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Future Crime Scenario
Have doctor's gone too far in the name of science? Some would say yes they
have. We will examine if a doctor who is trying to obtain a patent to help alter or mutate
an organism to grow human organs is a violation of law, deviance or neither. We will
also discuss if this is an abuse of technology. f this type of technology is used can it go
too far? How ethical is this practice? Does this type of science create victims? How will
this technology be evaluated? Who will do the evaluating? How does religion play into
this type of technology? These are the topics that are pertinent to the discussion.
!atent for New TechnoIogy
This will always be a touchy subject with people because opinions tend to differ
greatly when it comes to whether or not man should genetically altering anything, let
alone for use in human organ growth and transplant then involving the use of advance
computers to create the new type of organism. That would certainly be a touchy subject.
The main problem about this topic is that the doctor stated that if and when she is not
granted a patent for this new technology, that she will continue her research regardless
weather she has it or not. Having said this all and setting opinions aside this entire topic
becomes a completely different subject if the doctor decides to continue research
without a patent.



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'ioIation, Deviant Act or Neither
f the doctor decides to continue, her research without properly receiving
the patent for her research the question then becomes, is the doctor's activity
considered a violation of the law a deviant act or neither? The doctor's act should not be
considered any different than that of any other persons act in the same situation. The
doctor's activity should be considered both a violation of the law and a deviant act as
well. A topic so serious such as this should be treated in a serious manner. f the doctor
has all this technology to create such things and do such research and threatens to
continue pretty much with or without permission (because that is the just of what she is
implying) then there is no telling how far she is will to take it afterwards. Perhaps it is
because the doctors believes strongly in what she is researching, that aside, a patent
for research in America for something so serious such as creating a new type of
organism for use in human organ growth is imperative!
'ioIation of the Law
reating a new type of organism violates the law; the issues that it also
raises contain the use of advanced technology in regard to computers which appears
questionable (asti, 1997). Depending upon where the doctor attempts to go overseas
the patent may not meet the requirements set forth by that particular country. Several
countries may accept her application such as anada, Korea, or Europe. Europe has
now taken another look at their application process for human organ growth. A ban on
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research in that country indicates it is immoral. "t is also worth noting that the legality of
the application will vary from country to country depending on the laws of the specific
land (Nzomo, n.d.). f the doctor leaves the country she would then need to become
familiar with the process used in applying for a new patent. n the United States the
approval of a patent could take up to two years. The time differs when outside of the
country.
Stopping a !atent AppIication
n the process of submitting a patent application it must meet the
requirements set forth by a panel of examiners. The doctor has the responsibility of
following through on any concerns that the examiners may note. She can make
modifications to the application, or explain why she believes the patent is approval as
initially submitted. Resubmission of the application depends upon how long the doctor
wishes to continue making modifications. Granting a patent to a researcher or doctor
only allows him or her rights to the technology. The doctor may not agree with the
examiners review of the application, and therefore choose to abandon the idea.
Abuse or TechnoIogy
Technology is through computers, to help maintain any information that is
needed. Scientist use computers for all most all of their information. There is a type of
an application that the patents have to fill out to help create a new type of organism.
This organism has to be acceptable through the law. All of this gives the government
and researchers the ability of science. Technology continues to advance over the years.
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The laws that are directed between human and technological relationships this is then
neutral (Brenner, 2007). Technology is used to help with new things that arise.
Screening the potential harmful products is where the new technology comes in.
All testing has to go through the new technology to make sure this is working right. The
thing that is big in technology is making sure no one else uses your information or get
recognition for your work instead of their own. We plan to take any organ growth and
transplants that are used in the human body to help maintain our technology in
organisms. The objective is to understand the process of organisms. "The coordination
of each module with other database components must be described including how
different versions that will be kept compatible in the research (developing robust
components for model organism database).
DetaiIed reports
The common set of tasks is: to collect and curate data from the scientific
literature such as mutations, alleles, genetic and physical maps. This information results
in a large scale of experiments such as microarray (National Genome Research
institute, 2002).
Does such research have any victims?
A person that suffers from destructive or injurious action is a victim.
Therefore, are you a victim? No you're not, as long as you were aware of all of the
information you are not a victim because you were informed of all the documentation.
However, if there was a medication that was given to you without instructions or
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directions then you now become the victim of being harmed. Doctors always work on
coming up with new technology to help cure people as well as other things.
New TechnoIogies Being Screened
t would be logical for those who are developing any form of new technology to
be required to have their innovations screened for the safety of the developers and for
the safety of those, they are developing their technologies for, as well as all of us. The
people developing these new technologies have the capabilities and the know how to
invent things for the good of us all and on the down side they also have the capabilities
to invent things for the not so good. Though this may not happen often, it still would be a
smart idea for there to be some form of policing in this department. Weather this
screening be ongoing (which should be the preferred method of screening) or whether it
be at the beginning, the middle, then at the end of their development. deally, the
screening of new technology should be done during the entire process.
Perhaps, someone unbiased can observe on a regular basis, come by
unannounced with a survey asking questions, things of that nature. Most importantly,
the main process of the screening of these new technologies is that the development
must be put on hold until a patent is approved when it is involving something so
complex like the human bodies and organ growth.
Other Strategies
One of the most essential means for permitting society to evaluate new
technology before implementation may take place in the company's continual testing of
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the product. Possibilities of displaying this product can vary from the media or to an
nternet access website for the company. Advertisement of the technology can benefit
the makers in the ability to market a sufficient product. The consumer could receive a
survey requesting his or her opinion as to what he or she believes the product should
offer. The strategic planning by the company in regard to any type of technology
offered becomes information to everyone involved.
The cost involved in the implementing of new technology may weigh heavy, and
need restructuring prior to the implementation for society to review. When evaluating
new technology one should follow outlines such as: making certain that the new
technology enhances the use by society, that the availability of resources will appear
quite important in respect to the results as needed, prepare a careful pre-implementing
plan and possess options for outsourcing. The time given to society to evaluate the
technology in the creating of a new type of organism will allow for doctors or
researchers to believe that their findings we fulfill the research necessary. The research
in this particular scenario tends to cause mixed opinions. reating genetically altered
organism does not appeal to everyone. Even though some believe the purpose could
enhance human organ growth, and transplants. Most people would like to see this
process totally omitted.



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ConcIusion
n conclusion, the use of new technology to create modified or test living
organisms will always be a hard topic to talk about in society. There are many reasons
why it is a difficult topic in which some that are against it and other support these
experiment to be done. The people that are against it usually are those related to a
religion or belief and how they were raised or their culture. The people that support
these experiments are usually those that had bad experience or some relative died.
n this particular case the doctor applied for a patent on new technology
involving computers to create organism that can alter the human organ growth and
transplant in which if denied she will continue the research. The doctor activity should
be considered a violation of the law or a deviant act if the patent is denied and she
continue with her research. The reason why is because every experiment should be
approved before continuing with the research for the safety of the people and its
developers. This is why new technology should be required to have their innovations
screened to avoid getting someone hurt or even causing dead within people.
The consequences of these researches are that it always has victims in which
there are cases that these people died. Finally actions can be done to stopped illegal
activities against the law especially if the doctor goes overseas or different strategies
that can be used to allow society time to evaluate new technology before it is
implemented but at the end of the day these illegal activities will continue and in cases
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there will not be enough time due to people for different reasons trying to change or
alter how the world was created especially the human organisms.



















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