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4/13/22_Classwork

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21 questions

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Question 1

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What do your genes do?

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Question 5

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What can genes do to your muscles?

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Question 6

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What does a gene called ACTN3 tell your body?

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CHALLENGE QUESTIONS

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Question 9

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Question 11

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What are American doctors using to fight cancer?

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Question 15

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Why did the doctors use immune system cells?

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Question 17

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How did doctors change the cells in the cancer patients?

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Question 19

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Did gene editing work for the cancer patients in the study?

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CHALLENGE QUESTION

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Question 21

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Where do offspring get their genes from?

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What do scientists think genes might control?

Question 4

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What is athletic ability?

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What is different about people who do not have ACTN3 and people who have ACTN3?

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What happens when professional athletes do not have ACTN3?

How can ACTN3 help people be good at sports?

Question 10

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Some parents buy tests to see if their children have ACTN3 to know if they will be good at sports. Do you think this is a good idea? Why or why not?

Question 12

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What do genes have inside them?

Question 13

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What does gene editing do?

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What is the gene editing tool called?

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What does the CRISPR tool do to DNA?

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What does gene editing hope to give people?

Question 20

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Was was Dr. Gerds happy with the results of the study?

Gene editing with tools like CRISPR could be very good for people.  It can help people who are sick.  But some people are worried that gene editing could cause some problems too.  For example, parents with a lot of money could ask doctors to alter the genes of their egg or sperm cells to change the genes of their babies to try make them smarter, stronger, or healthier.  Do you think we should continue to allow doctors to do gene editing?  Why or why not?