1) explain why increasing the amounts of the two enzymes changed the life spans of the mice. 2) express your opinion about whether people should be engineered to have high levels of the two enzymes. should people have the option to do this if they would like? should parents be allowed to have it done to their children? is it okay to do it to stop cancer but not okay to do it to stop aging? 3) express your opinion about potential problems that could result from this technology. who should bear the responsibility for solving these problems? explain your point of view. give examples to support your viewpoint.

Match the digestive enzymes to the macro molecules they to digest. down fats into glycerol and fatty acids down carbohydrates into simple sugars down nucleic acids into nitrogenous bases and simple sugars down proteins into amino acids

Bisphenol a (often called bpa) is a chemical found in products that people use every day, from water bottles to food containers to children's toys. unfortunately, bpa leaches out of its many products and makes its way into our bodies. what are the health effects of bpa exposure? ongoing research is finding that elevated exposure to bpa can affect a wide variety of developmental and physiological processes, but one of the first studies of bpa's health effects came about because of a simple mistake in the lab. at a laboratory at case western reserve university in 1998, geneticist patricia hunt was making a routine check of her female lab mice. as she extracted and examined developing eggs from the ovaries, she began to wonder what had gone wrong. she noticed that many of the eggs showed problems with their chromosomes, and some had irregular amounts of genetic material, which can lead to miscarriages and birth defects in mammals. she learned that a lab assistant had mistakenly washed the plastic mouse cages and water bottles with a harsh soap, releasing bpa from the plastic. knowing that bpa is an endocrine disruptor, a chemical that can enter organisms and mimic hormones, hunt set out to discover whether it had adversely affected her mice.

Select the correct answer. which mutation is harmful to the organism? a. a mutation allowing moths to camouflage better on blackened tree bark b. a mutation making staphylococcus aureus resistant to the antibiotic methicillin c. a mutation inhibiting human immunodeficiency virus from attaching to and entering the cell d. a mutation causing uncontrolled cell division e. a mutation giving plant leaves a bitter taste to discourage herbivores from eating them