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Scientists are developing ways to edit the DNA of tomorrow’s children. In the short story “Flowers For Algernon”, by Daniel Keyes, there is an intellectually disabled man named Charlie Gordon that is also going to be operated on to promote his intelligence. As informed scientists are developing ways to edit the DNA of babies. That means that people are making their babies with requested traits: intelligence, eye color, athleticism, and disease prevention. They are known as designer babies. As…

Super Babies What are designer babies? Francis Fukuyama states, "That is, geneticists will identify the gene for a characteristic like intelligence, height, hair color, aggression, or self-esteem and use this knowledge to create a better version of the child" (674). The question is whether designer babies is natural or not, while they may some advantages like reducing the risk of certain diseases and changing favorable traits; they also have some disadvantages that come along the way. When…

The themes of Frankenstein are still relevant today because they are asking if it is right to do something just because you have the means to do it. In other words should we do something just because we can? I believe this is the same about designer babies. In some cases it can be good in ways that we can take genes that are cancerous and remove them. But then there are people who want to choose what color eyes their child has and in those cases it doesn't really make sense because if everyone…

It’s important to realize that each scientific break through is made possible by the work that came before it. It’s a lot like putting puzzle pieces together, collecting different important evidence until enough puzzle pieces result in another break through. Fifty years ago two scientists announced to a lunch time crowd that they had discovered the secret to life. How DNA changed the world To begin with scientists used to have no understanding of what caused distinct patterns of inheritance.…

For many years rising and standing for the flag has been like ritual in most athletic event and schools. Many people don’t abide to the flag because they feel like they have to but what they don’t know is that it isn’t mandatory for them to rise for the flag they have the right to stay seated. Standing for the flag should not be mandatory nor should be forced. People of any race in this country have the freedom to stay seated. it is written in the laws. If no pride is felt towards the country…

England is a beautiful place to live, or even visit someday. The weather is usually cold and wet. Warm and comfortable clothes are a necessity. People throughout the ages, such as people in Elizabethan Era, wanted to be warm and stylish. The dress and clothing of Elizabethan England is a very important part of England’s history. In Elizabethan England, clothing could be bright and beautiful, or simple and plain. What clothes you wore depended on your station in life and your financial…

Watson was born in Chicago in 1928 and graduated from the University of Chicago. He is an American biologist, geneticist and zoologist and is best known for his Nobel Prize winning discovery of the structure of DNA along with Francis Crick. He is also known for his work with the Human Genome Project and continues to be one of the most influential scientists in the past century. I chose to read this book because I had heard it had been around for quite some time and gave an inside…

Since the late 1900’s genetically modified babies has been of interest among large quantity of the world’s population. Genetically modified babies are a “baby whose genetic makeup has been selected in order to eradicate a particular defect or to ensure that a particular gene is present” (Oxford Dictionary, 2015). The creation of genetically modified babies was originally created to eradicate inheritable diseases of a child before the development of the embryo begun. This technology has allowed…

The doctor in Gattaca sounds strikingly similar to the voice of an Oxford professor in an article by Aleyne who, “. . . said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a “moral obligation” as it makes them grow up into “ethically better children.”” Savulescu states that, “Whether we like it or not, the future of humanity is in our hands now. Rather than fearing genetics, we should embrace it. We can do better than chance.”” While it is true that human genome editing has the…

X Files “Humbug” Dr. Blockhead believes that genetic engineering will change all the freaks and the freaks will become normal like everyone else. Dr. Blockhead does not like this because he believes their deformities make them different from everybody else. I think genetic engineering is justified because no one wants to be stared at and look at differently than everyone else. If, people were created without deformity they wouldn't be bullied because of what they look like. I also believed…