Section 8: Health
Candidates should:
(a) Know that health is affected by a variety of factors and that science and technology may provide the answer to some health problems.
(e) Discuss:
- The ethical issues surrounding, and
- How decisions are made about the use of animals for testing drugs
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Section 5: Gene Technology
Why should anyone need genetically identical individuals?
Are there any ethical issues surrounding this technology?
Is there a planning or control process surrounding the use of this technology?
Candidates should:
(a) Know the commercial applications of clones of plants and animals.
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Section 4: Inheritance
Candidates should:
(b) Know that DNA can be analysed by 'genetic fingerprinting' which can be used to show the similarity between two DNA samples, for instance in criminal and paternity cases.
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Section 4: Inheritance
Candidates should:
(c) Assess the issues surrounding 'gene ownership' as a result of DNA analysis and consider whether the ethical issues involved are a matter for society and beyond the scope of science to solve.
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Section 8: Health
How can ill health be treated?
Are there ethical issues involved with these treatments and how should decisions be made?
Candidates should:
(a) Know that health is affected by a variety of factors and that science and technology may provide the answer to some health problems.
(b) Know that some conditions can be prevented and that some can be treated by drugs or by other therapies.
(c) Know that gene therapy has been tried but there are difficulties in targeting the appropriate cells. It has been used to alleviate symptoms in Cystic Fibrosis sufferers but is not a cure for the underlying genetic condition and there may be side effects.
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Section 8: Health
How can ill health be treated?
Are there ethical issues involved with these treatments and how should decisions be made?
Candidates should:
(a) Know that health is affected by a variety of factors and that science and technology may provide the answer to some health problems.
(b) Know that some conditions can be prevented and that some can be treated by drugs or by other therapies.
(d) Discuss the implications of genetic counselling and the ethical problems posed by an individual's prior knowledge of a genetic trait.
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Section 4: Inheritance
Are other features inherited in the same way?
Can some conditions be passed on in families?
Candidates should:
(i) Understand that some mutations cause conditions which may be passed on in families, as shown by the mechanism of inheritance of cystic fibrosis, and be able to interpret family trees.
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Section 8: Health
How can ill health be treated?
Are there ethical issues involved with these treatments and how should decisions be made?
Candidates should:
(a) Know that health is affected by a variety of factors and that science and technology may provide the answer to some health problems.
(c) Know that gene therapy has been tried but there are difficulties in targeting the appropriate cells. It has been used to alleviate symptoms in Cystic Fibrosis sufferers but is not a cure for the underlying genetic condition and there may be side effects.
(d) Discuss the implications of genetic counselling and the ethical problems posed by an individual's prior knowledge of a genetic trait.
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Section 5: Gene Technology
Why should anyone need genetically identical individuals?
Can genes be transferred between organisms artificially?
Why is this done?
Are there any ethical issues surrounding this technology?
Is there a planning or control process surrounding the use of this technology?
Candidates should:
(a) Know the commercial applications of clones of plants and animals.
(b) Know that genes can be transferred artificially from one organism to another, and understand that the introduction of genes from resistant plants into Soya bean plants, so increasing their resistance to herbicides, may increase the crop yield.
(c) critically assess the issues surrounding this GM crop technology and how decisions are made, including the need to plan scientifically valid, suitable trials to assess the possible effects in order to inform the debate: for the scientific community, government policy departments, wider public opinion.
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Section 5: Gene Technology
Can genes be transferred between organisms artificially?
Why is this done?
Are there any ethical issues surrounding this technology?
Is there a planning or control process surrounding the use of this technology?
Candidates should:
(a) Know the commercial applications of clones of plants and animals.
(b) Know that genes can be transferred artificially from one organism to another, and understand that the introduction of genes from resistant plants into Soya bean plants, so increasing their resistance to herbicides, may increase the crop yield.
(c) critically assess the issues surrounding this GM crop technology and how decisions are made, including the need to plan scientifically valid, suitable trials to assess the possible effects in order to inform the debate: for the scientific community, government policy departments, wider public opinion.
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Section 5: Gene Technology
Can genes be transferred between organisms artificially?
Why is this done?
Are there any ethical issues surrounding this technology?
Is there a planning or control process surrounding the use of this technology?
Candidates should:
(a) Know the commercial applications of clones of plants and animals.
(b) Know that genes can be transferred artificially from one organism to another, and understand that the introduction of genes from resistant plants into Soya bean plants, so increasing their resistance to herbicides, may increase the crop yield.
(c) critically assess the issues surrounding this GM crop technology and how decisions are made, including the need to plan scientifically valid, suitable trials to assess the possible effects in order to inform the debate: for the scientific community, government policy departments, wider public opinion.
top
Section 5: Gene Technology
Can genes be transferred between organisms artificially?
Why is this done?
Are there any ethical issues surrounding this technology?
Is there a planning or control process surrounding the use of this technology?
Candidates should:
(a) Know the commercial applications of clones of plants and animals.
(b) Know that genes can be transferred artificially from one organism to another, and understand that the introduction of genes from resistant plants into Soya bean plants, so increasing their resistance to herbicides, may increase the crop yield.
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