What does it mean to be human? What technologies, medical advanced, research, etc. may change our understanding of what it means to be human in the 21st century? Review the detailed assignment expectations for posting an article review and commenting on other stories in the full handout on the website and posted here.
New Hope of a Cure of H.I.V.
In this article, a man that received a bone marrow transplant was cured of HIV and has been living well for the past four years. The patients immune system was replaced by a donor's. The donor was among the one percent of Northern Europeans who are naturally resistant to the infection. After witnessing the experiment, scientists tried to modify other immune cells to make them resistant to HIV. As previously incurable diseases slowly become curable, humanities weaknesses are becoming fewer and fewer. Are weakness and disease things that make us human? Is it ethical to eliminate all of humanities weaknesses?
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