25 November 2007
Watch the PowerPoint presentation below:
click here
MAKE the following assumptions when you make your choice of transplant recipient.
1. All the possible recipients will die within 48 hours without a transplant.
2. There are no other kidneys available at this time.
3. If any information about a person is not included in their "bio," you are to assume that it is unknown.
If you need to download a free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer click here.
A few links to recent transplant "stories"
Face transplants in the UK
Dialysis Care in NYS
Buying organs in Jharkhan
Traders deal in liver and bone marrow
A collection of articles from the NY Times
Organ Transplants in China
1. Tell which of the recipients you believe should get the available kidney for transplant.
2. In a minimum of five (5) sentences explain your choice for recipient.
3. In one or two sentences, explain why any one of the other candidates did not receive your vote for the transplant.
4. Find and post a link to a site that deals with the pro’s and con’s of organ transplant.
click here
MAKE the following assumptions when you make your choice of transplant recipient.
1. All the possible recipients will die within 48 hours without a transplant.
2. There are no other kidneys available at this time.
3. If any information about a person is not included in their "bio," you are to assume that it is unknown.
If you need to download a free Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer click here.
A few links to recent transplant "stories"
Face transplants in the UK
Dialysis Care in NYS
Buying organs in Jharkhan
Traders deal in liver and bone marrow
A collection of articles from the NY Times
Organ Transplants in China
1. Tell which of the recipients you believe should get the available kidney for transplant.
2. In a minimum of five (5) sentences explain your choice for recipient.
3. In one or two sentences, explain why any one of the other candidates did not receive your vote for the transplant.
4. Find and post a link to a site that deals with the pro’s and con’s of organ transplant.
5. Take the anonymous poll below.
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# posted by Henry @ 6:19 PM
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17 November 2007
Happy Thanksgiving
11 November 2007
In Orlando now...
This weeks blog is based on my stay in Orlando. If biology is life (and it is) then I should be able to connect Orlando to biology. Right? Right ! So here goes...1. Choose your favorite Disney, MGM, or Universal character and list both the title of the film and the name of the character.
2. Explain why you have always liked this character.
3a Tell me both the common name and the scientific name of your character, if your character is a living thing.
OR
3b If your character is an inanimate object, tell me why you always wanted to be an inanimate object, or a non carbon based life form.
OR
3b If your character is an inanimate object, tell me why you always wanted to be an inanimate object, or a non carbon based life form.
4. From the following lists choose all the words that apply to your character and write one or two sentences using them as a part of your entry.
List 1 Nutritional mode: autotrophic, heterotrophic
List 2 Kingdom: plant, animal, fungi, Monera, protist
List 3 Cell type: prokaryotic, eukaryotic
List 4 Type of compound composed of: organic, inorganic
List 5 : Role in community: predator, prey, parasite, saprophyte, consumer, producer, decomposer, carnivore
List 1 Nutritional mode: autotrophic, heterotrophicList 2 Kingdom: plant, animal, fungi, Monera, protist
List 3 Cell type: prokaryotic, eukaryotic
List 4 Type of compound composed of: organic, inorganic
List 5 : Role in community: predator, prey, parasite, saprophyte, consumer, producer, decomposer, carnivore
5. What is your characters favorite organelle?
6. From your characters point of view describe one way humans have had an impact on your life. Is this impact positive or negative? (This impact could be environmental, genetic, medical, etc)
7. Find a link that deals with that impact.
# posted by Henry @ 2:14 PM
Posting due by midnight friday !
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06 November 2007
This just in... Sale & export of human kidney !
Watch this video... sounds like a blog from a few weeks ago !
CNN: Body Organs as Export
CNN: Body Organs as Export
03 November 2007
Of Mice and Genes...
Researchers have bred a ‘mighty mouse’ that can run non-stop for up to six hours at 20 meters per minute, which is like Lance Armstrong and the Tour de France.The mouse is "made" using a technique called gene splicing. The resulting mice are called transgenic mice. Transgenic mice are constructed with recombinant DNA.
Recombinant DNA is made when a piece of random genetic material is inserted into the genes of a mouse.
WATCH THE CNN VIDEO
The new mouse eats 60% more than normal mice, remains fitter, and lives a longer life. By
studying the genes of a child born with unusually well developed muscles, an international research team has discovered the first evidence that the gene that makes "mighty mice" also controls muscle growth in people...Sounds like there are some ethical implications to me!
1. Is this use of an animal as a "genetic Guinea pig" ethical?
2. Do you think that we have (or are close to having) the ability to alter human muscles using a similar technique?
3. Would the creation of that "new human" be moral and ethical?
4. List one positive and one negative use of this type of genetic manipulation.
5. How would that "new human" affect: sports? medicine? life on the planet? care of the elderly?
6. Find a link that supports your opinion on any one of the questions above and include it within the text of your response for that question. (PS. Yes, you must still answer all the questions)
7. Take the poll below.
# posted by Henry @ 9:59 AM
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