Human Gene Therapy Does Not Adhere To The Rules Of Natural Selection

The whole concept of gene modification is frightening, since genes are what make us and if that goes wrong everything could go wrong. Just like in live-action movies, if there is an advanced concept and that ends up in the wrong hands, the end result could be corrupt or disastrous. For example, in the movie “The Amazing Spiderman” a scientist turns himself into a human lizard, where he takes a reptile’s DNA and creates a drug to regrow his missing arm. Human gene therapy, seen from an evolutionary point of view, could be very surprising and unexpected since it is not the environment, such as selective pressure, that is contributing to evolution but is the organism itself. Depending on the perspective, gene therapy does not adhere to the rules of natural selection. …show more content…
Organisms’ produce more offspring than can survive because the world has limited resources. Offspring whose traits are best suited to their environment survive and pass on those variations to their offspring.” Natural selection is about off springs, and gene therapy is about the current organism living a long and healthy life. Gene therapy does not have anything to do with producing more offspring’s. It is about transplanting normal genes to places where it is needed, to correct certain disorders or mutations. This process, while it may save millions of lives, when it involves embryonic cells, it kills the potential of life. Although, I agree that we are on a course to push the scales of science even