In the world of engineering, the fairly new technology CRISPR lives up to its potential. CRISPR is a technology used to scan the patient 's genetic code and search for genetic diseases, it then “erases” the bad gene and replaces it with a neutral one. With this process we can eliminate many deadly genetic diseases such as Alzheimer 's, Diseases that causes the carrier to become blind, and some forms of cancer. Francisco Mojica discovered the gene editing tool in 1993. Although Mojica was the first to discover it, many scientists have contributed to the technology and made it what it is today. Francisco Mojica is a Molecular Biologist and the University of Alicante in Spain, he is praised by scientists all over the world for the revolutionizing
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In the United States, genome editing is banned. This last December ( December 16, 2015) congress rejected the bill to unban genome editing and fund it. This bill would have been worth $1.1 billion and would have funded human embryo research and modifications. This bill was rejected because congress was concerned with the success rate when dealing with such a large sum of money. The bill is expected to be passed soon with more research going into this technology and it only improving. Dealing with ethical situations, Health and Safety organizations around the world are concerned with the outcome of a genome experiment going wrong, such as the embryo forming incorrectly or even dying before it can be birthed. These groups also look at CRISPR to be unethical because it is not “natural”. So far genome editing is only allowed and has been tested in Europe, but many countries are considering of adopting the methods of genome editing after they see what it is capable of. CRISPR is viewed in two different ways in the modern world, it can be used for many different things such as cloning and ridding the body of genetic diseases, or some view it as a bad thing due to ethical …show more content…
Once we rid the human race of genetic diseases for good, life expectancies will rise, there will be less deaths, we will save more money because we won 't have to fund research for such diseases, and we will be healthier as a human nation. Even though CRISPR isn 't at a 100% success rate, with enough practice that rate will rise and the world will become healthier, this is a very important breakthrough for the human
In the United States, genome editing is banned. This last December ( December 16, 2015) congress rejected the bill to unban genome editing and fund it. This bill would have been worth $1.1 billion and would have funded human embryo research and modifications. This bill was rejected because congress was concerned with the success rate when dealing with such a large sum of money. The bill is expected to be passed soon with more research going into this technology and it only improving. Dealing with ethical situations, Health and Safety organizations around the world are concerned with the outcome of a genome experiment going wrong, such as the embryo forming incorrectly or even dying before it can be birthed. These groups also look at CRISPR to be unethical because it is not “natural”. So far genome editing is only allowed and has been tested in Europe, but many countries are considering of adopting the methods of genome editing after they see what it is capable of. CRISPR is viewed in two different ways in the modern world, it can be used for many different things such as cloning and ridding the body of genetic diseases, or some view it as a bad thing due to ethical …show more content…
Once we rid the human race of genetic diseases for good, life expectancies will rise, there will be less deaths, we will save more money because we won 't have to fund research for such diseases, and we will be healthier as a human nation. Even though CRISPR isn 't at a 100% success rate, with enough practice that rate will rise and the world will become healthier, this is a very important breakthrough for the human