Embryo Pros And Cons

The issue that I am going to write my paper over is about genetically engineered embryos and whether or not further research should be done to allow the altering of an unborn fetus. My first topic that came to my mind when I heard about this assignment was actually abortion. Then we were shown a list of banned topics and abortion was number one on the list which was disappointing. Later when we went to the library to search for our topics, I ran across an article that interested me. It was about babies that were genetically engineered. I remember hearing this often in my AP Biology class in high school, and I read more into it. I cannot seem to be able to imagine that scientist would be able to make the “perfect” human being. In the past few years there has been studies to further improve embryos. They are called GM babies and GM is short for genetically modified. There has been controversy on whether or not GM babies or better yet embryos should be tested on in certain countries. There are two sides to the argument. On one hand, these studies can help or enhance an embryo from being born with a genetic disorder. On the other hand, these studies can lead to changing the make-up of an embryo to making a perfect human being, …show more content…
There were thirty births and all of the woman in the experiment had trouble conceiving. In order to resolve this problem, scientists took extra genes from a female donor and inserted them into the woman. In turn, the children born from this experiment, inherited the DNA of three parents and therefore, they will pass down the genes of all three parents to their own offspring. Since the third parent changed the germline of the child. Many disagreed in altering the make-up of a human’s DNA. Once the results of this experiment came out, many were angered and started debating whether or not these experiments should be further