Christian Ellefson Genetic engineering often gets a bad rap with changing the natural evolutionary cycle‚ but it could‚ with proper guidance‚ improve almost every aspect of daily life. Advances in the Biotech Revolution have made many things that we had merely considered to be science fiction or a thing of dreams are now possible.The fact of the matter is that genetic engineering is applicable to everyday life while still being ethical and inline with people’s morals. As the testing of genetic engineering
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Garrett Boone Professor McCabe ENGL 110 November 1‚ 2012 The Importance of Genetic Propensity for Disease In this new modern world‚ it is common to believe that there is a cure out there for everything. Treatments for cancer are getting better every year‚ and the methods for delivering insulin to Diabetes patients has become more refined and precise. However‚ these are all focused on cures‚ and very little attention is spent on prevention. The main reason for this is that the exact causes of
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Genetics are the instructions that determine an organism’s appearance and distinct characteristics. Genetic engineering is the science of manipulating genes in some way. There are many different opinions on this subject. Genetic engineering could improve diseases or create a “ designer child”. On the other hand‚ it is not natural ‚could have unintended consequences‚ and is sometimes not viewed as moral. In my opinion‚ genetic modification should not be used to change humans cosmetically ‚but could
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Professor of Science at Duke University‚ states that “Technology itself is not evil. Only the misuse and misapplication of it is” (Farahany). Genetic engineering should be used with the purpose of preventing abnormalities and disease alone. With careful regulations by the government‚ that can be done (Krimsky‚
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Knowing genetic information can be helpful to different individuals under different circumstances. However‚ there are still people in the society who will abuse their knowledge of the genetic information that they know. There are instances of life-insurance companies of abusing their customer’s genetic information by making the wrong judgement of the life coverage in the customer’s insurance. This incident occurs in the United States. In his insurance policy‚ he was not covered for cancer due to
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the right to say who can and can’t genetically alter their body if they had the chance to? Genetic engineering is the only possibly way to make that happen for people. If this was applicable for human use than the world would as we all know it would change. As of right now though this is only being currently being tested on plants and animals such as: flowers‚ corn mushrooms‚ mice‚ pigs and monkeys. When genetic engineering can be perfected then humans can be altered to cure diseases‚ fix deformities
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Genetic Profiling Genetic profiling is a contemporary issue relating to the individual and technology which restricts access to unbiased decisions and privacy. Genetic profiling interferes with the individuals bodily‚ genetic and behavioural privacy‚ as it can be used for the benefit of identifying bodies to using the results of a DNA test to choose whether to employ one individual over another‚ due to future concerns. It can easily be argued that genetic profiling is in the need of law reform
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For many years‚ genetic engineering has made its way into its spotlight‚ making it one of the stars in modern research‚ especially in biotechnology. It has greatly contributed for the betterment of our society‚ both in food production and in health‚ but little do we know about this risky discovery. OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION II. GENETIC ENGINEERING – Legacy A. History B. Towards the future III. GENETIC ENGINEERING – Its role in our daily lives IV. GENETIC ENGINEERING –
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private. There are also certain things that they think of as taboo‚ or something they forbid to touch or associate themselves with. Genetic engineering is something that people find to be raising many (moral) red flags. It also creates many questions‚ like is it really right to do something that extreme just to have what one truly wants. “Many religions believe that genetic engineering‚ after all‚ is tantamount to playing God‚ and expressly forbid that it is performed on their children‚ for instance
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parents to visualize having the perfect baby to feel accepted. Genetic modification is becoming a heated debate over protecting a newborn from genetic diseases to manipulating genes for personal preferences. Many agree with the notion of curing cancer or dyslexia through gene manipulation. However‚ there are a lot of debates on changing the DNA sequence for personal dislikes such as personality characteristics and intelligent statuses. Genetic modification should not be used to satisfy the desires of
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