Pros And Cons Of Genetic Modification

Approximately 4 million babies are born each year, among them, nearly 160,000 have a high chance of having genetic disorders said, Anne Matthews, an associate professor. Every parent’s dream is to have a perfectly healthy and thriving child. No parent will want his or her child to have any disease. In 1973, Herbert Boyer and Stanley discovered method called genetic modification (“GNN - Genetics and Genomics Timeline”). Genetic modification is the manipulation of organism genes using biology and technology. Gene modification includes different types of techniques such as cloning and genetic engineering. Genetic enhancement is “the transfer of genetic material intended to non-pathological human traits,” said Kathi Hanna, a biomedical research writer. Gene enhancement is used to make people not only healthy but also raise their capacities. According to Begley Sharon, the senior science writer for Stat, 65 percent of individual support that altering gene of an unborn baby should be illegal. Parents should not have the right to genetically enhance their unborn child because it will limit the child’s freedom and will lead to societal issues.

Imagine living in a world without Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, Alzheimer’s, or even Cancer. Many of these diseases have long been a concern or priority in the discussion of deathly or irremediable disease. In new research with genetic engineering, there is a suggestion that the cure to these diseases may be plausible, and even soon than one would image. New technologies such as CRISPR-Cas9, ZFNs, and TALENs have burst onto the scene as the wave of the medical future, but there reach extends much further than medicine(Cha 2). With these great technologies also comes great change, great results, and great limitations. Genetic engineering technology may be relatively new, but its potential, innovative qualities, and regulations are unlike anything the world has seen before.

In the past, if two potential parents were aware of a genetic disease which ran in their families, and they didn’t want to pass it on to their baby, they only had two options. Don’t have a baby at all to ensure that there is no way of the genetic disease being passed on, or adopting a kid. However, thanks to genetic engineering, it is now possible for parents to prevent their future kids from having any of these diseases at all. This method has now been termed genetic perfection, since the parents can actually go into their child's genes and start manipulating which traits their kids can or cannot express. It is this very trait of genetic modification that has become a concern for some scientists and politicians since this technology is still new and many believe that there will be many dangerous consequences that may arise from the use of these methods. This has led to many debates and discussions about whether parents should have the ability to decide exactly what their kids will be like. Some believe that ethical complications may arise, such as should parents have the ability to decide what their kids look like, or how will health insurance work now that insures know exactly how much health risk a patient has. However, the opposition believes that there's nothing wrong with making sure a kid does not have to suffer from a disease that could’ve been prevented. Overall, genetic modification and perfection has become a very gray area since there are both a lot of positives

The argument over what restrictions should be put on genetic engineering has still not come to an end. Genetic engineering is taking a gene from one species and putting it into another species to create a more superior version of the species in the process. This way of altering organisms often times raises one big question, is genetic engineering ethical? And how should it be regulated? There are two sides to the restriction argument, those who want stricter regulations and those that don't want regulations. Both sides argue that about the restrictions set on genetic engineering, those that are against want stricter regulations so that the environment is not hurt and people are not hurt while the side that is for genetic engineering believes that it could be a major breakthrough in growing crops. While there is both good and bad no one can agree on what regulations should be put on genetic engineering.The first main article that is for genetic engineering is Kevan Gartland, Robert M. Crow, Trevor M. Fenning, and Jill S. Gatland’s article, “Genetically Modified Trees: Production, Properties, and Potential” the article talks more closely about trees and modifications but makes tons of good points about what good things can come from genetic engineering. While the article against genetic engineering is “The Moral Difference Between Intragenic and Transgenic Modification of Plants” written by Bjorn K. Myskja. It focuses on why genetic engineering is potentially harmful to the

The propose of this technical report is to introduce the genetic engineering. In the following report I will introduce the genetic engineering include its background, the Human Genome Project(the HGP), recent development, the social influence it had brought and its social prospect.

Genetic engineering is a powerful and potentially very dangerous tool. To rearrange and change the sequence of nucleotides of the DNA that code for the structure of a complex living organism, can partake in extremely negative effects, although the potential benefits can be extremely beneficial. Before advances in genetic applications, gene therapy was not very popular and genetic imperfections or diseases were always hereditary, afflicting future generations. “Genetic engineering is the manipulation of an organism's genome through biotechnology or modern molecular techniques. It is also called genetic modification, although that term is understood by scientists to encompass older processes such as hybridization as well. With the wealth of possibilities now offered by newly developed gene-editing tools - particularly CRISPR-Cas9 - debates about the safe and appropriate uses of GE are becoming more heated.” (ProQuest, Reboot) Today, genetic testing is widely available, such as prenatal karyotyping of chromosomes to check for genetic abnormalities, altering embryos in order to get rid of potential diseases or viruses, and lastly, creating the “perfect being”. Genetic testing is also useful for families in which a family history concludes that certain disorders are known to exist and will have a chance of affecting the family, commonly when there are expected to be children in the future. They can use genetical engineering for their kids who have a chance of

The concept of scientists using genetic engineering is significantly more controversialy than domestication or artificial selection. There are many similarities and differences between these different techniques of modifying an organism. Many people believe that genetic engineering is taking the science too far because creating life is the job of God. By reading and discussing both fictional and non-fictional articles, both methods, genetic engineering and artificial selection, have similarities, differences, positives, and negatives when talking about their use in human beings.

