The Simple DNA Test
Libby Copeland, author of "Who was she? A DNA test only opened new mysteries," uses many different literary elements to inform the readers of The Washington Post of what taking a "simple" DNA test can do to you and your family. Copeland uses Alice Collins Plebuch and a few others’ stories and discoveries to secure the point clearly. Exposition, tone, and repetition are just a few those elements. Moreover, exposition is an element used to give the readers background information before actually going into the story, or the rest of the article. By explaining the history of DNA, Copeland uses the technique of exposition. “Over the past five years, as the price of DNA testing kits has dropped and their quality has improved,
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Repetition is used numerous by Copeland throughout it. She uses it to assemble her main point that there are consequences to taking the DNA test. The results can affect your family. “Doing DNA testing for fun can carry consequences few of us might anticipate. It requires little investment at the outset, but it has the potential to utterly change our lives.” Copeland starts off with using Plebuch’s story. Plebuch wanted to just do a DNA test for fun, but the results contradicted what she was told as a kid. This lead Plebuch to become curious and take more and more tests. The tests weren’t just her DNA; plenty of other people got tested to help Plebuch uncover the “hidden secret.” The simple test for Plebuch became an investment and time consuming process that lasted over two years. Once the results where back, she realized there was no secret but a mistake. Plebush discovery didn’t cause any hatred or pity from either family. The finding actually brought the families closer together. Copeland once more reminds us “DNA testing can also yield to uncomfortable surprises.” This was the case for Laurie Pratt. She found out that her father wasn’t actually her father. When trying to explain the man, her biological father, he was ashamed and never answered
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The theory of DNA, simply stated, is that an individual’s genetic information is unique, with the exception of identical twins, and that it “definitively links biological evidence such as blood, semen, hair and tissue to a single individual” (Saferstein, 2013). This theory has been generally accepted since the mid-80s throughout the scientific community and hence, pursuant to the 1923 Frye ruling, also deemed admissible evidence throughout our justice system.
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The Human Genome Project is the largest scientific endeavor undertaken since the Manhattan Project, and, as with the Manhattan Project, the completion of the Human Genome Project has brought to surface many moral and ethical issues concerning the use of the knowledge gained from the project. Although genetic tests for certain diseases have been available for 15 years (Ridley, 1999), the completion of the Human Genome Project will certainly lead to an exponential increase in the number of genetic tests available. Therefore, before genetic testing becomes a routine part of a visit to a doctor's office, the two main questions at the heart of the controversy surrounding genetic testing must be addressed: When should genetic testing be used? And who should have access to the results of genetic tests? As I intend to show, genetic tests should only be used for treatable diseases, and individuals should have the freedom to decide who has access to their test results.
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Creative Writing Topic: Fred and Frank are identical twins who live in a rural village in England. A rape has occurred, and the police are asking for voluntary DNA samples to help narrow the search for the rapist. Fred is ready to volunteer for the DNA testing, when Frank asks him not to…
In today’s world, people are learning a great deal in the rapidly growing and developing fields of science and technology. Almost each day, an individual can see or hear about new discoveries and advances in these fields of study. One science that is rapidly progressing is genetic testing; a valuable science that promotes prevention efforts for genetically susceptible people and provides new strategies for disease management. Unnaturally, and morally wrong, genetic testing is a controversial science that manipulates human ethics. Although genetic testing has enormous advantages, the uncertainties of genetic testing will depreciate our quality of life, and thereby result in psychological burden, discrimination, and abortion.
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