AMANDA DRAEGER
&
DON VEDEEN
Genetic Engineering
Group Discussion
Designer Baby Game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixEDLa3Jlc
Designer Baby Game
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Traits
Hair: Blonde, black, brown, red
Eyes: Brown, blue, green, hazel
Height: 4’10”, 5’2”, 5’8”,6’1”, 6’6”
Weight: Underweight, lean, average, overweight, obese
Right or Left
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handed
Athletic Potential: None, average, below average, champion, Hall of
fame
Sex
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Male or female
IQ
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70, 85, 100, 115, 130+
Grab Bag: Music, theater, poetry, painting, reading, curious, shy,
outspoken, creative, animal lover, cooking, sewing, handy man,
hunting, disrespectful, funny, diabetes, politician, autism, and cystic
fibrosis
Gene Therapy
Gene therapy may be defined as the transfer
of genetic material to human cells for the
treatment, or prevention of a disease or
disorder. Genetic materials can be DNA,
RNA or genetically altered cells.
(The Netherlands Centre for Doping affairs)
The Process of Gene Therapy
Success Stories of Gene Therapy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhwOzNP0E40
Produced by Steve Yeager
Current health conditions gene therapy has been
used to treat:
Cystic fibrosis
Factor IX Deficiency (Haemophilia B)
Melanoma
Would you want to know your risk to certain
diseases?
What if it were an incurable disease?
If so, would you pay to get screened?
What is Gene Doping?
According to
WADA,
gene or cell doping
is defined
as
‘the non
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therapeutic use
of genes
, genetic elements
and/or cells that have the capacity to enhance athletic
performance
’ [
The World Anti
-
Doping
Agency].
The techniques involved in gene doping come from the
techniques of gene therapy. In gene therapy the goal is
treatment and requires the replacement of a defective
gene or expression of a therapeutic gene.
Gene doping aims to improve athletic performance by
increasing or decreasing production of endogenous
molecules.
Gene Doping and Gene Therapy
Health Risks:
Cancer
Serious Immune Response
Toxicity
Increased chances of stroke and heart attack
Increased potential for tendon and bone tears or
fractures
Human Genome Project
Project goals were to
identify
all the approximately 20,000
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25,000 genes in
human DNA
determine
the sequences of the 3 billion chemical base
pairs that make up human DNA
store
this information in databases
improve
tools for data analysis
transfer
related technologies to the private sector, and
address
the ethical, legal, and social issues that may
arise from the project.
http://www.youtube.com/genometv#p/u/94/Apjebtal8bQ
Genetic Engineering in Sport
Imagine this: at the Olympic games in London in
2012, a little known athlete surprises everyone in the
men’s 100 meters, thrashing the established favorite
by almost a whole second. “Is he on drugs?” everyone
asks. Tests find nothing, and he is labeled a freak of
nature. But are his achievements thanks to natural
ability or are they down to genetic modification?
(Brixey & Gould)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdKBxV5SDqo
Genetic Engineering
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Things to Think About
Insurance Premiums
Genetic winners and losers
Genetic Screening
Questions:
1. Will there be divisions of competition based on an individuals
genetic history?
2.What kinds of leisure will be available for 125
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year
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old people in
good health?
3. Would there be segregated recreational programming based on
genetics?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY
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868_HDbs
References
YouTube
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DNA Gene Therapy . (2009, December 16).
YouTube
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Broadcast Yourself.
.
Retrieved September 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhwOzNP0E40
YouTube
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Ethical Concerns With Genetic Engineering . (2006, December 5).
YouTube
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Broadcast Yourself.
. Retrieved September 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY
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868_HDbs
YouTube
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Genome TV's Channel . (2009, November 19).
YouTube
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Broadcast Yourself.
.
Retrieved September 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/genometv#p/u/94/Apjebtal8bQ
Brixey, R., & Gould, D. (n.d.). sBMJ | Genetic engineering in sport.
sBMJ | The international resource
for students on the medical world
. Retrieved September 14, 2010, from
http://archive.student.bmj.com/issues/08/07/education/282.php
News. (2009, March 3). YouTube
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Designer Babies? .
YouTube
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Broadcast Yourself.
.
Retrieved September 14, 2010, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ixEDLa3Jlc
First Genetically Modified Embryo. (2009, March 20).
Children of God for Life
. Retrieved September
14, 2010, from http://www.cogforlife.org/geneticmodifiedembryo.htm
Godbey, G. (2006). Technology.
Leisure And Leisure Services in the 21st Century: Toward Mid
Century
(pp. 31
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34). State College: Venture Pub.
Haisma, D. H. (n.d.). Gene Doping.
Google
. Retrieved September 14, 2010, from
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Q_VHQ9jrzccJ:www.genedoping.com/docs/
Gene%2520Doping.pdf+Netherlands+Centre+for+Doping+affairs+gene+doping&hl=en&gl=us
Parker, R. (2002, October 2). FuturePundit: Athletic Genetic Manipulation To Be Banned.
FuturePundit
. Retrieved September 14, 2010, from
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/000222.html
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