The Benefits Of Human Embryos
If you could design your own child, would you? Whether or not you would, it seems
that it might become possible sooner than you would think. With the rising
popularity of CRISPR since its potential was realized by Doudna and Charpentier
labs in 2012, editing the DNA of living things has become not only simple, but
affordable, too. The technology not only can, but has been used to modify the
genomes of bacteria, plants, monkeys, pigs, rats, mice, and more (Reis, Robb,
Tzertzinis, 2014). The process is mainly used to edit genes causing inherited
genetic disorders, but has also been used to edit genes to give the offspring more
desirable traits, such as making sheep have wool of a certain color (Chinese, 2016).
The process has even been... Show more content on Helpwriting.net ...
Certainly, we know that not all natural things are good, but we also know that not
all unnatural things are good either. Is genetic modification as good as something
like medicine, or is a vile abomination to manufacture ourselves? I would argue that
not only is it a good thing, it is necessary to the progression of our species. We
know that our children will be greater than we are, so we should embrace that idea
to the fullest extent. With this technology, we can make future generations bigger,
stronger, healthier, and more intelligent than we could possibly imagine, and they
could do the same with their children. We can remove genetic disorders, create
minds brighter than our own, and drive ourselves forward as a species with this
technology. This is not an opportunity that we can pass up. We are just years away
from this technology becoming a reality, and despite the United States ban on
federal funding for research on the topic, that will not stop progress from being
made. Scientists will simply search for private funding or move to a country that
supports the research. They are only delaying the inevitable. The idea may seem
strange to some, but all new things seem strange at first. Many will disagree with it,
as people do with all new changes, but I assure you that genetic modification will
change the world for the better. With the advancements in