Technology (CRISPR): A Genetic Analysis

magine, 20 years from now, sitting in a cold doctor's office deciding the genes of your unborn baby, what color hair, eyes, speed of metabolism, height would you even know what to pick? Impossible you might say but in this day and age technology is growing ever so rapidly that picking the genetic makeup of your baby is closer than you might think. The technology is called CRISPR. This technology doesn't only have the ability to change physical traits, but genetic traits specifically genetic abnormalities and diseases. 20 years ago, no one would have ever thought we would have the answer to, in theory, cure every genetic disease from sickle cell anemia to cystic fibrosis. However, with great scientific breakthroughs comes questioning and

Humans have been genetically engineering organisms for nearly 10,000 years using traditional methods of modification—among these methods include selective breeding and crossbreeding. Though effective, these methods were unreliable and were only able to change certain traits. A lack of control over our genetic material proved to be a clear hindrance to our species; when harnessed, advancements in other fields of knowledge would be immeasurable. Once seen as an impossible task, scientists have been able to exploit genes and take control of them. CRISPR-Cas9 is a system that allows scientists to cleave off sections of DNA and artificially modify them by inserting a mutation into the place of the old DNA. This is exceptionally precise, whilst

With modern technology comes the breakthrough of the decade by altering the human genes. This altering gene invention is called CRISPR/Cas9. However, this invention in the beginning stages of altering genes, began with rats until perfection. The process began early with the embryo stages to edit the genes. With the introduction of CRISPR surrounds a lot of controversy. Some people believe editing genes is playing with the hands of God and refuse to believe in CRISPR. With the article, “Let’s Hit Pause Before Altering Humankind”, by David Baltimore believes CRISPR is a tool with no good intentions. With this information the article should not be published with being against CRISPR.

CRISPR, gene transfer therapy, genetic testing, and in vitro fertilization have all lead us closer and closer to making “designer babies” possible. But, as a society are we ready to embrace a “designer baby generation”? Furthermore, are we ready to embrace people’s motives for participating in genetic modification? To me this is interesting because people’s motives for designing their baby can’t be judged. One could easily claim that by picking traits on their baby they are only trying to give the child the best life possible. How would one judge if a parent is attempting to normalize disability in their family or only wanting the “perfect child”? Does this give rise to another eugenics movement? And if we are trying to keep up with China- is this wrong? By doing so we would potentially advance society, however, would we advance society too fast? Will we overpopulate the

People who are anti-CRISPR don’t believe the technique to be natural and ethical for usage upon mankind’s genetics. For either religious reasons or their own “logical” reasoning, the anti-CRISPR group argues that CRISPR is unethical and that it’s just wrong to modify a human being. That it’s unethical to do things like make a person’s eye color change from light blue to a very dark hazely

There are other types of gene editing out there but research shows us that CRISPR is fast, precise, and simple. Researchers are developing a way for CRISPR therapy to help with Alzheimer’s all the way to HIV. There are two categories the researchers and people have put CRISPR in: practical and philosophical. The researchers say that the immediate barrier is practical. During the tests, CRISPR has found targets in other parts of the DNA that need fixing other than the intended part of the DNA. Because of this, it may take at least a generation to ensure that it is safe. Some people oppose CRISPR because the oppositionists say it lets people play god but getting medicine every time you get sick with the same thing obscures the natural order of things. The opportunities are getting pushed ahead for treating cancer, childhood diseases that are genetic, and how to understand diabetes better. The one question some people have is whether it’s right to edit genes that are

The genetic engineering used for genetically modifying embryos and the thought of genetically modifying embryos is a technology that has caused an unethical dilemma within today’s society. This genetic technology comes at a risk, however, the most common way to genetically modify a human embryo, let alone anything living is known as CRISPR Cas9. This tool uses the enzyme Cas9 to cleave onto DNA to cut it, however according to Alex J. Maben a journalist who wrote an article on the flaws of this technology states “’The Cas9 enzyme that CRISPR uses to cleave DNA… could also make cuts where it’s not intended to, potentially causing cancer’(Kaiser, para5). Also, once CRISPR is in the body, it stays in the body” (Maben). This is an ethical dilemma because as stated above the CRISPR tool can cause cuts to

