Monday, August 31, 2009
RJA #2b: Research Topic
It will be a pleasure for me to work on this research for the reason that I find this subject highly interesting, with a broad opening for discussions from a moral/ religious ground, as well as from a scientific perspective. I have chosen the topic of cloning not only because of this but also because I believe it to be a relatively fresh and new subject, extremely relevant to today’s scientific developments, and finally because it is related to my major which is, Biology.
I only have a general idea of what this topic has to offer, like for example, that animals are legally being cloned right now in several different countries for different purposes that include but are not limited to: better animal reproduction, for medicinal purposes, as well as to produce human insulin (from genetically modified animals). I know the basic technique used in order to full fill a successful cloning - which would be to extract an oval egg from a female animal and remove the oval's nucleus, and replace it with the nucleus of a full grown masculine's cell. Then, they stimulate the oval so that it will reproduce its cells and finally become an embryo, which would be placed in a receptor and that is when the clone is "born".(If you consider born, to be a couple of months or less). I also know that human cloning is not legal right now for morality reasons, and that it is a highly controversial topic.
I would guess that so far, I only know approximately a 5% of what is out there to learn about this topic, and I intend to cover as much territory as possible, including the history of the development, the uses, the techniques, the side effects of the clones, the moral view of it all, and the future ideologies.
I only have a general idea of what this topic has to offer, like for example, that animals are legally being cloned right now in several different countries for different purposes that include but are not limited to: better animal reproduction, for medicinal purposes, as well as to produce human insulin (from genetically modified animals). I know the basic technique used in order to full fill a successful cloning - which would be to extract an oval egg from a female animal and remove the oval's nucleus, and replace it with the nucleus of a full grown masculine's cell. Then, they stimulate the oval so that it will reproduce its cells and finally become an embryo, which would be placed in a receptor and that is when the clone is "born".(If you consider born, to be a couple of months or less). I also know that human cloning is not legal right now for morality reasons, and that it is a highly controversial topic.
I would guess that so far, I only know approximately a 5% of what is out there to learn about this topic, and I intend to cover as much territory as possible, including the history of the development, the uses, the techniques, the side effects of the clones, the moral view of it all, and the future ideologies.
RJA #2a: Possible Topics
1- Academics: American Scholar System (were you choose your own classes) vs. European Scholar System (were the classes per academic year are already set with no choice to change or choose).
2- Agriculture and Chemistry: Organic food/production vs. inorganic food/production. Is organic food better than regular food? Why does it cost more money?
3- Biology: Cloning and the effects on the world.
4- Science: Metric system in United States.
Out of these four different topics I have decided to work on the number 3- Biology: Cloning and the effects on the world.
2- Agriculture and Chemistry: Organic food/production vs. inorganic food/production. Is organic food better than regular food? Why does it cost more money?
3- Biology: Cloning and the effects on the world.
4- Science: Metric system in United States.
Out of these four different topics I have decided to work on the number 3- Biology: Cloning and the effects on the world.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
RJA #1: Areas of Academic Interest
Classes that I have taken throughout my academic lifetime:
English
Spanish
French
Philosophy
British History
Uruguayan History
Chemistry
Algebra
Trigonometry
Physics
Technical drawing
Swimming
Field Hockey
Handball
Volleyball
Areas I have studied outside of class:
Apartment Marketing
Apartment Leasing- Sales
Other Academic Interests:
Biology
Wild Life
Evolution
Astrology
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