COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Activity #18 in
Research Activity on Modern Biotechnology

Name: SABIO, EVAN JESUS C. Score: _____________

Course: BSCRIM Schedule: MWF 8:30-9:30 Date: ______________
Direction: Discuss controversial biotechnology such as cloning, food grown using GMOs and
stem-cell research by completing the needed information in the table below. You have to
discuss when the benefits of biotechnology are outweighed by the risks and ethics. The first row
is done for you. Deadline is on May 21, 2021.

Controversial
Biotechnology Risks
Ex. Bioremediation  Limitations on the types of
contaminants that it can remove
effectively.
 Relative sensitivity to
environmental factors such as
temperature, pH, and the
presence of various other
substances or organisms.
 Insufficient understanding of the
biological processes and
reactions involved.
1. Cloning  Cloning may result in long-term
health problems. After suffering
blood and heart difficulties, a two-
month-old calf cloned from genes
extracted from an adult cow's ear
perished.
 Some negative health impacts have
been observed in cloned sheep and
other species. These include birth
weight gain and a range of
abnormalities in important organs
such as the liver, brain, and heart.
Other effects include accelerated
aging and immune system issues.
Ethical Issues/Concerns
 Require for the DNA in the
bacteria to be genetically
altered so as to be able to
properly clean the
contamination.
 Potential for ecological harm.
 Interfering with nature.
 Therapeutic cloning poses a
number of distinct but connected
ethical concerns. These include
the acceptability of generating
embryos with the idea of killing
them, hastening the day when
reproductive cloning may become
viable, and promoting a market
for human oocytes for scientific
reasons.
2. Food grown  Five ethical issues have been
using GMOs expressed concerning GM crops:
potential harm to human health,
potential environmental damage,
detrimental effects on conventional
agricultural practices, excessive
corporate control, and the
technology's 'unnaturalness.'
3. Stem-cell  The risks to research participants
Technology undergoing stem cell transplantation
include tumour formation,
inappropriate stem cell migration,
immune rejection of transplanted
stem cells, haemorrhage during
neurosurgery and postoperative
infection.
 Administration site reactions,
 The ability of cells to move from
placement sites and change into
inappropriate cell types or multiply,
 Failure of cells to work as expected,
and.
 The growth of tumors.
 A number of ethical concerns
have been raised about HGT from
GMOs, including potential
dangers to the integrity and
intrinsic worth of the organisms
involved, the idea of natural order
and species integrity, and the
integrity of the ecosystems in
which the genetically modified
creature occurs.
 The difficulty of obtaining stem
cells and the long period of
growth required before use.
 Unproven treatments often come
with high rejection rates.
 Cost can be prohibitive for many
patients.
 Ethical controversy over use of
stem cells from lab-fertilized
human eggs.