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Redefining Reality - The Intellectual Implications of Modern Science

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equally much for how we think <strong>of</strong> birth. Earliest life has been subject<br />

to technology since the use <strong>of</strong> wet nurses, but it has become so open<br />

to manipulation that it is now possible for seven distinct individuals to<br />

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genetic immortality and to bring back extinct species, cloning also seems<br />

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diseases. Is cloning a step too far ethically and technologically, or is it just<br />

the next phase in our ability to control life?<br />

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Contemporary research has shown some interesting effects <strong>of</strong><br />

breastfeeding. <strong>The</strong> most notable <strong>of</strong> these is the jumpstart that the<br />

baby’s immune system receives from breast milk.<br />

<strong>The</strong> colostrum, the thicker, creamier milk that is produced by<br />

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A, which is an antibody produced by the blood. Immunoglobulin<br />

A is found in the mouth, nose, ears, and any other places where<br />

the inside <strong>of</strong> the body is exposed to the outside environment.<br />

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Immunoglobulin A is a protein with a y shape; it works by<br />

creating a layer <strong>of</strong> mucus that traps harmful bacteria, and it<br />

then uses the ends <strong>of</strong> the y to bond to the harmful invader. It<br />

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marker for the proper immune cells to come and destroy it.<br />

Immunoglobulin A molecules are programmed to recognize<br />

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exposed. In transferring immunoglobulin A to a baby through<br />

nursing, the mother’s biological history is being programmed<br />

into the newborn’s body.<br />

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