Transcript MACK Model UN intro - Glebe

Bio-Tech Unit
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Today:
Presentation of our 'issue' options
Thursday the 17th:
We choose an issue
Assign groups
Handout the guidelines and grading rubric
Friday the 25th
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Submission of position papers.
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Topics for Debate
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Gene Therapy
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Patents on Life: GMO
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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Gene Therapy
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Case Study: Familial hypercholesterolemia
A normal gene specifies a receptor for LDL, a
mutant gene does not
Recombinant DNA technology
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Gene Therapy
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15,500 genetic disorders
Responsible for 25% of all infant mortality,
25% of all hospital admissions, and 50% of all
neurological disorders
J.Z. Tsiens' Memory and Learning research
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Gene Therapy
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Amniocentesis
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Insurance screening
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Screening for Universities?
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Patents on Life: GMO
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Better yields & shelf life
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Resistance to pests and disease
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Increase production of developing nations
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Termination technology
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Patents on Life: GMO
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Termination technology & interaction with the
wild type
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Barriers to trade
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Sleeper genes
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Intellectual property rights
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Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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Identification of teratogens
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Differentiate into a variety of cells
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Easy to culture undifferentiated cells
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Embryonic Stem Cell Research
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Integration, function, survival and rejection
Cell division limited once cells are
differentiated
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Harvest and destruction of embryos
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Cost of research
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