Advantages and Disadvantages of Genetic Engineering

 Genetic engineering can prevent children from being born with deadly diseases before they are born.

“With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic code”(Hawking). Scientists have been practicing editing the DNA of organisms in order to remove unwanted genes and or enhance their survival rates. As technology advances, it allows this practice to become more precise and successful. Scientist have been having successful test in modifying human dna which causes more controversies on whether it should be allowed or not.Genetic engineering should be permitted due to its ability to benefit the medical and environmental future.To begin with the idea of potentially removing unwanted traits in DNA sequences, to aid in removing hereditary diseases.

Twenty five years ago Genetic Engineering was a scene from an unrealistic invention on a scene from a science fiction movie. However, recent scientific advancements, genetic engineering, is becoming more of a reality rather than a fantasy. Genetic Engineering was once an actually impractical thought, today it is a prominent issue around the world. The most controversial subject of genetic engineering deals with the impact that manipulation of humans will have on earth. Genetic engineering of humans will negatively affect the world in the following ways; social issues, violation of human rights, discrimination, religious objections and medical concerns.

Genetic Modification is often perceived as the answer to humanity’s faults because it will enhance human abilities, prevent the survival of incapacitating disabilities, and guide the innovation of the future. Sounds pretty good, right? That is not the reality. Genetic modification is not the solution to the ubiquitous problems of the human race, but rather infringes on individual rights, decreases diversity, permits too much power to the human race, and contributes to overpopulation.

How far would you go to save human lives and to progress society for those in need? The benefits of genetic engineering have shown to outweigh the ethical and environmental consequences associated within the field. Genetic Engineering has shown to provide major benefits in the field of medicine and agriculture but is faced with extreme criticism and backlash, specifically on the basis of ethics.

Human genetic engineering can save people's lives now and could save more in the future. According to a New Scientist article (Le Page, 2015), Layla was three months when she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, a kind of cancer in the bone marrow. She underwent other treatments like chemotherapy, but those failed so she underwent gene therapy by using the TALEN protein to edit her genes to produce a cancer fighting T cell called UCRAT19; She survived and thrived (Le Page 2015). Saving someone’s life through human genetic engineering doesn’t even have to be as complicated as altering genes. According to TIME Health (Park, 2014), Mya Burkhart was six months old when her parents started to look for a cure to her rare mutation in the gene for citrate. This mutation prevented certain parts of her from getting enough energy, causing breathing and development problems, and after having no luck with any other diagnosis, a genetic scan figured out what the issue was and gave her citrate supplements (Alice Park, 2014). Both Layla’s and Mya’s lives were saved because of human genetic engineering. Layla was cured of cancer because of human genetic engineering, which is one toughest diseases for humans to cure right now, while Layla’s cancer was cured, but Mya’s condition was only treated so maybe if human genetic engineering could continue a cure could be developed to improve her life.

Genetic engineering is so expansive and unpredictable that there is no certain line of attack to illustrate precisely what the future has in store for it development. It would seem that the most logically need for genetic engineering would be in medicine. Since disease and viruses have a genetic component, it is said that healing may be sped along in the future by using bacteria-made proteins to augment the healing process. The genes regulating the production of these proteins can be inserted into bacteria, "teaching" the bacteria how to make the identical proteins. (Future of Genetic Engineering)

In addition, we have been able to better asses a person’s genetically inherited diseases. A classic example of such diseases is cancer, by understanding how a gene can go wrong, scientist can work out a solution to treat such diseases. A method of understanding cancer is using oncomouse, a transgenic mouse carrying an activated human cancer gene, used in laboratory experiments. Oncomouse was important to science because it is made to grow cancer and with it, we can predict on how to delay or prevent cancer from an early stage. This is very useful for anti-cancer

Genetic modification also referred to as genetic engineering is a technique in biotechnology whereby a genome of an organism is manipulated directly using biotechnology. The technique has the effect of changing an organism genetic make-up cells. The genes are transferable from one species to another using genetic modification. This is possible in human. The possibility of the manipulation in human fetus has raised a strong ethical debate (Mohrenweiser, Wilson & Jones, 2003).

genes or adding new genes to cure or prevent disease (National Academy Press). This news

Scientists have isolated genes that cause particular diseases and modified genes that alter organisms for particular reasons (for example, to help beneficial plants and

Genetic engineering is widely used today. Genetically altered bacteria are used to make human insulin, human growth hormone, and a vaccine for hepatitis B. Two vaccines against AIDS created with genetic engineering have begun clinical trials here in the United States ("The

There is so much DNA inside a human body that if it was all lined up, the DNA would stretch from the earth to the sun 100 times. The process of adding or modifying this DNA is know as genetic engineering. Using this technology, we can remove certain traits from an organism and give it more desirable traits. With this power comes great controversy as to whether or not we should use it. Genetic engineering should continue to be used because of the vast benefits from GMOs and the prosperity it can bring to mankind.

[pic] Genetic engineering is thought to enable us cure or at least stop progress in gene or enzyme related diseases. Although it was only able to be explained theoretically, some patients are really improving their condition now in some kind of diseases. Let me give an example later on. [Some patients who suffer Severe Combined Immunodeficiency(SCID)

The genetic modification of human beings is the practice of modifying certain traits using the techniques of biotechnology to modify a gene in human cells to add certain traits or the removal of traits that may cause genetic diseases and or problems. The topic of genetic modification is quite controversial in it ‘s own aspect as some people may considered as unethical to change certain traits in a human being even before they are borne into the world. In this analysis paper, I will be providing you both sides