<div> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:15pt;"><b><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"><span style="background-color:#d1ecf1;">Letter on “Twenty-first Century Genetics: Power and Responsibility” by </span><span style="background-color:#ffff00;">Jasmine Chiu</span></span></b><span style="background-color:#d1ecf1;font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"></span></p><p></p> <p style="margin:0cm 0cm 6pt;line-height:15pt;background:#d1ecf1;"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;">The article “Twenty-first Century </span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/genetics/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;">Genetics</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;">: Power and Responsibility”, written by <span style="background:#FFFF00;">Jingwen Zhang</span> in 2013, discussed the uses and complications of recent genetic discoveries. She argued that scientists <span style="background:#FFFF00;">have to educate the general public about the</span> <span style="background:#FFFF00;">drawbacks of genetic and genome </span></span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/research/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;background:#FFFF00;">research</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;">, in order to make this research reach its full potential. <span style="background:#FFFF00;">Interestingly, I have also written an essay on the benefits of scientific developments like genetic testing, and argued that genetic research is helping us improve the human race,</span> because <span style="background:#FFFF00;">“gene therapy is a milestone in modern </span></span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/medicine/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;background:#FFFF00;">medicine</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;background:#FFFF00;">”,</span><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"> and “if being able to cure </span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/cancer/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;">cancer</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"> and genetic disorders is not called improving the human race, I don’t know what is”. However, <span style="background:#FFFF00;">after reading Zhang’s article, I was prompted to rethink my claim</span>. Like Zhang mentioned, genetic testing also involves issues such as the exclusion of non-genetic carcinogens, eugenics, and privacy. The </span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/human-genome-project/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;">human genome project</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;">, for example, founded an Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) Program to address how this project can affect “individuals, families, and society”, explained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. This shows that the bioethics of genetic testing is also essential in this project. Zhang raised thoughtful points, but what is still crucial to examine is the moral of scientific research. Some argue that scientists are treating humans like mere biological objects. Are we playing god when trying to manipulate our human genes? How much should we know about ourselves before it becomes too much? Our knowledge about </span><a target="_blank" href="http://nhsjs.com/tag/science/" target="_blank"><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#29415a;">science</span></a><span lang="en-ca" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"> is our own power. Like President Bush once said, “the powers of science are morally neutral - as easily used for bad purposes as good ones”. <span style="background:#FFFF00;">I believe that genetics research can only be beneficial when it is morally justified with the right purposes. Therefore, science and its ethics are inseparable, and should always be equally studied.</span></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;color:#31708f;"></span></p><p></p></div> <div><br></div> <div>질문은 이렇게 되는데요</div> <div><font size="3"><b>In this review, the author believes that genetic research is intrinsically good.</b></font> <b>(True or False)</b></div> <div><br></div> <div>정답은 F로 처음에는 그렇게 생각했다가 Zhang's article 읽고나서 생각이 바뀌어서 F라고 하는데</div> <div><br></div> <div>제가 생각하기에는 바뀌었다기보다는 처음에는 유전학 연구 최고! 하다가 윤리문제도 생각해야겠다로 내용이 추가된 정도인것 같은데..그래도 저자는 genetic research is intrinsically good 이라고 생각한다고 할 수도 있을거 같은데 어떻게 생각하시나요?</div> <div><br></div> <div>Intrinsically가 inherently 아니면 essentially로도 쓸 수 있지 않나요? 그러면 유전학 연구의 본질에 대해 이야기하는거일텐데. 그렇다면 저는 유전학 연구의 본질이 "good" (여기서 말하는 "good"이 제가 생각하기에는 모호하지만...the benefits of scientific developments...a milestone...etc) 이기 때문에 윤리적인 문제만 잘 다뤄지면 유용할 것이다. 라고 저는 보는데.</div> <div><br></div> <div>제 결론을.. 유전학 연구는 <span style="font-size:9pt;">윤리문제가 있지만.. </span><span style="font-size:9pt;">유용하다("good")... 이렇게 생각 할 수도 있는 문제 아닌가요?</span></div> <div>그냥 간단하게 처음에는 좋다고 생각하다가 늬양스가 바뀌었구나... F라고 하는것 말고도요.</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div>