SCIENCE,

TECHNOLOGY
AND SOCIETY
CHRISTOPHER L. CABRADILLA, RN, LPT, MAED

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LESSON 4. THE
GOOD LIFE

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SUMMARY
• Man is constantly in pursuit
of the good life.
• Every person has his
perspective when it comes to
what compromises the good
life.

• The soul, as the seat of our

humanity, has been the
focus of attention of this
end goal.
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• The soul has to attain a
certain balance in order to
have a good life, a life of
flourishing.

• S&T has been, for the most

part, at the forefront of
man’s attempts a finding
this happiness.

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SUMMARY
• The only question at the end
of the day is whether
science is taking the right
path toward attaining what
it really means to live a
good life.

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LESSON 5. THE
INFORMATION
AGE

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SUMMARY
• Nowadays, information could
be shared or transferred
quickly.
• People are becoming more
interested in sharing
information about
themselves.
• Various aspects of our
society are also becoming
influenced by the IA
especially communication…
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SUMMARY
• … economics, industry,
health and the environment.
• The rapid upgrade of
information poses both
positive and negative
impacts to our society.
• Therefore, we need to
carefully check our motives
before disseminating
information and we also…
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• … need to verify
information before
believing, using and sharing
them.
• We should share
information that could help
improve our lives and
others.

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LESSON 6. GMO
SCIENCE, HEALTH
AND POLITICS

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SUMMARY
• Genetic engineering is an
emerging field of science.
Its quests are to preserve
and prolong life.
• There are advantages and
disadvantages in using
genetic engineering in both
fields of medicine and food
and agriculture, there are
controversies that are…
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• … still debatable up to the
present.
• The major concern of the
opponents is the long-term
effects of GMOs to humans
while the proponents’
flagship is the success
stories of the GMO
recipients.

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SUMMARY
• There is still a long way to
go for GMOs to prove itself,
as humans seek answers to
life’s predicaments or as
humans play like God.

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THE ASPECTS
OF GENE
THERAPY
CHRISTOPHER L. CABRADILLA, RN, LPT, MAED

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INTRODUCTION
• Medical science has detected
many human diseases
related to defective genes.
This type of diseases are not
curable by traditional
methods.
• Gene therapy is a potential
method to either treat or
cure geneteic0related
human illness.
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INTRODUCTION
• Human gene therapy was
actually first realized in
1971 when the first
recombinant DNA
experiments were planned.
• It can be simply viewed as
insertion foreign DNA into a
tissue that hope to
successfully eradicate the
targeted disease.
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• Without a doubt, gene
therapy is the most
promising yet possibly
unfavorable medical field
being studied.

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THE BASIC
PROCESS

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APPROACHES
TO GENE
THERAPY:
• Replacement of mutated
gene that causes disease
with a healthy copy of the
gene.
• Inactivation if mutated gene
that is functioning
improperly.
• Introducing a new gene into
the body to help fight a
disease.
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APPROACHES
TO GENE
THERAPY:
• In general, a gene cannot be
directly inserted into a
human gene or cell.
• A gene is inserted into
another gene using a carrier
or vector.
• At present, the most
common type of vectors are
viruses that have been
genetically changed to carry
normal human DNA.
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APPROACHES
TO GENE
THERAPY:
• viruses have evolved a way
of encapsulating and
transporting their genes to
human cells in a pathogenic
manner.

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TWO TYPES OF
GENE THERAPY

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TWO TYPE OF
GENE THERAPY
• The idea of GT is based on
correcting a disease at its
root’ fixing the abnormal
genes that appear to lead to
certain disease.
• SOMATIC GT involves the
manipulation of genes in
cells that will be helpful to
the patient but not inherited
to the next generation.
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GENE THERAPY
• GERM-LINE GT which
involves the genetic
modification of germ cells
or the origin cells that will
pass the change on the next
generation.

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STEM CELL
GENE THERAPY

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STEM CELL GT
• Stem cells are mother cells
that have the potential to
become any type of cell on
the body.
• One of the main
characteristics of stem cell
is their ability to self-renew
or multiply while
maintaining the potential to
develop into other types of
cells.
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GT
• Stems cells can become cells
of the blood, heart, bones,
skin, muscles, brain, among
others.
• Stem cells are derived from
different sources, which are
EMBRYONIC and SOMATIC
stem cells.

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EMBRYONIC SC
• Derived from a four- or five-
day-old human embryo that
is in the blastocyst phase of
development.
• The embryos are usually
extras that have been
created in IVF )in vitro
fertilization) clinics where
several eggs are fertilized in
a test tube then implanted
into a woman.
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• Cells that exist throughout
the body after embryonic
development and are found
inside of different types of
tissues.
• They remain in a non-
dividing state for years until
activated by disease or
tissue injury.

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SOMATIC SC
• These SC can divide pr self-
renew indefinitely, enabling
them to generate a range of
cell types from originating
organ or even regenerate the
entire original organ.
• It is generally thought that
adult or somatic sc are
limited in their ability to
differentiate based on their
tissue of origin, but there…
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• … is some evidence to
suggest that they can
differentiate to become
other cell types.

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SUMMARY

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SUMMARY
• GT is a method that may
treat or cure genetic-related
human illnesses.
• SOMATIC GT involves the
manipulation of genes in
cells that will be helpful to
the patient but not inherited
to the next generation,
• GEMLINE GT involves the
genetic modification of
germ cells or the origin…
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• … cells that will pass the
change to the next
generation.

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THANK YOU
FOR
LISTENING!!!
CHRISTOPHER L. CABRADILLA, RN, LPT, MAED

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