Biotechnology paper

SCI115, Fall 2018, Assignment 1

Instructor-recommended articles Page 1 of 3

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES FOR ASSIGNMENT 1

These articles were selected by your instructors. They meet all of the criteria for Assignment 1:

 Each article is less than four years old (after 2014)

 Each article concerns a DNA-related biotech topic that can serve as the topic for your other

three writing assignments in this series, as intended

 Each article is written for a general audience of non-scientist readers

 Each article is long enough to give you some material to summarize and provide grist for each

required section of Assigment 1, but not excessively long (though some are longer than others).

It doesn’t matter to us how you access the article, as long as you can access the full text. As a

best practice, you should give the URL that you used to get the article in your Source List.

We recommend that you select an article from this list as your “target article” for Assignment 1. If you

have another article that you want to use, it is strongly recommended that you run it by one of your

instructors. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Jim Cox, Lead Instructor, at

[email protected]

COMMENTS ABOUT THE LINKS

All of the articles in this list were found using one of the databases in the Strayer Library. Google

searches are okay, but sometimes return too many low-quality links

You may have to log in to the specified Strayer Library database first, for the links to work

In some cases, the articles may also be available through the publication’s website, although they may

be behind a paywall or require registration. For instance,the New York Times allows you to read only x

number of articles per month for free.

LIST OF INSTRUCTOR-RECOMMENDED ARTICLES, ARRANGED BY TOPIC

GENE EDITING

Bill Gates, May/June 2018, Gene Editing for Good. Foreign Affairs via Strayer Library EBSCOHost

database, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=128950343&site=ehost-

live&scope=site

Gideon Rose, May/June 2018, The Ultimate Life Hacker. Foreign Affairs via Strayer Library EBSCOHost

database, https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=128950342&site=ehost-

live&scope=site

No Author. April 11, 2016, Should Heritable Gene Editing Be Used on Humans? Wall Street Journal via

Strayer Library, US Newsstream Database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1779827422?accountid=30530 [Note: includes signed statements

by George Church (in favor), and Marcy Donovsky (in opposition)].

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Ian Sample, January 15, 2018, Gene editing – and what it really means to rewrite the code of life. The

Guardian via Strayer Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1987583065?accountid=30530

GENE DRIVES

No Author. July 22, 2017. Resistance is inevitable; Gene drives. The Economist via Strayer Library, US

Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1921305002?accountid=30530

Nicholas Wade. December 21, 2015. Gene Drives Offer New Hope Against Diseases and Crop Pests. New

York Times via Strayer Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1750621487?accountid=30530

Paul Koberstein. Spring 2017. Editing Evolution. Earth Island Journal via Strayer Library, US Newsstream

Database, https://search-proquest-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1876040240?accountid=30530

EMERGING TECHNIQUES IN FORENSIC DNA FROM CRIME SCENES

Veronique Greenwood. July 2016. Beyond Reasonable Doubt. National Geographic via Strayer Library,

US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1809042540?accountid=30530

Clive Cookson. January 31, 2015. DNA - The Next Frontier: Stories - Forensics: DNA Phenotyping.

Financial Times (London) via Strayer Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1659834530?accountid=30530

Rich Guerrieri. January 2016. New Genome Technology. Law & Order via Strayer Library, US

Newsstream database https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1763739737?accountid=30530

PRECISION MEDICINE

No Author. May 2017. It'll Take an Army to Kill the Emperor. Popular Mechanics via Strayer Library, US

Newssteam database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1917721540?accountid=30530 [Note: a bit lengthy, but mentions

cancer researcher Jim Allison co-winner of a Nobel Prize 2018]

Siddhartha Mukherjee. June 17, 2018. On Medicine. New York Times Magazine via Strayer Library, US

Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/2056029743?accountid=30530

Nanette Byrnes. September/October 2016. Slow Progress to Better Medicine. Technology Review via

Strayer Library, US Newstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1817089734?accountid=30530

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GENETICALLY-MODIFIED CROPS

Stephen Hall. August 2018. Tomato Tomorrow. Wired via Strayer Library, U.S. Newstream database,

https://search-proquest-com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/2074258368?accountid=30530

Danny Hakim. October 30, 2016. Doubts About a Promised Bounty. New York Times via Strayer Library,

US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1833749989?accountid=30530

Antonia Regalado, Jan/Feb 2018, These are not your father's GMOs. Technology Review via Strayer

Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1990743089?accountid=30530

GENETICALLY-MODIFIED ANIMALS

Amy Dockser Marcus. December 2016. Genetically Modified Pigs Could Ease Organ Shortage. Wall

Street Journal via Strayer Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1844931449?accountid=30530

No Author. Genome editing opens possibilities for genetically modified livestock. The Kansas State

Collegian via Strayer Library, US Newsstream database, https://search-proquest-

com.libdatab.strayer.edu/docview/1566090915?accountid=30530

Sarah Polcz. Spring 2018. A Menagerie of Moral Hazards: Regulating Genetically Modified Animals.

Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics via Strayer Library, EBSCOHost database,

https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=128747364&site=ehost-

live&scope=site