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Provide a utilitarian argument for embryonic stem cell research.

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Since the majority of people carry at least one recessive gene for some genetic disease, a radical policy of negative eugenics would eliminate a large portion of the human population. Explain why we might not want to eliminate all genetic disease, and provide an example of why it might be beneficial to be the carrier of a disease.

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Sickle cell occurs only when both parents are carriers of the ____________________ gene.

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below. -The blank precursor embryonic cells that later differentiate into the cells that form the various tissues of the body?

A program of _______________ includes not only breeding but genetic intervention, and attempts to improve the gene pool by increasing the numbers of those with positive attributes.

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below. -The practice of altering DNA by splicing parts of one into another?

Match each item to the statement or sentence listed below. -Modification of these cells would affect the genetic make-up of one's children.?

____________________ is a speculative theory that seeks to re-conceive what is human.

____________________ is the practice of manipulating the genes of offspring through either breeding or genetic alteration.