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    The Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR Associated System (CAS) is an advancement in technology that transformed a previous protein-based targeting (TALEN and Zinc Finger) process used to target and splice genes or DNA sequences. CRISPR-Cas9 was discovered in 2013 by Feng Zhang from the Broad Institute and MIT. CRISPR-Cas9 targets specific base pairs using small RNA that can be easily swapped for many different RNA targeting sites. This allowed CRISPR-Cas9

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    of an organism’s genes with biotechnology. This is a group of technologies used to modify the cells, also the transfer of genes within and to different species to make improved or new organisms. Uses of Genetic Modification: In medicine, genetic engineering has been used to mass-produce insulin, human growth hormones, human albumin, monoclonal antibodies, antihemophilic factors, and vaccines. In research, organisms are genetically engineered to discover the functions of genes of interest, and

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    Today’s technology allows us to do so much more than what we used to be able to do. We have many more medicines and ways of treating illnesses and diseases. We now have new technology that can aid in helping us know what a certain disease and it can help us figure out what someone is sick with quicker than what we used to. I think that it would be neat to be able to know what disease or illness that I may end up getting later on in life and what I could end up passing to my children. Knowing what

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    a suggestion that the cure to these diseases may be plausible, and even soon than one would image. New technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9, ZFNs, and TALENs have burst onto the scene as the wave of the medical future, but there reach extends much further than medicine(Cha 2). With these great technologies also comes great change, great results, and great limitations. Genetic engineering technology may be relatively new, but its potential, innovative qualities, and regulations are unlike anything the

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    Over the past decades, as society develops, technology has become a significant part in all people’s lives and been gradually changing our lives. For instance, technology has made our lives more comfortable and convenient. It has also helped to improve our health and lengthen our life span. Especially, the genetic engineering has made a huge step forward. For example, things like the Human Genome Project have become a reality. It seems that genetic engineering will bring many possible for the future

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    process in which different genes are removed and substituted for other, more affective, genes. Genetic engineering has the potential to eliminate thousands of diseases, mutations, and disabilities, saving millions of lives from death and/or suffering. I suggest that we use genetic engineering, but only as a prevention to disease or other mutation genes that will make the person suffer physically or emotionally. I most definitely do not intend that we use this fascinating technology for purposes such as

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    Summary: Designer Babies

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    embryos in a lab, in order to determine if your baby will carry any dangerous diseases. This procedure has progressed to the point where they are able to design your baby. Scientists have the ability to design your child by altering your baby’s genes. Scientists first, create the embryo using in-vitro fertilization. In order for the parents to design their child they have to remove the embryo

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    cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," applies equally to technology issues such as gene therapy today. Therefore, I would like to begin by remembering our past mistakes in evaluating Jesse Gelsinger who was 17 when a geneticist told him that his OTC deficiency disorder, ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency, which is an inherited disorder that allows ammonia to accumulate in the blood, could be cured with gene therapy. One day during his treatment he started vomiting uncontrollably

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    Everyone has their own definition of technology, which comes in many different forms, such as mobile devices or mechanical objects that are used on a daily basis to implicate a submersion of the human brain. What is the true definition of technology? Even though there are many definitions of the word in most dictionaries the term technology is defined as "applications of tools and methods". (google.com). According to famu.edu, "technology" to one technological tool.” The cybernetics has expanded

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    The world of technology is an ever growing field in which thousands of people work together to advance the human race and share their knowledge in order to inform people across the globe. It is vital that innovators communicate with the public in order for their ideas to gain popularity and so the audience is aware of all aspects of the technology, good and bad. Without the appropriate communicative skills, the technology remains underappreciated, underfunded, and unchecked. Jennifer Kahn, a speaker

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