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The study of right
versus wrong and making moral judgments
of what is good and bad in relation to the life sciences. It also studies the relation of the life sciences to politics and theology. |
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This is the pseuoscience also known as scientific racism that was particularly popular during the second world war. Advocates proposed that humans should practice selective
reproduction to improve the species and
remove the unfit from the gene pool. |
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The normal gene is inserted
almost always at a nonspecific location in the
genome to replace a non-functional gene in individuals with genetic birth defects. The abnormal gene is swapped with the normal gene through homologous recombination. |
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| A laboratory procedure in which sperm are placed with an unfertilized egg in a Petri dish to achieve fertilization. The embryo is then transferred into the uterus to begin a pregnancy or cryopreserved (frozen) for future use. After the embryos are fertilized in vitro, they are graded for three days. The embryo must have divided into a sufficient amount of cells in order for it to be implanted in the woman's uterus. |
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