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Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Genetic Embryo Changes', 1.
  • Essays 'Genetic Embryo Changes', 2.
  • Essays 'Genetic Embryo Changes', 3.
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The Final Solution?
"The Master said, He who sets to work on a different strand destroys the whole fabric."--Confucious, Analects II.16.
Shouldn't we set to work on a different strand? After all, the old strand, the human double-helix DNA strand, is fraught with imperfections. The average "healthy" person is the possessor of any number of defective genes, many of which he may never be aware he is carrying. These genes which code for recessive traits, could be passed on to future generations without ever manifesting. …

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