{"id":340,"date":"2019-07-11T19:32:05","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T23:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/?post_type=chapter&p=340"},"modified":"2019-07-11T20:13:44","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T00:13:44","slug":"biomedical-and-ethics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/engineeringinsociety\/chapter\/biomedical-and-ethics\/","title":{"raw":"Biomedical issues and Ethics Genome Editing","rendered":"Biomedical issues and Ethics Genome Editing"},"content":{"raw":"

Is it ethical to be manipulating DNA?<\/h1>\r\n \r\n\r\nMaterials and bioengineering\r\n\r\nStainless steel and titanium wire meshes expand to make stents.\u00a0 Here is a link to the American Heart Association.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.heart.org\/-\/media\/data-import\/downloadables\/pe-abh-what-is-a-stent-ucm_300452.pdf<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nGenome Editing and CRISPR\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/royalsociety.org\/topics-policy\/projects\/genetic-technologies\/what-are-genetic-technologies\/<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nA nice short video from The Royal Society explaining this\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/XPDb8tqgfjY\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nBritish girl treated for leukemia using gene therapy\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/SoLi0t6e2s0\r\n\r\nOne year later, still in remission.\u00a0 \u00a0By Russ Logan January 2018.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/uk\/760024\/Great-Ormond-Street-Hospital-cancer-cure-leukaemia-children-gene-editing<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhat is leukemia you ask?\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.llscanada.org\/leukemia<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n

CRISPR<\/h1>\r\nExplained by the Mayo Clinic\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/interestingengineering.com\/video\/the-mayo-clinic-explains-crispr-in-a-way-you-can-understand<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/scientists-have-figured-out-how-to-inject-human-eyes-with-night-vision<\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFor a humourous take on this, John Oliver did a segment on CRISPR during his 2018 Last Week Tonight\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/AJm8PeWkiEU\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n ","rendered":"

Is it ethical to be manipulating DNA?<\/h1>\n

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Materials and bioengineering<\/p>\n

Stainless steel and titanium wire meshes expand to make stents.\u00a0 Here is a link to the American Heart Association.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.heart.org\/-\/media\/data-import\/downloadables\/pe-abh-what-is-a-stent-ucm_300452.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Genome Editing and CRISPR<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/royalsociety.org\/topics-policy\/projects\/genetic-technologies\/what-are-genetic-technologies\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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A nice short video from The Royal Society explaining this<\/p>\n

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