FYSP 199 - Designer Babies and Other Possibilities

Semester Offered: First Semester
Credits (Range): 4 hours
Attribute: 2HU, 2NS, WR
The advent and sustained proliferation of techniques in molecular biology and biotechnology have generated unprecedented possibilities for genetically manipulating not only cells, but entire organisms. As a result, what used to be solely within the confines of science fiction are, today, possibilities--realities, even!--with exciting but sometimes troubling implications. This seminar explores biotechnological advances as they apply to medicine and agriculture and will concentrate on cloning and genetic manipulation of animals and plants.
Enrollment Limit: 14
Instructor: Y. Cruz
Consent of the Instructor Required: Yes

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