browser icon
You are using an insecure version of your web browser. Please update your browser!
Using an outdated browser makes your computer unsafe. For a safer, faster, more enjoyable user experience, please update your browser today or try a newer browser.

Tagged With: genetic engineering

CRISPR and designer babies (China-2018)

  https://www.cbsnews.com/news/chinese-researcher-claims-to-have-genetically-altered-babies-crispr/

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias | Tags: , , , | Commentaires fermés sur CRISPR and designer babies (China-2018)

Dangerous gene myths abound…

20 years after the human genome was first sequenced, dangerous gene myths abound Misleading rhetoric has fuelled the belief that our genetic code is an ‘instruction book’ – but it’s far more interesting than that. Philip Ball ‘Successes in gene therapy remain rare, and medicine tailored to people’s individual genetic constitution has not yet materialised.’ … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-3-Utopias and dystopias, LLCET°_3-2-Anchoring and inheriting | Tags: , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Dangerous gene myths abound…

Mary Shelley and her monstruous creation

Here is the drama version of FRANKENSTEIN in a series of 10 episodes by BBC Learning English. Each episode goes with the transcript and a page of grammar. You can download both the podcast onto your phone or computer, and the pdf file on Grammar + Vocab (on the right grey TAKEAWAYS FRAME) Episode 1: … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMC1°_1-2-Science and techniques, promises and challenges, B1B2-5. Fictions & Realities, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, LLCE1°_1-2-Freaks, fairies and fancy worlds, LLCE1°_2-1-Love and friendship, LLCE1°_2-3-Confrontation to difference, LLCET°_2-3-Initiation and apprenticeship, LLCET°_3-1-Exploration and adventure | Tags: , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Mary Shelley and her monstruous creation

Becoming Parents : The Unusual Story of The Drewitt-Barlow Family

A CHRONOLOGICAL APPROACH…   2002 : Dads, Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow are looking forward to the birth of their third child… Barrie and Tony Drewitt-Barlow are used to publicity. A few years ago the papers were full of the story of how a surrogate mother in America produced twins for them and they were named … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_1-3-Equalities and inequalities, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, AMCT°_3-2-Rivalries and interdependencies, AMCT°_3-3-Common inheritance and diversity, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion | Tags: , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Becoming Parents : The Unusual Story of The Drewitt-Barlow Family

Giving Life: from Myth to Reality

WHO GIVES LIFE TO WHOM ?   Here are some examples that will give you some ideas … Michelangelo’s painting : the creation of Adam The Myth of Prometheus Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus Isaac Asimov’s short story : True Love     Why do some people write stories and become writers ?   Here … Continuer la lecture »

Catégories: AMCT°_1-1-Unity and plurality, AMCT°_1-2-Public and individual freedoms, AMCT°_1-3-Equalities and inequalities, AMCT°_3-1-Power and influence, B1B2-1. Identities & Exchanges, B1B2-2. Private Space & Public Space, B1B2-6. Scientific Innovations & Responsibility, B1B2-7. Diversity & Inclusion, LLCE1°_2-1-Love and friendship, LLCE1°_2-3-Confrontation to difference, LLCET°_2-1-Expressing emotions, LLCET°_2-2-Self-representation | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Commentaires fermés sur Giving Life: from Myth to Reality