Genetic Engineering Designer Babies Current Reality We can

Genetic Engineering

Designer Babies Current Reality: We can choose sperm and egg that have the alleles we want our child to have Ex: Eye color, hair color, skin color, hair texture Future Possibilities: Use Recombinant DNA techniques to cut out and replace alleles with alleles we want

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My Current stance:

Do you consider one of these identical twins less human the other?

Cloning Current Reality: We can clone “ANYTHING”, as long as we have a surrogate that can carry the clone through development Step 1: take DNA out of a donor egg Step 2: Remove DNA from a diploid body cell and insert into donor egg Step 3: Add electric current and nutrients Future Possibilities: Clone Extinct Species and Humans

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Stem Cells Current Reality: Stem cells have been used to ease the symptoms of some diseases/gene disorders. No cures yet Future Possibilities: Cure gene disorders, paralysis, regrow limbs

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GMO’s= Genetically Modified Organism

GMO’s GMO= Genetically modified organism Current Reality: We have inserted genes into animals and plants that cause them to grow bigger, last longer, produce their own pesticides or herbicides Future Possibilities: Engineer plants and animals to have all essential vitamins and nutrients

GMO’s

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