Genetic Technology

1995 ◽  
pp. 175-179
Author(s):  
William C. Frederick
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Technology

Results and possible prospects of genetic technology in ophthalmology (literature review). Part I

2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-75
Author(s):  
N. A. Gavrilova ◽  
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O. Ie. Tishchenko ◽  
A. V. Zinov’eva ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Genetic Technology

Genetic Technology in Peas for Improved Field Performance and Enhanced Grain Quality

2002 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hart Schroeder ◽  
Kaye Bateman ◽  
Stephanie Gollasch ◽  
Thomas Higgins ◽  
Roger Leslie Morton
Keyword(s):  
Grain Quality ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Genetic Technology

scholarly journals Evaluating active genetic options for the control of sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Laurentian Great Lakes

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (7) ◽  
pp. 1186-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald E. Thresher ◽  
Michael Jones ◽  
D. Andrew R. Drake
Keyword(s):  
Great Lakes ◽  
Prey Species ◽  
Expert Panel ◽  
Petromyzon Marinus ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Sea Lamprey ◽  
Genetic Technology ◽  
Technical Problems ◽  
International Consultation ◽  
Core Issues

For more than two decades the Great Lakes Fishery Commission has sought tactics to complement, and potentially replace, the use of barriers and lampricides to control sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) in the Great Lakes, but thus far without success. This paper examines the potential of modern genetic technology to suppress these invasive populations. We identified six recombinant options that appeared to be moderately to highly feasible, most of which were judged by an expert panel as extremely low or low risk, and for which research and development was broadly supported by stakeholders. The two options judged to overall best combine high efficacy and low risks were a Mendelian “sex ratio drive” and genetically modifying a prey species combined with killing or sterilizing sea lamprey that fed on it. Core issues regarding use of genetic biocontrol in the Great Lakes include technical problems associated with maintaining a sea lamprey brood line, information gaps for most options, the extent of broader public support, and the extent and nature of national and international consultation required in making decisions about control options.

The Debate on the Use of Genetic Technology and Production of GM Foods in Ghana: Ethical Perspectives

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-134
Author(s):  
Simon Kofi Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Food Production ◽  
Gene Technology ◽  
Genetic Technology ◽  
Gm Foods ◽  
The World ◽  
Ethical Perspectives

As has been the case in other parts of the world, recent attempts to pass a bill on the use of genetic technology for food production in Ghana have naturally led to intense debates between those who favour the technology and sceptics. This concept paper points out that both sides of the divide rely on arguments that have been used in other places without sufficiently considering how such arguments relate to the overall political aspirations of Ghana. Using a basic Aristotelian principle of the importance of applying appropriate means for the attainment of an end (phronesis), the paper attempts to contextualize the debate and concludes that gene technology can be used in Ghana, if it is purged of the “genomythology” on which it rests and, if the nation will engage in the search for alternatives.Keywords: phronesis, Ghana, GM Foods, biotechnology, ethics

“Good Parents” Can Promote Their Own and Their Children’s Flourishing

2019 ◽  
pp. 112-125
Author(s):  
Josephine Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Gene Editing ◽  
Genetic Technology ◽  
Good Parent ◽  
New Methods ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
And Control ◽  
Prospective Parents

Advances in genetic technology, including new methods for gene editing, promise to provide parents and prospective parents with more information about and more control over the genetic make-up of their children. Information and control are both highly prized in our culture, and both could offer substantial benefits to parents and children. Yet offers of information and control that promise to benefit children can quickly generate new parental responsibilities, morphing from opportunities to obligations and raising the question whether refusing to use the technologies might one day be considered inconsistent with being a “good parent.” This chapter explores the idea of the good parent and argues that understandings of the good parent must evolve to take parents’ own flourishing into account. Only with this richer understanding of the nature and responsibilities of parenting can we adopt technologies such as gene editing in ways that benefit both parents and children.

Vaterschaftstests zwischen religiösem Recht und Medizintechnik: Abstammungsklagen im algerischen Familienrecht

2018 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-205
Author(s):  
Melanie Guénon
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Dna Analysis ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Family Law ◽  
Genetic Technology ◽  
Legal Practice ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Family Code ◽  
Code Reform ◽  
Court Practice

This article examines the 2005 Algerian family law regulations concerning paternity and the use of DNA tests in Algerian paternity disputes. Specifically, it analyzes the relation between the methods of establishing and negating paternity recognized in Islamic law and the available genetic technology.
On the basis of three judgments of the Supreme Court, the present legislation as well as legal practice in Algeria is scrutinized. The article concludes that the Algerian legislator hesitates to dissolve the conflict between genetic technology and the recognized types of evidence of Islamic law. For now, court practice remains ‘traditional’ since judges might feel too much responsibility facing unclear regulations regarding paternity. Nevertheless, the Algerian family code reform offers the opportunity to use DNA-tests to establish nasab for both legitimate and illegitimate children. Due to unclear regulations it also paved the way to use DNA-analysis for paternity negation.*


scholarly journals The (De)materialization of Criminal Bodies in Forensic DNA Phenotyping

2020 ◽  
pp. 1357034X2091916
Author(s):  
Rafaela Granja ◽  
Helena Machado ◽  
Filipa Queirós
Keyword(s):  
Human Body ◽  
Skin Colour ◽  
Criminal Investigation ◽  
Genetic Technology ◽  
Forensic Dna ◽  
Data Reliability ◽  
The Third ◽  
Criminal Suspect ◽  
Biogeographical Ancestry ◽  
Forensic Dna Phenotyping

Forensic DNA phenotyping is a genetic technology that might be used in criminal investigations. Based on DNA samples of the human body found at crime scenes, it allows to infer externally visible characteristics (such as eye, hair and skin colour) and continental-based biogeographical ancestry. By indicating the probable visible appearance of a criminal suspect, forensic DNA phenotyping allows to narrow down the focus of a criminal investigation. In this article, drawing on interviews with forensic geneticists, we explore how their narratives translate contemporary focus on criminal molecularized bodies. We propose the concept of (de)materialization to approach three aspects of the forensic geneticists’ views. The first regards considering bodies as mutable entities. The second relates to socially contingent meanings attributed to bodies. The third regards to controversies surrounding data reliability. By reflecting upon the (de)materialization of criminal bodies, forensic geneticists juxtapose the defence and unsettling of forensic DNA phenotyping claims.

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