Lab 09 - Bioethics debates/presentations

Yesterday, Tuesday May 5, we had our 5 bioethics debates/presentations on the following topics:

• Prenatal diagnosis or screening
• Designer babies
• Genetic privacy
• Emryonic stem cell research
• Gene therapy

The style of the presentation portion ranged from a U.S. Senate hearing to a trial (including witnesses, a jury, and even a really ugly bailiff...). Students engaged in relatively gentle, but still interesting debates on different issues. They were able to express their views and opinions, but also showed to be knowledgeable in the topics they decided to research.

On Thursday: More on chapters 11 (mutation) and 13 (intro to cloning and recombinant DNA)

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