Walking around a pet shop, I spotted fish resembling neon specks floating in a pool of water. As I looked closer, I witnessed a light show being performed by swimming schools of fish. This phenomenon grabbed my curiosity. I found an article by Sarah Zielinski with the title, “The Glow-In-The-Dark Kitty: A fluorescent green cat could help in the fight against AIDS.” “The ultimate goal of this line of research, though, is to figure out how to make humans resistant to HIV, the virus that causes human AIDS.” Aside from cats that glow and according to the article many other animals, the project has a bigger purpose of making it posable to eliminate or correct the virus. Imagining the endless possibilities of being able to do this, what if you can
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Like in the science fiction film Gattaca the genes of your offspring can be of your choosing and remove problematic defects. Genetic screening can already show differences, anomalies, or mutations. With Gen line modification all of this can go way. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Birth defects account for more than 20% of all infant deaths.” We will one day be able to change the genetic makeup of our children, the fear based on the fact that we can pick our kids, along with removing abnormalities. In the film, this is a problem as it causes a new form of diversity among the people seen as perfect due to the modification and those created naturally. Just like all diversity issues I see this as not being as big an issue. Yes, the children will be made and selected to have the genes outlined by the parents, but the love of being a guardian does not go away. The child is still part of both parents. Even in the case that a couple or even at this point a person wishes to create a child made with the iconic blue eyes with ideal skin tone. The child will need to be shown the path to life till it can make its choice, much similar to natural birth. The fact that we can see the fear of genetic superiority makes it easier to prevent the offspring from behaving in such a manner. It is an emotion that is thought or demonstrated that causes this issue not a gene that turns hair black as
Like in the science fiction film Gattaca the genes of your offspring can be of your choosing and remove problematic defects. Genetic screening can already show differences, anomalies, or mutations. With Gen line modification all of this can go way. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, “Birth defects account for more than 20% of all infant deaths.” We will one day be able to change the genetic makeup of our children, the fear based on the fact that we can pick our kids, along with removing abnormalities. In the film, this is a problem as it causes a new form of diversity among the people seen as perfect due to the modification and those created naturally. Just like all diversity issues I see this as not being as big an issue. Yes, the children will be made and selected to have the genes outlined by the parents, but the love of being a guardian does not go away. The child is still part of both parents. Even in the case that a couple or even at this point a person wishes to create a child made with the iconic blue eyes with ideal skin tone. The child will need to be shown the path to life till it can make its choice, much similar to natural birth. The fact that we can see the fear of genetic superiority makes it easier to prevent the offspring from behaving in such a manner. It is an emotion that is thought or demonstrated that causes this issue not a gene that turns hair black as