-800-1000 words = 2-3 double spaced pages. You must include a “works cited”
-Your opinion should be clearly stated in the paper and supported with your sources but you must also consider and refute the opposing viewpoint.
-Some ways to use your critical thinking skills while preparing this paper: Is the source you are using for support of your argument (or refuting it) a legitimate source of scientific information. What are the credentials of the authors? What are the research backgrounds of the authors who wrote the article? are they at all related to cellular or molecular BIOL? Is the publisher reputable? Are the sources cited within the paper reputable?
-Good critical thinkers will follow the links & citations to the actual scientific papers that the author cites (hmmm, what if there aren’t any?) and THOSE are what you should be citing (not the original Wikipedia or google search) We can already use CRISPR in living human cells to edit genes but should we? Should it be limited to genetic disease or mutation eradication only? What about editing other genes, ones that are not mutations or disease-causing?
-Your assignment is to research the controversy, synthesize the different perspectives and sources you find, and form your own opinion on this claim.
Your opinion should be clearly stated in the paper and supported with your sources but you must also consider and refute the opposing viewpoint.
-Some ways to use your CT skills while preparing this paper: Is the source you are using for support of your argument (or refuting it) a legitimate source of scientific information? What are the credentials of the authors? What are the research backgrounds of the authors who wrote the article? are they at all related to cellular or molecular BIOL? Is the publisher reputable? Are the sources cited within the paper reputable?
Some references:
Explanation of gene edition using CRISPR
A talk by one of the scientists that discovered it CRISPR (J. Doudna)
One reason this technology is controversial
https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/health/what-is-crispr-explainer-scn-trnd/index.html#:~:text=Doudna%2C%20a%20biochemist%20at%20the,ethical%20debate%20about%20its%20use
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