Healthcare Law and Ethics

MED160

Week 9 Chapter 10 Assignment

Fatima Bennett

American National University

Number your paper from 1-17 and list the correct letter choice/term for each statement.

Part I (worth 1 point each)

1. O. Regenerative Medicine— a term used to describe advancements in medicine

based on the opportunities to regenerate tissue.
2. G. Genetic Disease— a disease affected by a individual’s genes.
3. Q. Stem Cells— the blank precursor embryonic cells that later differentiate into the
cells that form various tissue of the body.
4. D. Eugenics — the study of methods for controlling the characteristics of future
human populations through selective breeding.
5. L. Posthumanism — a speculative theory that seeks to re-conceive what is human
6. J. Germ line— modification of these cells would affect the genetic makeup of one’s
children
7. N. Recombinant DNA — the practice of altering DNA by slicing parts of one into
another.
8. B. Clone — the taking of a somatic cell from an adult animal, inserting it into an egg,
and growing an identical twin.
9. H. Genetic Predisposition — a genetically determined susceptibility to certain
health problems; does not cause the disease directly, but, in combination with other
behavioral and environmental factors, can increase the person’s chance of getting
the disease.
10. K. Heterozygous — a child is said to be this when he inherits one allele for a
specific disease and another than is normal.
11. C. Dominant Gene — a gene that needs to present in only one parent to have a fifty-
fifty chance of affecting the child.
12. I. Genome — the complete set of genes in the chromosomes of each cell in a
particular organism.
13. M. Recessive Gene — a gene that is must be present in both parents for a child to
inherit it.
14. E. Gene Therapy — the treatment of genetic diseases by the administration of
genes to correct an absent or defective gene.
15. F. Genetic Carriers — a person that carries a defective gene that, when combined
in reproduction with a similar one from another person, may yield a genetic defect.
 16. P. Somatic — modification of these cells would not affect the genetic makeup of
one’s children.
17. A. Allele — a variant form of a given gene which may determine a trait such as
having type O or type A blood.

Part II (worth 5 points)

18. There currently are efforts to investigate whether criminal behavior is genetically
determined. Aside from the scientific implausibility of all criminal behavior being
explained genetically, do you think parents should still be allowed to have children
who have a genetic makeup susceptible to such behavior? Do you think that parents
should still be allowed to have children that they know, genetically, have a high
likelihood of developing certain diseases? Why or why not?

Yes I believe couples who plan to conceive a baby should still have that child or children
regardless of the likelihood of that baby having a gene that is more prone to criminal behavior.
As for the high likelihood of a baby that is susceptible to certain diseases, I think parents still
should have the option of knowing so that they may choose for themselves. If I was pregnant,
and found out that my child had a gene that was inclined to have a high criminal activity, I would
still have that child and try my best to make sure that he/she did not turn into a criminal
themselves.