Should Gene Editing Be Allowed For Humans?
Gene Editing is a way to change, or modify your traits as a human. Such as: changing your eye color, and your risk of getting certain diseases, or even improving your immune system. Scientists use a program or device called CRISPR that works by going into your DNA strands making it possible for the scientists to physically remove a gene and replace it with another such as getting rid of cancer, etc.
The benefits of gene editing is it can prevent diseases like: Inherited disorders, Cystic fibrosis, hemophilia, beta thalassemia, and sickle cell disease, it can also treat types of cancer, or infections. Some more diseases that can likely be cured or reduced is: Autism which can be reduced making it possible to be able to think better and make your coordination better.
The bad things about human gene editing is it can contaminate the human gene pool, Also since the genes have been changed they will be passed on to the next generation, which is probably the biggest concern among people or scientists. People also think that it can do a lot of good but it is also very dangerous because CRISPR works but it can make mistakes such as it cutting in the wrong spot making it kind of bad because if you were trying to get a large part of the DNA and you get the wrong spot it could probably contain some DNA that your body needs. Because I don't think you could replace all of your DNA all at once or it will be really bad. For example, mutation will occur and who knows what will happen.
I personally believe that gene editing can help our society and the people in it, but I also believe that it can also be the cause of mutations and since all the genes that have been edited are being passed on to the next generation who knows what could happen to humans in the future from these mutations.
What are your thoughts on Gene Editing and how it can be good or bad for our people, or how it will affect us?
Also, do you think it should be banned or not?
Sources: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-dark-side-of-crispr/
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It can go both ways in my opinion, it can beneifit people with a disibility but it can also mess up someones DNA if they are fine and have no chnage in thiers mutations. I think it should be banned from people that are fine and healthy, but can be used for people whi acually need it.
I think that it can be helpful but only in situations where it could mean life or death. The genes that get passed down sound like they could lead to bad results from mutations, but i think it could lead to less deaths caused by cancer and other things that need fixing.
This brings forth a question however, which is what is more important? The purity of human evolution from external and domestic forces or the lives that could be saved. In this scenario there is no right answer because to gain one you must lose another, however consider this. What is so human about choosing purity over lnnocent lives?
Gene Editing could be good in some cases like for example when people are born with life-threatening deformaties/conditions but could also be used for bad and a lot of things could go very wrong messing with people's genetics.
Hypothesis: what happens if we go beyond removing bad features but instead focus on enhancing positivie traits? Will there then be competetion and discrimination between those who have and have not had their genetics tampered with? What argument is there to support that there will not be resentment between them?
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