Could you do a biology assignment?

Please read the whole instructions. And please make sure there is no blagirism becuase the prof will submit it to turn it in.

Extra Credit Question:

Choose one (just one) of the topics presented below and write a brief essay that summarizes the article or video, and discuss how it relates to the concepts discussed in class. Include your own thoughts about the topic, and back up your opinions with examples from the link, from your textbook, and/or from other pertinent sources. Discuss how at least one of the concepts studied is present or related to the topic you chose.

CRITICAL THINKING ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC – Exam 4 & Final – 26 points

Content

(6 point) Article summary is complete and relevant

(4 point) Personal opinion is provided

(4 points) Opinion is supported with examples and details

(4 points) Concepts and information from both references are discussed together (similarities or discrepancies are pointed in the discussion)

Length

(2 point) 300-500 words

Mechanics

(2 point) Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation

Reference(s)

(1 point) Only one reference is provided

or

(2 points) Only one reference is provided and properly formatted

or

(4 points) At least 2 references are provided and properly formatted

TOPICS

Cops are asking Ancestry.com and 23andMe for their customers’ DNA

http://fusion.net/story/215204/law-enforcement-agencies-are-asking-ancestry-com-and-23andme-for-their-customers-dna/

A Genetic Mutation That Can Affect Mental & Physical Health

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-integrationist/201409/genetic-mutation-can-affect-mental-physical-health

What’s a GMO? Jimmy Kimmel Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzEr23XJwFY

CRISPR (Radiolab Podcast)

http://www.radiolab.org/story/antibodies-part-1-crispr/

Gene-Edited Cells Reverse Cancer in Baby Girl

http://news.discovery.com/tech/biotechnology/gene-edited-cells-reverse-cancer-in-baby-girl-151106.htm

The Truth about Genetically Modified Food

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-truth-about-genetically-modified-food/

Part-human, part-pig embryos created by scientists to grow human organs in pigs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/06/06/uc-davis-california-chimera-part-human-part-pig-embryos–scientists-grow-organ-transplants/85506798/

You can use the video and/or the articles to discuss the relationship between infectious diseases and either nutrition or vaccines, you could,e.g., relate at least one aspect of the Nigeria crisis to concepts we discussed in class (e.g., RUTF, essential nutrients, macronutrients, vaccine importance, herd immunity, etc.).

http://www.sciencemag.org/video/bottom-list-health-crisis-nigeria

http://science.sciencemag.org.unh-proxy01.newhaven.edu:2048/content/356/6333/18.full

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635899/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4635899/pdf/khvi-11-09-1044180.pdf

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herd_immunity

Ageing and Calory intake: are they related? Maybe.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/five-day-fasting-diet-could-fight-disease-slow-aging