A Brief Note On Genetic Engineering And Enhancement

Genetic engineering and enhancement is the modification of the genetic material of an organisms, usually to improve it or remove any genetic defects using biotechnology. There’s a lot of concern regarding the manipulation of human genomes, even those of other organisms and our food such as GMOS. Genetic engineering can be used for a lot of positive things, but it comes with great risks and has the potential to be taken to extremes where it does more harm than good; there’s also a threat of people using it for frivolous or all the wrong reasons and cooperation’s and markets that could take advantage of it. One must also wonder who will have access to this technology, will it only be the rich and the privilege? There’s also those who wonder†¦show more content†¦Genetic engineering can also be used for the development of vaccines for diseases such as Cholera and Hepatitis-B. Genetic defects can also be removed with genetic engineering. It technology comes far enough, people may one day be able to pick and choose the characteristics they’d like their children to be born with by manipulating the genomes of their embryos. People may one day get to ask for children there are really good at play sports, or children that are very smart, or children that have characters that are normally considered attractive, besides just an overall healthy child. I believe, ethnically, if there is technology out there that can improve the health and longevity of the human race, we should look into it. No child should have to be born with birth defects. No person should have to die from disease or medical conditions if it can be prevented by genetic engineering. All physicians have an obligation to encourage the study and research of scientific knowledge and technology to better care for their patients, genetic engineering and biotechnology is one of those fields that could help a lot of people. 2. Negatives of Genetic Engineering: Just as there are a lot of positive things that can come from genetic engineering, there’s a lot of risk that can come