BISC401 HONORS
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL
Debate Schedule
March 31 Should cloning of human cells for medical purposes be allowed in the United States?
Yes: Group 2 No: Group 4
April 7 Should pharmaceutical
companies be required to give up patent protections in order to
allow cheaper generic drugs into third-world markets, even if this reduces
profits for new drug
development?
Yes: Group 8 No: Group 1
April 21 Should government-sponsored
health programs be required to provide experimental cancer
drugs and therapies not yet well understood but approved for use, regardless
of the cost?
Yes: Group 5 No: Group 3
April 28 DNA sequences
for lethal viruses and potential bioterrorism tools are often published
on-line
by scientific journals. Should this be allowed in order to foster academic
freedom and open
access to scientific research or should it be stopped for security considerations?
Yes (allowed): Group 7
No (not allowed): Group 6