectual talent in their unborn children."]]> 2017-03-27 08:12:13 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162725357 We must interact with the general public, to educate them, and prepare them better for the impact of biotechnology. The scientific and medical communities and the public, in general, have to use these powerful tools responsibly, for the maximum benefit of mankind https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162726446 Shahim Akhondzadeh]]> 2017-03-27 08:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162726446 HUMANS ARE NOT GOD https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728545 "Humans are a creation of god, they shouldn't be changing what god created"

]]> 2017-03-27 08:28:50 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728545 "Many scientists claim that the ingestion of genetically engineered food is harmless. Recent evidence, however, shows that there are potential risks of eating such foods as the new proteins produced in such foods could: (1) act themselves as allergens or toxins; (2) alter the metabolism of the food producing plant or animal, causing it to produce new allergens or toxins; or (3) reduce its nutritional quality or value" https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728644 http://www.agbioforum.org/v2n34/v2n34a03-altieri.htm ]]> 2017-03-27 08:29:14 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728644 The 5 Most Pressing Ethical Issues in Biotech Medicine https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728864 The main points of the texts is how the affordability will go in the future, how to protect the privacy of us, and last but not least; how to defend against bioterrorism

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3570985/ ]]> 2017-03-27 08:30:25 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162728864 Advocates of biotechnology affirm that the application of genetic engineering to develop transgenic crops will increase world agricultural productivity, enhance food security, and move agriculture away from a dependence on chemical inputs helping to reduce environmental problems. This paper challenges such assertions by first demystifying the Malthusian view that hunger is due to a gap between food production and human population growth. Second, we expose the fact that current bio-engineered crops are not designed to increase yields or for poor small farmers, so that they may not benefit from them. https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162729563 2017-03-27 08:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162729563 Herbicide resistant crops, such as Monsanto's "Roundup Ready" soybeans, seeds that are tolerant to Monsanto's herbicide Roundup, and (2) "Bt" (Bacillus thuringiensis) crops which are engineered to produce their own insecticide. https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162729923 2017-03-27 08:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/tvkr/l5znq8dw8ei1/wish/162729923