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FIRST CLASS, INTRO TO LIT SEARCH AND DEBATE

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TRANSGENIC SALMON DEBATE

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Antibiotic Resistance - Background reading

Walsh
Lipsitch et al
Saunders et al
Sandvag et al

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DEBATE 1: Use of antibiotics as growth promoters in agriculture should be allowed students 1-2, aff, 3-4, negative

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Antibiotic Resistance – Follow up Discussion

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Cloning - Background reading Wilmut et al
Signner et al
Shiels et al
Ashworth et al
Zhang et al

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DEBATE 2 : Reproductive cloning of cattle should be allowed 5-6 AFF, 7-8 NEG

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CLONING -FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION
Solter Ethics Comm. Report
Selection from Wobus et al
KIng article
Schnieke et al
Tian et al

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DEBATE 3: Using "race" as surrogate for ethnic origin should be allowed in medical practice 9-10 affirmative, 11-12, negative

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FOLLOW UP DISCUSSION :Use of genetic information in medicine
Schwartz
Wood
Wilson et al
Duster
Altshuler and Clark Exner et al

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Newborn Screening - Background reading Black
Marshall
Chace
Natowicz

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DEBATE 4: Newborn infants should be screened for the 20 most common metabolic diseases for which assays exist- 3-4, aff, 1-2 negative

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Newborn Screening - Discussion

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DEBATE 5: Planting and sale of genetically modified non-food crops be allowed 7-8 aff,5-6 neg

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DEBATE 6: Planting and sale of genetically modified food crops should be allowed 11-12 aff,9-10 neg

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WRAP UP DISCUSSION Genetically modified plants
Pollack
Macilwain

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Annotated Bibliography Due

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