Modern use of the term usually refers to genetic engineering as well as cell- and tissue-culture technologies. Many ethical questions arise in association with some of these techniques, questions we didn’t have a need to ask in the past, but are now obligated to address. Biology students used a modified Douglas debate format with four students per team.

The affirmative statement was:

The entire school attended and the audience was apparently enthralled, the alloted ten minutes for questions was far too brief, and voting for the winning team resulted in a draw!