Reviewing the ethical dilemmas on this topic listed earlier, those with some type of religious background will most likely have a harder time accepting this new area of scientific development. Whereas, those who do not involve religious beliefs in their view point may see CRISPR as a revolutionary scientific discovery that will significantly benefit the greater good. Allowing CRISPR to be further research, and hopefully one day used, can greatly impact billions of people in such an amazing way. Living with an incurable disease or having the potential to develop one later on in life can be detrimental to not only the individual, but the individual’s family. Eliminating terminal genetic diseases will not only relieve people of pain and

Fast forwards two hundred years and the science (or lack thereof) depicted is almost indistinguishable, a revolutionary new process called CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) is allowing science to edit the human genome almost at will. With the announcement of US scientists creating the first genetically modified embryo, an outburst of ethical debate has arisen. While they are certainly not the first (a Chinese division won the achievement in 2015), this achievement was created through the CRISPR process.

Designer babies are babies whose DNA has been modified to include and exclude certain traits. One such example is CRISPR-Cas9, a new technology, giving scientists the ability to control the genetic structure of human cells and use to create designer babies (Sas & Lawrenz, 2017). Additionally, what makes this gene editing attractive is the ability to locate, modify, or even remove deleterious gene diseases (Otieno, 2015). Gene editing might be beneficial to bring a child into this world without extra challenges such as deformities, genetic defects, and illnesses yet, there are serious concerns over this practice. Ultimately, not only is gene editing both difficult and expensive to achieve, but it is also an unreliable way to change natural order

In the future, medical professionals hope to be able to treat or even eradicate a disorder by inserting a new gene into the cell via drug or surgery that will combat or even fix the mutation in the DNA that causes that disease. This therapy is still in the very early stages of experiments, and the ethical questions surrounding it prevents much progress from being made at all. There are many potential health complications surrounding this type of approach: scientists still do not completely understand how genes work and if they can be replaced. CRISPR will be a major tool used in gene therapy. CRISPR, which stands for , is a unique technology that lets geneticist and medical researches edit part of the genome by pinpointing a certain area of DNA and adding DNA, removing DNA, or altering the DNA sequence (Your

Altering embryos to give humans ideal genes is not science fiction. Using CRISPR to manipulate DNA, scientists can give children specific eye or hair color, or more importantly, a guaranteed prevention of genetic diseases later in life. This guarantee comes with conditions, that DNA manipulation are and its outcomes are ethically debatable and the outcomes would ultimately be detrimental to society. Human embryos should not be edited because it would engineer a race of genetically superior people, creating ethical issues between “natural” humans and “superior” humans.

CRISPR can be used to treat many types of cancer. The next question that one may ask is if we can identify this gene that causes cancer, in order to use the CRISPR technology. The next question is that if a gene can be identified then one must ask how we will use the CAS-9 system to combat the faulty genes in these cells. However, recently researchers at MIT have published an article discussing the techniques of solving these problems. The author states that the CRISPR was introduced by cutting and injecting re-introduced genes into the liver cells. This converted the mutated cell types into normal wild cell types. By using this technique researchers can now look into how the BRCA gene mutation which gives women a high probability of breast

How does it sound to walk into the doctor’s office, choose what attributes you want your baby to have, and then having that exact baby 9 months later? Although this may seem quite harmless to most, the negative effects of designer babies are tremendous: the lack of diversity in our population, violation of a specific set of laws designed to protect humans, going against Christian views, and even destroying the roots of human nature. With genetic engineering biotechnology, such as Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats (or CRISPR), new and unique altercations are being done to revolutionize many aspects of our lives. Along with astounding benefits that can come from these biotechnologies, many people have come up with crazy ideas, such as these designer baby ideas, that could be potentially harmful to our society.

Have you ever heard of a genetically modified child? Sounds like a video game or a movie doesn’t it? Well, soon, this could be a reality. Scientists are currently working on a technique that someday could correct genetic errors in cells. The technology is called CRISPR. It cuts out a defective portion or DNA and then replaces the empty spot with a corrective portion. CRISPR can stop diseases, offer lifelong protection from infection, and, maybe, even stop pain altogether (Doc. 3). However the technology might have some negative side effects (OI). The procedure is very expensive, and has the potential to not even work. At this time, I can not decide whether we should change human DNA and genes to make “better kids”.