Genetic engenering 4
Genetic engenering -4Genetic Engineering
A new technology is dawning on our era, a technology that could change the lives of our children and their children to come. Will this medical advancement be pursued or will it be outlawed? The medical advancement is genetic engineering, the duplicating of human cells, and people have strong feelings both for and against it. Many people who have strong feelings for why cloning should be allowed say, " Cloning human cells could one day save your life and the lives of many other people. This research could find cures for cancer, genetic diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and damaged hearts, livers, and brains" (Bailey 1). On the other hand, the people who feel otherwise say, "Introducing genes into chromosomes is very much a hit or miss proposition. Scientists might achieve the results they intended once in twenty times, making the procedure far to risky to preform on a human embryo" (Nash 2).
Many times scientist have proved that they do indeed have the power to duplicate an animal, plant and human body parts so that they are exactly identical to each other. For example, in May of 1998, scientists successfully cloned a calf using a new cloning technology that could make it possible to create "designer" cattle. Also, in June of 1998, there was talk about having successfully cloned a mouse swept through the scientific community(Nash 3). These are just a few of many times scientists have cloned an animal. These are the many things science has brought fourth and we need to take advantage of them. After studying both sides of
the issue, I believe human cloning is a good thing to peruse for our children's sake.
One of the most popular arguments in support of cloning is that we can make people disease free and it could decrease the risk of birth defects. In other words, we can make a super human or the perfect person, which would lower the risk of being born abnormal or infected with any genetic diseases that may have been passed down by their parents ("The Benefits" 1). Just think for one second if you have allergies and how miserable it is in the Spring when all the flowers are blooming and the trees are blossoming. Scientist can take out the gene that makes you allergic to things. "A fertilized ovum could be cloned, and the clone could be tested for diseases and disorders. If the clone is free of diseases than the real ovum would be free of disease too. Then the zygote could be implanted in the womb" ("Pros" 1). Also, "scientists believe that they may be able to treat heart attack victims by cloning their healthy heart cells and injecting them into the areas of the heart that may be damaged. Heart disease is the number one killer in...
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