DNL SVT
2024-2025
Chapter 1 - Climatic threat
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Topic 2 - Genetics
Chapter 2 - Genetics and health
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I. Reminders on DNA and RNA ​
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II - Genetics and ethics
A- Ethical Concerns of Genome Editing - NIH
Instructions for oral: link
Videos:
Ethical considerations for gene editing, or
Germline Gene Editing - 2019 ASHG, or ​
Britain Allows Embryo-Killing Genetic Experiments​, or
Scientists in UK get approval for 'gene editing' on human embryos
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Additional information:
Genetic Engineering Will Change Everything Forever – CRISPR
Gene-Edited Babies: Chinese Doctor Confronted by Scientific Community
The ethics of CRISPR gene editing with Jennifer Doudna
First person in the world receives gene editing treatment
B - Ethical concerns about genetic testing
Instructions for oral and debate (link)
Videos and paper:
Overview ~Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing~ (23andMe)
Ethical concerns about genetic testing and screening
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II - Genetics and medical issues
A - Sickle cell disease
Videos
Teen is one of the first ever to get his genes edited. Why he says the process is 'cool and freaky'
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Papers
Topic 3 - Global health issues:
epidemics​
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​ I – What is an epidemic? ​
Endemic vs Epidemic vs Pandemic | How Epidemiologists Classify Disease Prevalence
II - Societal impacts of epidemics
Covid-19 Plunging Urban Poor Nigerians Further into Poverty - Human Rights Watch
UN admits role in Haiti cholera outbreak
II - Case studies
HIV / AIDS
Covid-19
Video:The History of Pandemics | Encyclopaedia Britannica
IV - Vaccination: a key solution
V - Climate change and epidemics
Video:
Bangladesh Deaths From Dengue Cross 400 As Outbreak Worsens | Dawn News English​