http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/24/opinion/genetically-modified-babies.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20140225&_r=0
posted 12Feb14 ‘Aid in Dying’ Movement Takes Hold in Some States - NYTimes.com
posted 12Feb14 NYTimes: Vast Study Casts Doubts on Value of Mammograms
A 25-year study involving 90,000 women has found that the
breast-cancer screenings did not lower the death rate from the disease and had
harms.
posted 11Feb14 NYTimes: The Path to Reading a Newborn’s DNA Map
As technology becomes more sophisticated, genomic
sequencing will inevitably expand into the world of newborns. The process has
both medical and ethical implications.
Ethics Questions Arise as Genetic Testing of Embryos Increases - NYTimes.com
i know somebody whos parents do this i believe that it is not ok but on the other side people do make many scientific discoveries during these so test
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/wife-donates-kidney_n_4681997.html
ReplyDeleteAlthough I believe that genetic engineering such as that found in science fiction shows and movies is immoral, genomic testing in the way that we use it now is not immoral. Using it to do things such as determine whether a woman has a breast cancer gene or whether an adult is predisposed to Parkinson's or something like that is not immoral. However, using this technology to determine what a baby's genome is can be immoral because the parents could decide to abort the child or give the child away. Using it to these ends is immoral.
ReplyDeleteI found an article that was unrelated to this but I found it a story about medical maijuana. In Colorado a little girl was suffering from severe seizures hundreds of times a week but when she used medical marijuana these seizures basically stopped. This story has interesting implications and has doctors concerned about the potential use of marijuana.
http://news.yahoo.com/colo-pot-aids-kids-seizures-worries-doctors-053424609.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/28/wife-donates-kidney_n_4681997.html
ReplyDeleteWoman wants her kidney back from cheating spouse !!
Follow up on the kidney case apparently this has happened before. A doctor gave his kidney to his wife who her later divorced for being unfaithful. See link below.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/08/divorcing-man-wants-kidne_n_156197.html
The judge rejected his case because in New York it is a felony for people to give or take money for a human organ. See link below.
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/judge-rejects-long-island-doctor-dr-richard-batista-bid-charge-estranged-wife-kidney-article-1.393669