Graham S Genetic Privacy Period 8 10 slides

1. Genetic Privacy
Graham Skywark
Mrs. Morgan Period 8

2. Basic Principles of Genetics
*Traits are controlled by dominant and recessive alleles by
all dominant alleles cover up recessive alleles.
* When traits are controlled by co-dominant alleles neither
traits show up.
*When two traits are combined 23 chromosomes from the
male and 23 chromosomes from the female are combined
and some traits are combined and some traits are mixed

3. Human Genome Project
*The human genome project started in 1990. Some goals
were to identify all human genes in human DNA, determine
the sequences of the three billion base pairs that make up
the human DNA then store this information in databases,
improve machines for data analysis, transfer related
technologies to the private sector and to address the
ethical, legal and social issues that my come about from
the project. One legal act was the GINA which was a law
that prohibits insurance companies and workers from
discriminating on the basic information derived from
genetic tests.

4. *What happens when you have a chromosomal
abnormality you probably have nondisjunction which is the
failure of replicated chromosomes to segregate during
anaphase 2.
*If you have a single gene disorder then one of your genes
are messed up. Single gene disorders come from your
parents.
*If you have multifacutica disorder then you can not pay
attation for long periods of time and you may have weird
outbursts.
*Genetic counseling can help a couple figure out the
chances of their child having a genetic disorder because
the counselors use charts and punnet squares to figure out
the odds that the child will have a genetic disorder.
*A karyotype can help someone find out if someone else
has a genetic disorder because if in the picture the cell has
to many or to little chromosomes.

5. Argument 1
*Genetic privacy is a big topic and an important one. If
people can see what your genetic makeup is that can
led to many problems. One problem that would come up
would come up if everyone had excess to your cells
would be that insurance companies would raise your
health insurance if your family had a genetic mutation in
their cells and it could possibly be passed on to you. I
think this is unfair because insurance company's would
make you pay more for your health insurance because
your family had a record of cell mutation. The GINA was
a law set by congress that forbid this action. If this bill
didn’t exist than people that had a family history would
be paying more money for health insurance than people
who don’t have a family history.

6. Argument 2
Another problem that might come about if your genes
were available to the public is that your genes might be
stolen and cloned. Let’s say you were a super hot
person. Someone could steal your genes and clone you
and make millions of dollars off cloning you.

7. Argument 3
Also if you work and you have a small mental disability
and your boss or coworker had excess to your genetic
makeup they could not hire you, fire you or not treat you
like everyone else. For example they could pay you less
because they had excess to this information.

8. Argument 4
One other reason that the government should keep funding
this is that someone could use it agents you such as to
embarrass you. If someone had excess to a karyotype of your
chromosomes and saw you had a mental disability they could
so it to everyone else. Let’s say you where running for
governor or something important and your opponent found
this information. They could use this agents you and would
probably lose because everyone would know.

9. Conclusion
Currently the government is funding genetic privacy
and they should keep funding it because of this four
important topics: insurance companies’ prices going
up, genetic information being stolen and cloned,
people that you work with and for treating you unfairly
and people trying to embarrass and over power you.
These are important topics to protect and the
government should keep funding them.

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