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The Genetic Self
2014-2015
Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis: The Role of the Doctor during the Decision Making Process
What information should doctors be allowed to give their patients? There are many rules that restrict doctors from sharing their personal opinions through dialogue, body language, and tone of voice. However, patients may expect a doctor to share their recommendations. since they are believed to be experts on their field of study. Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis (PGD), which allows doctors to identify certain diseases and disabilities in embryos, can lead to situations tha
Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy: Is this the Beginning of the End?
Image by Sieglinde Sterbling from Pixabay How much value should and do humans place on being natural? In today’s increasingly...
Gene Patenting and the Commercialization of the Human Body
CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons How would you feel knowing that a research company...
Selection of the Best Possible Child: Should Relative Morals and Opinions Determine the Next Generation?
US Government Owned Photo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In 2002, a deaf lesbian couple selected the embryo of a deaf child over...
Yours, Mine and Ours: The Co-Ownership of Genetic Information between Biological Parent and Child
Image by mcmurryjulie from Pixabay Should your genetic information belong to you? Parents, is it your duty to provide your genetic...
De-Extinction: When Species Are Brought Back from the Dead: An Examination of Our Moral Obligation, Bio-objectification, and Animal Rights
Image by Steve from Pixabay While dinosaurs may not be reappearing in the near future, the implications of the 1993 film Jurassic Park,...
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