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Honors Collegium 70A
Genetic Engineering in Medicine, Law, & Agriculture
Winter 2009
Professor Bob Goldberg
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Course Documents
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| Units: | 5.0 | ||||||
| Lectures: | Tues & Thurs : 3:30 - 6:00 PM | ||||||
| Discussions: | Wed : 12:00 - 2:00 PM TA Daisy Robinton (La Kretz 101) Wed : 2:00 - 4:00 PM TA Aycha Erbilgin (La Kretz 101) Wed : 4:30 - 6:30 PM TA Kelli Henry (LS 2320) |
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| Location: | La Kretz 120 | ||||||
| Class Syllabus | |||||||
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Class Handouts and Powerpoint Presentation |
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01/06/09 - Lecture-1 Handout(ppt): The Age of DNA: What is Genetic Engineering? |
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01/13/09 - Lecture-2 Handout(ppt): What Are Genes & How Do They Work: Part One |
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01/20/09 - Lecture-3 Handout(ppt): What Are Genes & How Do They Work: Part Two |
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01/29/09 - Lecture-5 Handout(ppt): The Age of Genomics: Your Personal Genome |
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02/03/09 - Lecture-6 Handout(ppt): Identifying Human Origins: Past and Present |
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02/10/09 - Lecture-7 Handout(ppt): 21st Century Genetic Engineering Applications - Part I |
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02/17/09 - Lecture-8 Handout(ppt): 21st Century Genetic Engineering Applications - Part II |
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02/24/09 - Lecture-8.1 Handout(ppt): 21st Century Genetic Engineering Applications - Part III |
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03/10/09 - Lecture-10 Handout(ppt): Science and the Constitution: Who Owns Your Genes? |
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| Guest Speakers (Click on the name for information about the speaker) | |||||||
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Dr. Richard Hamilton, Ph.D. President and CEO, Ceres, Inc. Thousand Oaks, CA Title: Engineering Plants For BioFuel Production [ppt - 11.6 MB] |
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Dr. Alan McHughen, Ph.D. CE Plant Biotechnologist, Department of Plant Sciences, UC Riverside Title: GMOs: What's All The Fuss About? [ppt - 3.2 MB] |
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Dr. Michele Evans, M.D., FACOG Reproductive Specialist, Huntington Reproductive Center Title: Infertility, In Vitro Fertilization (IVF), and Genetic Testing [ppt - 16.9 Mb] |
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Dr. Russell Korobkin, J.D. Professor, School of Law, UCLA Title: Stem Cells: Ethical and Legal Issues [ppt - 786 Kb] |
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Dr. John Novembre, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA Title: Tracking Human Ancestry [pdf - 6.8 Mb] |
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| Articles For Discussion | |||||||
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Discussion One: The Basics of Genetic Engineering |
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Stanley N. Cohen |
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Berg et al. Potential Biohazards of Recombinant DNA Molecules. Science, New Series, Vol. 185, No. 4148 (Jul. 26, 1974), 303. |
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Discussion Two: Using Genetic Engineering to Make Drugs in Bacteria |
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Walter Gilbert and Lydia Villa-Komaroff Useful Proteins From Recombinant Bacteria. Scientific American, April, 1980, 242 (4), 74-94. |
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William A. Haseltine Discovering Genes For New Medicine. Scientific American, March, 1997, 276 (3), 92-97. |
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Discussion Three: Using Genetic Engineering to Make Better Crops. |
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Charles S. Gasser and Robert T. Fraley Transgenic Crops.. Scientific American, June, 1992, 266 (6), 62-69. |
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Terri Raney and Prabhu Pingali Sowing a Gene Revolution.. Scientific American, September, 2007, 297 (3), 104-111. |
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Per Pinstrup-Anderson and Fuzhi Cheng
Still Hungry.. Scientific American, September, 2007, 297 (3), 96-103. |
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Discussion Four: Identifying and Testing for Human Disease Genes |
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Ray White and Jean-Marc Lalouel
Chromosome Mapping with DNA Markers. Scientific American , February, 1988, 258 (2), 40-48. |
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Mark A. Rothstein
Keeping Your Genes Private. Scientific American , September, 2008, 299 (3), 64-69. |
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Discussion Five: DNA Testing in the Courtroom |
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Peter J. Neufeld and Neville Colman When Science Takes the Witness Stand. Scientific American, May, 1990, 262 (5), 46-53. |
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Discussion Six: Genetic Engineering Farm Animals to Make Drugs |
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William H. Velander, Henryk Lubon, and William N. Drohan
Thansgenic Livestock as Drug Factories. Scientic American, January, 1997, 276 (1), 70-74. |
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Discussion Seven: Embryonic Stem Cell and Cloning for Medicine |
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Clive Cookson et al.,
The Future of Stem Cells.. Scientific American Special Report, July 2005, A6-A21. |
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Jose B. Cibelli, Robert P. Lanza, Michael West, and Carol Ezzell
The First Human Cloned Embryo. Scientific American, January, 2002, 286 (1), 44-51. |
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Discussion Eight: Understanding and Defeating Cancer |
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Webster K. Cavenee and Raymond L. White
The Genetic Basis of Cancer.. Scientific American, March 1995, 273 (3), 72-79. |
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Stephen H. Friend and Roland B. Stoughton The Magic of Microarrays. Scientific American, February, 2002, 286 (2), 44-53. |
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Francis S. Collins and Anna D. Barker Mapping the Cancer Genome. Scientific American, October, 2007, 296 (3), 50-57. |
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Discussion Nine: Tracing Human Origins |
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Michael J. Bamshad and Steve E. Olsen
Does Race Exit? Scientific American, December, 2004, 289 (6), 78-85. |
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Discussion Ten: Gene Therapy: Fixing Human Genetic Defects |
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Theodore Friedman
Overcoming the Obstacles to Gene Therapy. Scientific American, June, 1997, 276 (6), 96-101. |
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Steve Mirsky and John Rennie What Cloning Means for Gene Therapy? Scientific American, June, 1997, 276 (6), 122-123. |
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