A brief biography of the life of Charles Darwin, including events in his childhood, his influences, and his travels that led to his theory of the origin of species.

Review of the book "Plague Time: The New Germ Theory of Disease" by Paul W. Ewald. Includes interesting facts about related issues.

Describes the disease adrenoleukodystrophy, and gives a brief summary of resources where you can go to get more information.

The advantages and disadvantages of cloning including the topic of cloning in literature, particularly "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

If a terminally ill forty year old man does not create a clone, he would not be tempted to take another life to extend his own. If the infertile couple does not create a cloned child, then they could have a living human child and there would be one less child without a family and food. Cloning only adds to the problem of mankind.

Describes the problem of world hunger and malnutrition. Debates the promise of agro genetics as one means to alleviate the issue. Maintains the process ensures better yield from crops, produces nutrient rich foods and it will utilize available land to its maximum advantage.

This essay is an arugument for the use of GMO's in agriculture.

This essay argues for human cloning by bringing up specific successes in animal cloning.

The thesis: medication does not help in the treatment of children with ADD. What is ADD? What are possible genetic and environmental causes? How to treat it: with medication or with attention and love of parents? What are side effects of medication? Can children be addicted to certain drugs and can these drugs stop mental development (elimination of new idea generation)? Can medication lead to improved academic performance? Can medication increase levels of chromosome abnormities and decrease activity both physical and mental? What are the alternative therapies?

The evidence on the origins of the hominid lineage has helped us to further understand where and when hominids came into existence. Fossil evidence shows morphological changes associated with bipedality allowing fitness advantage in new environments. Other behaviors have been shown through these fossils as well as the information we have today about nonhuman primates.

This essay is about how close humans and chimpanzees are related to one another as told in 'Selections from Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe' by Jane Goodall.

Reproductive cloning, therapeutic cloning, and embryo cloning are all the creation of an organism that is an exact genetic copy of another. Every bit of DNA is the same. While medical and scientific benefits to cloning are often put forward, so are the moral and ethical questions about creating life, especially pertaining to the rights of these new life forms.

Explores the process of cloning. Debates the ethical and moral issues surrounding the process.

Cloning, once the stuff of science fiction, will with recent advances become a fundamental part of our society.

This essay is about the cloning of humans.

Details in the general aspects of cloning.

Essay discusses the pros and cons of cloning.

Describes the disease Coffin Lowry Syndrome. Explains its causes, how it is diagnosed and details possible treatments for the genetic disorder.

In the 21st century the problems regarding unsafe sex, unwanted pregnancy increasing sexual diseases has increased a lot. Teens of today do not think about the problems which they would face after having unsafe sex. They do not have complete knowledge of the hazards that follows them in future. To bring these precarious activities under control Contraceptives (birth control) was introduced.

The moral issues regarding biotechnology are a matter of life and death. The development of our biotech future will depend on the moral conclusions we choose to embrace which will decide if scientists are free to study as they wish or are controlled by government regulation.

The negative risks of a database

Lists arguments for and against DNA testing.

Essay provides a discussion of how our early experiences, emotional development and the fear of heights are all related.

Questions whether or not Embryonic Stem Cell Research should be legalized. Describes the process of embryonic stem cell research and why the subject is so controversial. Argues that adult stem cells should be used instead.

Genetic engineering is the science of designing a human being's genes to fit specified criteria. You could determine your potential child's future by choosing its gender, skin colour, level of intelligence - the list is infinite.

Progeria is a rare genetic condition in which the body experiences greatly accelerated aging. Stunted growth and abnormal aging in youth are some of the symptoms.

An explanation of genetically modified foods (GMFs), what consitutes GMFs, and how GMFs are created. Supporters of GMFs say this technology will improve the variety and access to food. Others against GMFs claim these foods will cause great harm to the environment and human health. Opinions of the author are included.

Genes, gene patenting and public awareness on issues in biotechnology.

The following consists of an essay against genetic babies.

Debates the legalization of Genetic Engineering. Describes how genetic engineering and its wide range of application can have very positive effects, such as an increase in the crops, a cure for many diseases, and a mean to achieve more scientific breakthrough.

Describes the process of genetic engineering and examines societal views toward the science. Ponders the future of the science.

Genetic Engineering:

Discusses the benefits and risks of genetic modification. Examines the genetic modification of food and animals as well as organ cloning and embryonic cloning.

Some vegetarians do not prefer to consume genetically modified vegetables or food products because they contain animal genes. The consumers find these animal genes unsafe for their health but this is not factual. The scientist inserts such genes from the animals into the plants so that the plants become highly nutritive. The people must have the knowledge that these addition of genes into the plants is done only to give them a better food products.

Essay discusses the pros and cons of genetically modified foods.

Although it is argued that GM technology might bring imbalance to the ecosystem, in other words a manipulation of nature and destroying intrinsic values of natural organisms bringing mankind's downfall, more rationally, it should be suggested that temporarily the use of GMOs are inevitable to sustain society.

This essay discusses different theories on what determines human archetypes such as nature vs. nurture.

Ritesh Praveen Kothari

Describes the symptoms and causes of the disease Hereditary hemochromatosis. Provides statistical detail on occurence rates.

A brief overview of genetics and heredity. A rapidly growing field of science, genetics benefits greatly from the work of Gregor Mendel, considered the "father of genetics."

Examines the issue human cloning. Debates the pros and cons and the ethical issues surrounding the procedure. Describes political efforts to outlaw the process.

My essay is about the controversy of human cloning.

I fail to understand how there can possibly be arguments in support of human cloning. It took Scottish scientists two hundred seventy- seven attempts to successfully clone Dolly, the first identical genetic twin produced from the mixing of genes from an older sheep's utter and "the reproductive machinery of a sheep's egg. Cloning humans is unsafe because attempting so will result in miscarriages and abnormalities of the genetic twin for an unknown number of attempts until success is reached.

Huntington's Disease is a genetically transmitted disease so it will be continuing from generation to generation if scientists do not find a cure for it. The affects it has on a person is quite life changing. People are suffering all the time while doing everyday things and they really need help.

Hypothyroidism, also referred to as Hashimoto's Thyroiditis, is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not produce adequate amounts of the thyroid hormone thyroxine. The thyroid hormone helps maintain normal cholesterol balance, heart function, and brain function, along with controlling the body's rate of metabolism.

Essay discusses the topic of evolution. Uses sources to emphasize important points.

Discusses and explains the procedure of Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis. Considers its benefits to the IVF procedure. Debates ethical reasons why people are opposed to it.

Essay discusses the controversial subject of the language of apes. It also discusses what the learning abilities of apes tell us about human language development.

Marfans syndrome is a genetic disease that is congenital and inherited from the parents of the patient. The parent could have heterozygous genes for the disease, and carry it, or they could be affected with it as well. Because the disease affects three incredibly important parts of the body, if it is not treated early on it can be fatal to the patient. Although there is no cure for this disease yet, scientists will eventually find the answer and end the suffering of millions of people worldwide.

This essay goes over Mitochondrial DNA: what it is, and the Mitochondrial Eve theory. Is the Out of Africa evolutional theory correct? And, does this theory prove something to this effect?