Should Parents Not Have Their Children's DNA Altered To Prevent Down Syndrome?

Down syndrome is an intellectual disability that is a result of a person being born with an extra chromosome, specifically chromosome 21. Down syndrome is the most common intellectual disability affecting approximately 1 in every 1000 births (Asim, Kumar, Muthuswamy, Jain, & Agarwal, 2015). Research has found a direct link between the age of the mother and the possibility that the baby will be born with Down syndrome, with the occurrence of Down syndrome increasing proportionally with the increased age of the mother (Asim, 2015). This condition can cause both intellectual (cognitive) and physical impairments that can range from moderate to severe (Crosta, 2016). People with Down syndrome have physical impairments such as a flat face, little to no neck, small ears, slated eyes, shorter than normal limbs and they tend to have low muscle tone (Asim, 2015). Children with Down syndrome tend to have a slower development of natural movements such as sitting, crawling and walking (Crosta, 2015). Intellectually people with Down syndrome tend to have a below average intelligence and most often they need extra assistance when attending school (Asim, 2015).

Legally this could cause many problems and issues because although this could help many things could go wrong as well and potentially not work and end the child's life or if they do end up getting diseases parents can start sueing for a lot of money and can make the gene modifying seen as a bad thing entirely.

The process is aesthetic in nature and unnatural. This carries more weight than the fact that an individual can eradicate certain genetic diseases (Wivel&Walters, 1993).Through the process of genetic modification, doctors can even change the sex of a fetus as long as their clients pay for it. That is very unnatural. As the technology advances, it will be possible to change many features of a fetus like its eye colors and even develop certain desirable traits in them like a good personality, height, skin color, hair color, academic abilities, athletic skills, and so forth. The ethical aspect of such developments is questionable. The born child will be unnatural (Kogan, Doherty,&Gitschier, 1987). Thus, the morality of the technology is not acceptable. Moreover, since the science is imperfect, the desired traits in a child may fail, and the parents would develop resentments towards the child in future. It is also worrying how a genetically modified kid would behave once it learns that it is not natural like everyone

Altering a person’s genes create an ethical issue that needs to be thought out. Altering a person’s genes could help prevent disease but without laws being in place for the extent of using this alteration, parents would be playing god with genetics (scientists seek ban). Not only would parents be playing god, but the most fundamental issue is how we will view humanity in the future and “whether we are going to take the dramatic step of modifying our own germline and in a sense take control of our genetic destiny” said George Q. Daley who is a stem cell expert at Boson Children’s hospital. (Scientists seek ban). Even though scientist want to know more about the genes ethics is important to them. Volti talks about how if this is available to

This disorder cannot be cured, but there has been improvements in life to make it easier to live with such as at schools in most states it is required to let them go to public schools and some states even require schools to have an optional program just for Down syndrome and other mentally disabled people. There are also not any environmental factors that contribute to downs syndrome but as I said before, being older than 35 strongly increases odds of having a child with Down

. When parents/ families find out they are going to have a child, or do have a child with Down syndrome, it is a life changing experience that most need guidance with.

In the past, Down syndrome had been considered one of the most devastating disabilities. There were people who believed that it this disability was a death sentence, and how aborting these children was actually a service. They believed that life would be so horrible for someone with down syndrome that it’s best to terminate the pregnancy. This condition can be seen in utero because it is a genetic disorder, and there is a mutation within the genetic code. This can be seen in-utero, and is one of the reasons people check on their child in the womb. There was nothing that could be done for these children, and that is why many believed that termination was the best option.

‘’Down syndrome is a type of mental retardation caused by extra genetic material in chromosome 21’’ (8), Down syndrome can cause a number of medical complications (6). Some of these complications are more serious than others, but most of them can be treated (6). Although Down Syndrome patients do not live for a long time, but their short life span is challenged with many critical problems. The life expectancy of people with Down syndrome increased dramatically between 1960 and 2007 and in 1960, on average, persons with Down syndrome lived to be about 10 years old; however, in 2007, on average, persons with Down syndrome lived to be about 47 years old (7). Furthermore, Down syndrome affects the patients life mentally, socially, and physically.

Down syndrome (known as Trisomy 21) is a genetic disorder caused when cell division results in extra genetic material from chromosome 21. This genetic disorder occurs in about 1 of 800 live births. Down syndrome was first characterized a separate form of mental disability by John Langdon Down in 1862. By the 20th century the disability had become the most recognizable form of mental disability. These individuals have gone through a lot. In ancient times, many infants with this disability were killed or abandoned. The people with Down syndrome used to be called Mongolian idiots and the syndrome was called mongolism. This comes from the people thinking that Down syndrome individuals resembled Mongolians. It doesn’t only affect the individual

For a long time, scientists have researched about passing genes from parents to their children, and they successes in many parts after experiencing many testes. Now, Scientists know that each allele has a specific responsibility in the body of human. Understanding of the DNA helps to give opportunity to think about controlling genes and attempting to make it better. Although opponents believe that it’s not acceptable for parents to engineer their children like a building, and genetic engineering has connected to the eugenics’ program which is not acceptable for human beings. Genetic engineering should be allowed for parents to design their children for having a perfect ability and healthy body.

Down syndrome is caused by an abnormality with the 21st chromosome. It was first observed by John Langdon Down in 1866. It was not until 1959 that it would be classified as a chromosomal disease by french physician Jérôme Lejeune. According to the article, “Down syndrome occurs when an individual has a full or partial extra copy of

I have decided to do Down Syndrome as my disease, because I have always been interested in this disease, and how kids end up with it on birth. Also people with down syndrome don’t take their life for granted, and they can be so happy sometimes. Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a person gets an extra 21 chromosome instead of just one. Down syndrome has a very extinct feature on a person, the face is slanted a little bit and they have low muscle tone.(https://www.ndss.org/about-down-syndrome/down-syndrome/)

Imagine a world where autism and downs syndrome are a thing of the past, and where there is no shortage on food for anybody. Over the years mankind has developed and improved technology to save more and more lives through the manipulation of the DNA that makes up all living organisms. However, there are those who oppose this approach. Despite the risks and ethical concerns, genetic engineering holds the potential to benefit humanity through both direct and indirect means.

1 out of 691 children born have Down Syndrome. Do you know what Down Syndrome is? Many have Down Syndrome, and it is one of the most common chromosomal conditions. Though to many, Down Syndrome is not something that they understand, and let’s be honest, it is hard to understand. There are many misconceptions about Down Syndrome simply because people are misinformed about it. When things are harder to comprehend, we just follow along with the norm. It is alright to not know something but you have to look into it before you judge people or things. We as a society need to figure out more about Down Syndrome. Although, Down Syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal conditions, many don’t understand the causes of it and they generalise all people with Down Syndrome.

Down syndrome is a situation that effect many families around the world. For numerous years there were no answers to what caused the disability. Researcher found that there was one too many copies of one of a genetic segment in the incapacitated. Normally every person has a nucleus in each cell which is made up of twenty-three pairs of chromosomes which are genetic and in this case there were too many duplicated of the twenty- first gene. People affected with Down syndrome, for so long, were branded by their ability, communication and knowledge. So a man by the