• Debate Topics and Resources Guide

Topics Reading Lists

Cloning for De-extinction

• De-extinction (Britannica online)

• How extinct animals could be brought back from the dead (BBC)

• Bringing extinct species back from the dead could hurt—not help—conservation efforts (Science.org)

Cloning for Parts "Manufacturing"

• Appalled by the Illegal Trade in Elephant Ivory, a Biologist Decided to Make His Own (Smithsonian Magazine)

Combating Invasive Species

• Gene drive could be used to wipe out invasive mice on islands (New Scientist Magazine)

Gene Therapy

• Gene Therapy (Britannica online)

• Gene Therapy (eBook accessed through EBSCO)

• A Gene Therapy Cure for Sickle Cell Is on the Horizon (WIRED Magazine)

DNA Databases

• Experts outline ethics issues with use of genealogy DNA to solve crimes (Reuters)

• Federal DNA Database Unit (FBI.gov)

Designer Babies

• Designer babies: an ethical horror waiting to happen? (The Guardian)

• Why Making A 'Designer Baby' Would Be Easier Said Than Done (NPR)

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)

• Genetically Modified Organism (Britannica Online)

• Genetically Modified Organisms (National Geographic)

• Why Kenya is turning to genetically modified crops to help with drought (BBC)

• For the First Time, Genetically Modified Trees Have Been Planted in a U.S. Forest (New York Times)

Part One - Research

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