Technological and medical advances are occurring at a rapid pace. Genetic engineering is one of the up-and-coming technologies that arouses passions, both in favor of and against the practice. While food has been genetically altered for many years, technology is now approaching the point where human DNA can be altered as well, which has required the implementation of new healthcare policies and ethical guidelines.

Genetic Engineering as described by Dictionary.com as, “alteration of the DNA of a cell for purposes of research, as a means of manufacturing animal proteins, correcting genetic defects, or making improvements to plants and animals bred by man.” Although, genetic modifications raise social and economic safety risks and ethical concerns, utilizing genetic engineering could be beneficial because of the potential to prevent and cure genetic diseases via gene therapy treatment and alleviate world hunger by increasing the nutritional and medical benefits and higher crop yields of genetically modified plants.

To create a child or let God create His own wonderful gifts for us? The Lord Jesus Christ began his incarnation as an embryo, growing into a fetus, infant, child, teenager, and adult: “While they were there, the time came for the baby to born, and gave birth to her firstborn, a son” (Luke 2:6-7, NIV).

There is no question that the twenty-first century has brought a million different changes to the world. New inventions and advanced technology have completely revolutionized the world from what it was even as short as fifty years ago. However, the new technology can sometimes require a delicate touch. Mankind in general needs to ensure that moral principles are not being violated by the changes that scientific advancements can make. For example, genetic engineering is becoming a highly debated issue in society. Although using genetic engineering is beneficial for uses such as a lower disease-risk or even eliminating disease, it is completely unethical to use this new technology for alterations such as hair and eye color, height, gender, and more.

Over the past twenty years, many people have become obsessed with changing their physical traits and keeping up with the latest health fads that they resort to a permanent genetic modification. Gene therapy, also known as genetic modification or genetic engineering, is the entry of a normal gene into an individual's genome to remove a genetic disease or mutation to improve health. In other circumstances, parents use it to manipulate a blueprint for the physical features of their child, ensuring that they have blue eyes or blonde hair. The most common types of genetic engineering are Somatic cell or Germline gene, ranging anywhere from $1,000 to $100,000. Although patients can choose from a variety of gene therapy treatments that are more cost-effective and efficient, they carry high-risk factors that could further distort quality of living.

The genetic engineering of humans will cause a widespread social change. This biotechnology has been around since farming has existed, but it was very crude. Up until recently, the technology has only been applied to plants and other animals. Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) like corn and cows have caused many sociological and ethical issues, but those issues can not even compare to the problem resulting from genetically modifying human embryos. The technology to genetically engineer the genes of people and thus create so-called “designer babies” is available, but the question now is if such technology should be used in that way.

“Genetic engineering is the process to alter the structure and nature of genes in human beings, animals or foods using techniques like molecular cloning and transformation. In other words, it is the process of adding or modifying DNA in an organism to bring about great deal of transformation.”(R.) It was once believed that that genetic engineering would be a real problem a few years ago. And that playing god and interfering with nature could affect the natural ecosystem in ways one cannot imagine that could be a positive or negative outcome. Even cheating a child out of his or her chance of deciding whether we are blonde or dark haired, whether we have blue or bright green eyes or even how intelligent we are. The debate and concerns are still talked about in the science community. However it does not mean that there are any risks involved it, for genetic editing maybe a blessing or a curse as we may benefit from it.

Reproductive germline engineering—the genetic selection and modification of embryos—offers a change in the human reproduction cycle and the human race in general. Although still in development, genetic engineering hopes to one day be able to allow parents to choose the appearance, personality, and intelligence of their children—very much like the virtual reality games that allow players to design every aspect of their own avatar or characters. While this advancement in science and molecular engineering seems exciting and innovative, this type of enhancement has many ethical issues. In this essay I will use Kantian moral theory to explain why genetic engineering is unethical. I will begin by giving background information about genetic engineering development and describe the views of those on both sides of the issue. I will then offer my own argument—that genetic engineering removes individuality from the children and is extremely paternalistic. Genetic engineering should only be utilized for removing traits that would lessen a person’s quality of life such as life-threatening diseases. I will then offer the counterargument to my position that genetic engineering is utilitarian and gives people the best and easiest life possible. After describing the argument, I will expose the faults in the argument and explain how genetic engineering does not necessarily improve life for those impacted and also does not benefit the majority of people if only the rich can afford the process.