- The psychology of terrorism is quite
similar to Coco's topic dealing with mental health
disorders. She looked at schizophrenia, anti-social
personalities, and generalized anxiety disorders. Her topics related
to biotechnology in the same way that the psychology of terrorism relates
to it. For both topics, there is a need for scientific research.
Through research, scientists could discover a genetic aspect that causes
these disorders or increases a persons chance of developing one.
Through research, scientists could develop better treatments and perhaps
better ways to diagnose the disorders. The difference between the
two topics is that Coco's has a lot of scientific data, while mine does
not. Another difference is that the disorders that Coco
discussed are much more common than terrorism. Her disorders are
much easier to research than terrorists.
- Microbial forensics is somewhat similar to the
human genome project. The human genome project established a
database of all the genes in the human genome. This is exactly what
many scientist in microbial forensics want. They want to set up a
national or international database of all of the pathogens that could
possibly be used as a bioweapon. Through microbial forensics,
scientists could layout the different sequences of each pathogen, which is
just what the human genome project did. The only difference between
the two is that the human genome project was working with genes from
humans and that microbial forensics will be working with DNA from
pathogens. To learn more about the human genome project, go to either
Matt or Jeff's
websites.
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