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The moral and ethical implications of Gene Technology.
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The moral and ethical implications of Gene Technology (1000 words) - Economic view (Financial) Advantages & Disadvantages - Social view - Environmental view Genetic research has advanced in a dramatic fashion in the last decade or so, to the point where it has become possible to attempt genetic modification, in a few cases of human genes where a defect manifests itself into certain serious diseases. This possibility known as gene therapy is only in its infancy. At present no-one knows how effective it will prove to be, and even on a few conditions on which it has been tried - whether it will only be of relatively limited application, or whether it will be open to a wider number of possibilities. It suffers both over- optimistic claims and exaggerated dangers from others. It is not possible to assert exactly where the possibilities opened up by todays technology will lead in terms of future developments,...
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