Cures

Our genes used to be considered similar to a book. We could read them, but we could not change it. Now we have many more resources, and our DNA is more like a wikipage, we can change it to fit our specific needs. This is a highly controversial topic because this could lead to gene therapy for things that are non-life threatening, people could use it to make their genes perfect. We are far off from those days, but there is still much discussion about the ethics of gene therapy.

Basically genetic engineering works like this Pretty simple right? The part where it becomes a little bit complicated is when to change the DNA in all the cells. One way to do this is to potentially alter the genes when the embryo is still a single cell. This is a huge ethical debate because it is unknown what the larger consequences of this will be.

Another popular use of genetic engineering is in crops. Many farmers want to use genetic engineering to make their fruits and vegetables more aesthetically pleasing. Recently many people have been outraged about this because it can be incredibly dangerous to mess with the plants DNA, or they prefer to have more 'natural' or 'organic' food.

This subject causes a huge moral crisis in many people. While we could use genetic engineering to help cure deadly diseases and disorders, it can also be used to perfect flaws. Many people believe that people who have access to more money will use this to improve themselves and their children creating an unfair advantage in life, they believe that these wealthy people will be playing 'god'. While this is true and those kind of things would be detrimental to society, genetic engineering can save many lives. There are so many people in pain and have extremely debilitating disorders and gene therapy could help them live a normal life. There are so many pros and cons to this argument that there probably will be never be an end to this debate. This opens up many new doors for new and interesting legislature. But there is the possibility that one day the world can be a place without SCID, hemophilia, cystic fibrosis, cancer and many more diseases and disorder and this fact brings hope to so many people around the world.