Essay On Human Genetic Engineering

Human Genetic Engineering

Imagine a world where life threatening diseases are a thing of the past, where child are born without birth defects or serious illness. Imagine a world where parents could choose what their child looks like, or make sure their child is not susceptible to drug addictions, alcoholism, depression or violence. Imagine a world where parents could make their children genius or amazing athletes. Does this idea scare you or make you excited? Through the use of genetic engineering this imagined world could become reality. To answer any of these questions or to imagine this world, first I want to know what genetic engineering is and how it works?

I first found this next source a two minute and thirty-two second YouTube video

The video What is Genetic Engineering? By Eco-Wise Videos explains in an easy and simple to understand way that Genetic engineering is defined as the deliberate, manipulation of genes in an organism with the sole purpose of making the organism better in some way. This occurs by changing base pairs because all living thing have DNA. A adenine always pairs with T thymine and C cytosine always pairs with G guanine, but different sequences of these pairs or ratio varies and account for why each person’s DNA

This is a question that only an individual themselves can answer. On one side of the argument people that if we do not use the technology we have been given to cure horrible diseases and end so much suffering, how is that right? Other say why do people keep asking what gives the right to play god? Humans have been playing god for thousands of years, from slavery and equally to punishment. It is human nature, humans love power playing god gives people power. Is that right? That is up to the individual to decide. On the other hand others say there still so much we do not know and never will understand about the human body, and mind. It is arrogant and foolish to experiment with our species saying we understand everything; the truth is scientists have only barely scratched the