The Ups and Downs of Designer Babies

Even though the critics do not think that genetic medicine is safe, Americans should all support genetic testing because the testing is revolutionary, more effective, and can cause major diseases to fade away. This is why and why genetic testing should be used to enhance regular medicine. If society supports genetic experimentation, the United States of America can lead countries into a modern day medical renaissance in a new and exciting part of science and technology which can revolutionize the world. Scientists are currently working to develop a new branch of medical help. This new study is challenging the way people think about DNA.

However, with the help of government funding and new technologies, hopefully the destruction of embryos will be a thing of the past. Instead, embryonic stem cells can be shown a new light, leading to the discovery of a stem cell that can be very effective and also completely moral. They can be looked at as the gateway to a form of medicine that will forever change the world.

This may be a be... ... middle of paper ... ...mpowers scientists to eliminate disorders from the human genome and will soon allow parents to choose the traits and genetic factors of their children. However, the risks involved in genetic engineering of human genome are far too great. Genetic engineering is unnatural; but it is not bad. Until we have sufficient knowledge on the risks of genetic engineering, the risks to all the future descendants of the individuals outweigh the benefits to the small number of the individuals. The lack of knowledge should limit the advancement of genetic engineering.

"This procedure will be both a contribution to science and a betterment of the human race." Human cloning will provide unlimited benefits to our species and should be legal. This paper is intended to educate you to the many benefits of human cloning before it is banned due to ignorance. Now before you read any further I would like to ask you to forget any myth, legend or science fiction that you might have heard about cloning. The cloning of humans could be the greatest achievement of medical science, it could lead the way to the solution to some of humanity's greatest problems.

The potentials of modifying our genes seem irresistible. Everything from cystic fibrosis to AIDS seems to be preventable, and we could possibly design our children to be healthier in the future. But nature always finds a way to elude our defense mechanisms. As polio seemed to fade from our world, AIDS became the new terror. We are one step from protecting ourselves from this immune system destroyer, but then, who knows what nature will strike us down with next?

On the other hand, altering the human genome demonstrated that could help to prevent hereditary diseases, but it is used as to create "designer babies" with enhanced appearance, athletic ability, and intelligence is completely unethical and unnatural. On other words, the parents create/customize a perfect child that fits to their lifestyle and desires. Event thought “designer babies” is not a completely reality yet, the idea of developing this proc... ... middle of paper ... ...ical Journal. 351 (2002): 974. InfoTrac Custom Newpapers.

Altering human DNA to be the very best at its full potential is viewed by many to be corrupt and only dooming ourselves to have split societies. Science has come a long way from genetically cloning animals to in the near future, genetically engineering a child with certain characteristics the parents are willing to give. Does this necessarily mean that the child is made to do exactly what he or she is genetically coded to do? This is a major concern from basically taking away any sort of human right the child may have in having a choice, but also rules can be regulated based on trial and error exercises. While genetically altering genes is within our lifetime, we should be able to use it only if it is closely regulated with rules and guidelines necessary.

However, there are other issues that this originally good idea presents. One problem I see is that changes in genetics won’t stop at genetic disorders and diseases. Like Victor Frankenstein, even with the best of intentions, we get our priorities mixed up and create a monster of problems where we meant to make a lovely being. We can cause grief where we meant to bring joy because things got out of hand. We have to consider that fiddling with the DNA of a child would lead to preventing heart disease, slowing down the ageing process, creating resistance against viral infections and controlling variables like weight and height while we’re at it.

The latest major idea to come from the world of science on how we can improve on nature is the concept of genetically modified embryos, or so-called "designer babies". It is reported that scientists are coming very close to having the technology to manipulate and screen embryos so that any diseases could be eliminated or immunised against. The technology could even be used to manipulate eye colour and other characteristics of an embryo, even gender. When we began our class debating and research of designer babies, I immediately took an extremely conservative and one-sided outlook on the topic. I believed that any thought of genetically engineering babies was sick and that there was no way we could put our future generations at risk by making them into some mad scientist's warped experiment, no matter how good were the intentions about wiping out disease were.

As technological advancement grow, scientists begin to speculate the realistic doing of human cloning, as this happens opposing groups and organizations raise their voice against it and create the question whether scientists should be allowed to clone humans, the promise of cloning at any level can revolutionize the world, and change it for the better, but are we are not ready for human trials. If successful, cloning can have a lot of positive technological advancements that would help humanity. Dolly, the first cloned mammal, inspired many scientists to speculate a new era in cloning technology and raise hopes for future probability in which human cloning was possible. At the center of the controversy, surges the closest thing to a clone that lives a healthy and regular life, identical twins. The promise of cloning at any level can revolutionize the world, and change it for the better, but are we really ready for human trials?