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  • John Hammonds replied on 02:31 AM on April 17, 2009

    Im an aspiring biotechnology major and I must say this is pretty interesting. Sequencing is a good step into figuring out the fuction of that good majority of unknown gene coding.

    I would also think the matter of figuring out how genes have changed would be interesting, and that therapy for problems realted with genetics would be a major ethical issue since we don't have natural selection, and the whole matter delves into philosophy.

    PS Contact is one of my favorite movies. :)

  • colin day
    colin day replied on 02:08 PM on June 19, 2009

    DNA information and its use can both help and hurt people. I see the the benefits in determining possible future disease and thus helping people plan and make health decisions, but  I am not really sure if I want to know that I have a 50% chance of developing an incurable  ailment. Are  employers and insurers going to try to force employees  undergo DNA testing to weed out  people  with possible future health problems?  I see privacy issues  here too. Amazing how people will  use  fantastic  technology to try to  discriminate. I predict  genetic info cases will  be  making their way to the Supreme Court in the near future.

     

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