Genetic Engineering: Good or Bad?

You are probably familiar with GMO’s (genetically modified organism) and scientifically modified food that has had its DNA changes. There has been debate on GMO’s has been going on for a few decades, whether GMO are safe and even ethical. However, there is another debate that far surpasses GMOs and has a potential to radically shake society: the issue of genetically modifying humans. Changing our DNA could limit health issue or create a new Frankenstein’s monster among humans. Frankenstein had the wrong intent when he set out to create his monster. He only cared about himself and advancing his future. If Genetic engineering is sought after to just create something new there will be another monster. However, genetic can be safe and ethical if its intent and use is for medical purposes. We need to help the sick in society and one way to do that is with genetic engineering. With this purpose genetic engineering is not overstepping our authority like Frankenstein did.

Genetic engineering is the splicing of genes. With the splicing comes good changes. These changes can make a new future for some. It also has the possibility of changing fetuses with a genetic disorder, which is done by fixing the dysfunctional genes with normal foreign genes. With having to change the genetic makeup of a fetus, the choice you have to choose is in vitro. Vitro fertilization gives people with genetic disorders another way to challenge life. A form of genetic engineering can prevent congenital diseases. For genetic engineering to happen in humans a baby would have to have 3 parent genetic material. With having 3 parents and 2 maternal bloodlines concerns were raised about how the baby would go through life and have questions about where they came from. As well as questions about who they are. Food

Genetic Engineering is the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material. Genetic modification has been around since about 12,000 BC, when humans first began to modify organisms. Genetic engineering as the direct transfer of DNA from one organism to another was first done by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen in 1972. Genetic engineering can be a good thing and bad for a few reasons. Some good things are that genetic engineering can be used to cure diseases before a child is born, and that scientists can use it to take good genes from the parents to prevent diseases and disabilities that the parents may carry. Some bad things are that governments may use genetic engineering to create super soldiers and more intelligent humans, and that it will create a social divide with the more intelligent people with the normal people. These reasons divide people on whether genetic engineering is a good or a bad thing for humans. Genetic engineering is not only used in advancing humans or treating babies. Genetic engineering is now mostly used in medicines. Scientists use genetic engineering in making mass-production of insulin, human growth hormones, vaccines and many other drugs. Genetic engineering has been very successful in the past and scientists want to take things to the next level by trying to make these ‘super soldiers’ and ‘more intelligent’ people.

Nowadays with the advancement of genetic technology, there seems to be a term designer baby. An article written with combined different sources tells the advantages and disadvantages of designing babies using genetic engineering used on embryos. It asks us the ethical question as to whether the parent have the right reason to modify or just for the show of it. There seems to be greater risk to the embryo if it is not handled carefully; furthermore, the technology is only in the experimental stages. Another major concerns is that the technology creating a gap in our human society. Another major concern is the effect the change in genetic of child would have in terms of himself because we will not know the impact until the child is grown, and what could happen to his family tree. Even though the technology is advanced, there are still problems with targeting specific genes in the human; with that comes major risk to the child, and the human society. Another thing concerning society is that, not everyone would be able to afford the procedure, so in term it we will have two different social class. Although there seems to be many

Although Gibbs does not take the initiative to bluntly state that he is against human genetic engineering, he does give a wide array of examples, revealing his stand and making it seem less vague. Most, if not all, of his supporting details and main ideas revolve around ethical issues that go hand in hand with genetic human engineering. One issue, which is unbelievably prevalent arouses in this argument, and of course, it is an economic one, money. Most people earn enough money to support themselves, as well as their dependents, while having a bit left over for savings and entertainment. Even so, the average family may not be able to afford such luxuries, giving the wealthy families’ children an unfair advantage when it comes to education as

Imagine a utopian world with the human race where problems have limited human beings for centuries to live a long life. It's possible for human beings to be born without genetic diseases and viruses; due to this era being highly advanced in technology it is possible of curing diseases and viruses that are in the human genes. Doctors have developed a way to prevent newborn babies from receiving health problems through genetics. For example, health problems on the Cystic fibrosis, Sickle-cell anemia, Hemophilia, and Alzheimer's disease has the potential of being cured by enhancing the gene. Genetic engineering works by manipulating the genetic material and modifying its characteristics. It works is that doctors manually input a different form of DNA or remove a certain part of the DNA.

