Guidance for students: How can genetics be used to cure diseases?

Learning objectives:

• Genetic modifications are used for a range of purposes.
• There are many ethical considerations associated with the advances in genetic modification.

Learning outcomes: Students will be assessed on their ability to;

• Describe some of the implications of the outcome of the Human Genome Project to include the use of DNA evidence in forensic science and medicine.
• (Consider the contemporary theory of 'designer babies' and explain why today's scientists are finding so much opposition to this being publicly accepted.)