Pre-Implantation Genetic Engineering

Picture a future where everyone is perfect, where judgment would not exist because no one is ugly, everyone is beautiful and flawless. In this “perfect” world each individual would be gifted in a specific category that they would excel in and go beyond what an average mundane could. This is a possible scenario we may encounter in the future if we allow the research of genetically- modified embryos (GM babies) to continue. Discussed by many, this topic has become increasingly popular. For some people this interests them in the sense that we can become the best versions of ourselves, simply by changing our genes. Another reason people support GM babies is that there is experiments that can prevent babies from being born with genetic health problems. Although the creation of these altered GM babies has some advantages, there are several problems that people must consider before we decide to go ahead with these plans. For example, genetic research will disrupt the natural order, which can lead to designer babies or GM babies born with side effects. The dangers of these experiments will greatly affect the world we live in. We must not rush into the practice of GM babies without letting the populations know the outcomes these GM babies can have in our society. Try to help everyone grasp the definition of GM babies and also explain how experiments on embryo can lead to designer babies.

Imagine the possibility of eliminating serious genetic diseases from the world. Imagine the idea of treating, preventing or even curing diseases that are yet to be cured. Imagine the feeling of being given improved health and a prolonged lifespan. This can all be accomplished with the aide of genetic engineering. Human genetic engineering refers to the process of directly manipulating human DNA to produce wanted results. DNA is a simple but very complex chemical that has the power to change the world and has begun to do so already. Many opponents to gene therapy fail to realize that genetic engineering has great potential to become very important in the biomedical industry. Though controversy exists regarding the ethics of human genetic engineering, it can produce numerous benefits, which outweigh its disadvantages and side effects; therefore, scientists should be able to manipulate the human genome for the purpose of helping people with serious medical conditions.

The escalating supremacy and receptiveness of genetic technology to engineer and "design babies," now gives parents the option to modify their unborn children, consecutively to prevent their offspring's from receiving genetic disorders such as: "sickle cell diseases, cystic fibrosis and down syndrome ," or conceivably, make them blue eye coloured, intelligent or else blessed with enviable qualities. Would this mean there will be an increase in the superiority among the rich, both physically and mentally, or will this modification be available for all to exploit, or would we be evidencing engineered babies facing unexpected genetic predicament? The highly contentious issue of designing unborn children to be a perfect "epitome" is thoroughly investigated and examined in the article of, lead author of

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.

There are many incurable diseases in the world that affect an organism’s way of living. Cystic Fibrosis, a disease with no known cure, affects 1 out of 3600 Canadian child’s digestive system and lungs, while a person with sickle cell anemia is only expected to live forty to sixty years. Both of these diseases are similar in the way that they are inherited genetically; they are passed on from parents to their children. Scientists are producing a way to help these people called Genetic Engineering. This is a way of modifying an organism’s genome to produce a more desirable trait by manually adding new DNA.

A baby that has been genetically engineered to be perfect is called a designer baby. The media came up with this name, not scientists, to describe a baby that is designed to have or not have certain characteristics. Soon in the future, there are going to be humans who are bred with science to carry out certain tasks, and it is not going to be perfect no matter what people say (Hagler 1). Genetically engineering embryos is bad.

The medical advances being made feasible by genetic testing are very exciting. It is possible for people with predispositions for genetic defects to know in advance if they will have a healthy child or not. If they find out there is a problem they can choose to terminate the pregnancy or they can prepare in advance for their child's special needs. There is even new technology called Ex Utero genetic testing. This test is performed on eggs fertilized through in vitro fertilization before they are even put in the mother's uterus. Understanding genes in the developing human will help doctors understand the nature of genetic diseases and may lead to countless other medical breakthroughs. Though it is probably a long way off doctors may one day be able to manipulate genes. If this is possible some genetic problems may be cured.

Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis is a technology that “has steadily expanded its scope, often in contentious ways. Embryo screening, for example, is sometimes used to create a “savior sibling”-- a younger sister or brother whose healthy cells can be harvested to treat an older sibling with serious illness, It is also increasingly used to weed out embryos at risk of genetic diseases” (Robinson). After awhile of using PGD to help a child or make sure nothing was to happen to a child they realized that the could even change the appearances of children. By doing this they take away racial diversity and end up making the world have genetic consequences. By letting this happen this means the world would be okay with only having a few races and children who are either made without being genetically engineered or being genetically engineered and feel like they are a better

Attention Getter: Grab a seat, pick up your baby catalog and start choosing. Will you go for the black hair or blonde hair? Would you prefer tall or short? Funny or clever?

When parents have a child that has some type of life threatening disease, they want to do everything possible to save their child’s life. Stem cells from umbilical cord blood offer a last resort for many parents in order to save their child. To obtain the genetically matched stem cells, parents look toward medical technology in the shape of pre-implantation genetics disease. Pre-implantation genetics is where there is a genetic survey of embryonic cells prior to their implantation into a uterus. Its advantage is to screen for genetic diseases prior to implantation to prevent abortion. Many parents of critically ill children look to pre-implantation genetics to provide biological material to effect a treatment or cure of the older sibling. The pre-implantation genetic egg will become a donor sibling. The donor sibling is intended to save the life of the sick child by donating umbilical cord blood or bone marrow. The donor sibling is like a savior sibling.

Genetic Engineering is manipulation of DNA to produce new organisms, either by inserting or deleting certain genes. Disease has a genetic component it is either inherited or contracted from the body’s response to viruses. Human genetic engineering goes through a process called Preimplantation Genetic Selection or PGS. Some examples of disorders or diseases that can be tested are Down Syndrome, Huntington’s disease, HIV, some forms of genetic blindness, sickle cell anemia, and Hemophilia. Many parents want to find out if they’re babies will be born with diseases, when they find out many want ways to prevent their children form getting that disease. Many follow up with different doctors to find out how to go through the process. Now there are

Gene mutation or faulty genes cause certain diseases in the human body. Diseases such as sickle cell, cystic fibrosis and haemophilia are usually cause by faulty or mutated genes. The affected and their families usually face difficulties living their lives to the fullest due to health complications caused by these diseases. Advancement in science and technology has led to the development of techniques and procedures that can be used to modify or alter the human genome. This is termed genetic modification or engineering. Genetic modification can be done for various reasons, including replacing faulty genes, and selecting baby gender. The purpose of this essay is to summaries and pros and cons of this technology or concept and to review the findings

From the most expensive medical treatments, to the least expensive, the risk factor for any procedure stays the same. Scientists still have not perfected the use of genetic engineering in animals, let alone humans. One issue is that genetic tests can’t always predict future disease. No

One of the greatest benefits of eugenics is the possibility of fighting illnesses and curing types of cancer. The chances of cancer or genetic illnesses is when the persons genes are altered and the traits are passed on to their children. A way to prevent genetic illness is when the doctor injects an artificial human chromosome into the fertilized egg, which will cause the child to cancel the effects of the illness as the child grows. A result of this would be that people will be able to live longer and healthier lives. By using this method, there is a possibility to creating the “perfect child” as it can possibly alter the behavioral and physical traits as well.

Human Genetic Engineering is highly unsuccessful or sometimes not needed. People pay thousands to eliminate traits from their offspring, however are they really getting their money 's worth if the gene is being avoided naturally. In the article “The Threat Of Human Genetic Engineering” by David King, states that, “The main advantage of HGE is said to be the elimination of disease genes from a family. Yet in nearly all cases, existing technologies of prenatal and preimplantation genetic testing of embryos allow the avoidance of actual disease. There are only a few very rare cases where HGE is the only option.” This illustrates how Human genetic engineering shows now benefits towards medicine and health.