Gold 1 students who are not taking the Cambridge exam should select an article during class on 1/27 and write up a summary and reflection using the following directions.
Highly Recommended Topics
(and links to get a quick idea about the Topic)
- Pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/pharma/
- Race and genetics: http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchBrowser.aspx?archive=yes&volumeId=22&issueNumber=3
- Genes and obesity
- Genetically modified organisms (GMOs)
- (Human) cloning
- Stem Cells: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/stemcells/
- Genetic screening/testing
- Genetic fingerprinting
- Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
- Designer babies
- DNA patents and the FDA
- Gene therapy and gene vectors: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/genetherapy/
- Genes and addiction: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/genes/
- Brain: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/brain/
- Parenting styles: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/rats/
- Brain: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/brain/
- Nutrition: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/epigenetics/nutrition/
Great Websites to choose topic
http://www.genome.gov/Issues/
http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/topic_subtopic.php?tid=52
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/categories/
http://www.dnapolicy.org/
http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/specialty.php?spageID=4
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchArchives.aspx
http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/topic_subtopic.php?tid=52
http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/categories/
http://www.dnapolicy.org/
http://geneed.nlm.nih.gov/specialty.php?spageID=4
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchArchives.aspx
Some suggested Articles
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/GeneWatch/GeneWatchBrowser.aspx?archive=yes&volumeId=22&issueNumber=3
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/ViewPage.aspx?pageId=72
http://time.com/91081/what-science-says-about-race-and-genetics/
https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/cloning_letter.pdf
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=612&id=612
http://www.genome.gov/25019925
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/12/the-science-of-success/307761/
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/ViewPage.aspx?pageId=72
http://time.com/91081/what-science-says-about-race-and-genetics/
https://bioethicsarchive.georgetown.edu/nbac/cloning_letter.pdf
http://sciencecases.lib.buffalo.edu/cs/collection/detail.asp?case_id=612&id=612
http://www.genome.gov/25019925
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/12/the-science-of-success/307761/