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Biotechnology, Ethics, and Society: The Case of Genetic Manipulation

2015

Biotechnologies are transforming human existence and their potential ever increasing. The discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953 paved the way for genetic medicine and even the possibility to alter the genetic makeup of human beings. Since then, the capacity of the human being to learn about and intervene in his own biological makeup has not ceased to grow.

Genetic Medicinebusiness.industryPolitical scienceHuman lifeEngineering ethicsDna double helixbusinessHuman beingBiotechnology
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Parity violation energy of biomolecules - III: RNA

2006

The energy of parity-violation associated with a typical DNA double helix is estimated with ab initio techniques. It is shown that weak-nuclear interactions do not favor the formation of the double helices found in nature. Possible implications regarding the potential effect of parity-violation interactions on the evolution of biological homochirality are discussed.

chemistry.chemical_classificationPhysicsQuantitative Biology::BiomoleculesBiomoleculePotential effectAb initioGeneral Physics and AstronomyRNAParity violation; biomoleculesParity (physics)Dna double helixbiomoleculeschemistry.chemical_compoundchemistryParity violationComputational chemistryChemical physicsPhysical and Theoretical ChemistryHomochiralityDNA
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