Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Bioethics presentations and panel discussions

Today students did a presentation of their bioethics papers and conducted panel discussions (on genetics-related topics that generate social, moral, or political controversy). The following topics were presented:
  1. In vitro fertilization - Courtney, Jenny, Kwaku, Marcus
  2. Genetic predisposition to alcoholism - Danielle L., Veronica, Caleb, Justin
  3. Designer babies - Jeniffer, Liz, Salesha, Sarah
  4. Genetically modified (GM) crops - Alex, Andre, Kevin, Mark
  5. Xenotransplantation - Anabel, Jessica, Kara, Megan
  6. Research using HeLa cells - Lindsay, Ben, Brent, Jordan
  7. Human-animal chimeras - Andie, Danielle H., Kirstin, Maggie (on Friday, May 13)
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