The access of genetic modification technologies may fall into the wrong hands or be used for the wrong purposes.

Genetic engineering has constantly been a major point of focus in the world of science over several years. From 1989 to present day, many people have questioned not only the process, but the motives behind genetic engineering. Over the years, the term “designer baby” has made the transition from movie screens to dictionaries, where it is defined as “a baby whose genetic makeup has been artificially selected by genetic engineering combined with in vitro fertilization to ensure the presence or absence of particular genes or characteristics.” “Designer baby” is the very term feared by many people for so many years; it’s controversial, it’s unethical, it’s destructive, it’s immoral. Many ideas related to this subject are constantly being challenged.

People argue that genetic engineering is unnatural, but scientists show that it may be the answer to our problems. People say that genetic modifying foods is wrong, unnatural, and unhealthy; but genetically modified food may be the answer to our problems by producing foods that resist pests, grow better and take fewer resources. Although genetically modifying organisms has its potential and possibilities, there are many things that make genetic modifying bad.

How will the world be if there are no genetic diseases? In this article, Ronald Green explain how the genetic engineering can help the humanity to have better traits. It also talks of how parents can select the genes of their sons, preventing any type of genetic diseases and also making better their abilities. He said that with the genetic engineering we can end with the genes of dyslexia and obesity. It explains how by selecting our genes in our genome we can create better babies, and that means better persons for our society, but a big percent of the society is against this science because they are afraid of the impact that it can have in religion, and in the humanity.

The process of genetic engineering employs viral vectors that carry functional genes inside the human body. No previous research has proven where the functional genes are being placed in the body, running the risk that the important genes would be replaced instead of mutated genes. Therefore this may lead to another health condition or disease to humans that is yet unknown. Also, as defective genes are replaced with a functional gene, then it is expected that there will be a reduction in genetic diversity. By replacing naturally occurring genes, human beings will begin to have identical genomes. If this occurs, then population as a whole will be more susceptible to viruses or any form of diseases because mutations in the genome will be reduced. Genetic engineering could also create unknown side effects that could ultimately be more harmful than helpful. Certain changes in a plant or animal could cause unpredicted allergic reactions in some people which, in its original form, did not occur. Other changes could result into the toxicity of an organism to humans or other organisms. Additionally, "Playing God" has become a prominent argument against genetic engineering. Several issues have also been raised in regards to the acceptance of this technology. As more human genes are utilized in non-human organisms to create new forms of life, they are genetically becoming part human. Therefore, new ethical questions are arising. For instance, the percentage of human genes an organism must have to contain before it can be considered human is questioned. Human genes are now being spliced into the genes of tomatoes and peppers to make them grow faster. It can be asked, how many human genes would a green pepper have to contain before it can be eaten without raising a moral issue? People are now suggesting that one can now be a vegetarian and a cannibal at the same time. For carnivores, the same question could

Reasons people do this the most obvious is they are in the market of making money, and

It is impossible to learn more about how genetic engineering affects humans without first testing and experimenting it.

The make-up of the human genome is very interesting. So many possibilities and different variables that make up our genes. The genes are like snowflakes, every person is unique. But, what if one could be genetically designed? Bill McKibben's, "Designer Genes" describes the inside scoop of designing the human genome. With Genetic Modification engineering genes and Somatic Gene Therapy, these both have amazing pros and devastating cons

Genetic engineering is the process whereby new DNA is added or existing DNA is altered in an organism 's genome. This may involve changing one base pair (A-T or C-G) or deleting entire sections of DNA or adding additional copies of a gene. This results in creating new traits that were not previously present in the organism’s genome. This is done to selectively breed desired traits or to create plants with increased resistance to pesticides and increased tolerance to herbicides. For example insulin is a protein that regulates sugar content in our blood and is produced normally in the pancreas. Genetic engineering is used to produce a form of insulin that is similar to yeast and bacterial cells. This genetically engineered insulin is called