an electric car uses a battery to make the car move. what kind of energy transition is happening in the car?

When the battery is used to start the car, The energy is converted from electrical to mechanical energy to move the car, The chemical energy in the form of gasoline converts to the mechanical energy, and each transformation leads to the production of the heat.

a.) a destruction fo cells by viral reproduction

"1. it should be, it has been for about 20 years, and it's really not much different in the end than breeding animals to have particular traits. there are always concerns about genetically engineered animals/plants affecting the environment in unexpected negative ways, but i can't think of an example where the fears didn't turn out to be baseless.  

first, as you point out, it would be a great advance in pharmacology, to be able to tailor drugs and their doses to me. the pros involve better medical treatment. the cons involve privacy issues like insurance companies denying coverage to people with genetic risk factors. looking at dna markers wouldn't affect the frequency of genetic diseases, but it would allow detection of them earlier. and ok, actually i suppose that if people used this information to avoid having children with genetic diseases, some might decrease in frequency."