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    Everyone Can’t Be Super Seeking perfection in an imperfect world has been a massive dilemma in today’s society. The rapid development of technology in this generation has created many new opportunities for genetic engineering. In California, a personal-genomics organization has been awarded a U.S. patent for techniques used in fertility clinics to create babies with selected traits. This human modification will lead to the controversial idea of designer children with artificial attributes.…

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    be created or achieved. Genetic engineering made it possible to this matter. Generally, it is understood that genetic engineering itself is the technique of altering the genetic constitution of cells (or individuals) by the selective removal, insertion or modification of individual genes or gene sets. Plus, it is a science which enables people to live better apparently. As mentioned by Ianello, Sevciuc, Dvila Assumpo, & Antnio (2013) (p. 63), the term genetic engineering has been commonly used…

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    Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the process of directly alternating an organism’s DNA in its genome using biotechnology. Genetic modification has been in practice for many years in the domestication of plants and animals, but despite its unprecedented progress, gene editing in humans, especially in embryonic stem cells, is one of the major controversies in health and science field nowadays. In the article from The Guardian, “Genetically modified human embryos should be…

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    world. Genetic engineering also called genetic modification is a possible answer for many of our imperfection. Genetic engineering is being used to advance agriculture and the cross breeding of crops. This is used in perfecting the human species by preventing disease and disorders that are passed on from generation to generation. This causes ethical issues between science and religion which are two important aspects of people's lives. These are just some of the uses of genetic engineering in our…

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    biggest advances, however, have come medically and technologically which, in today’s climate, often go hand in hand. One of the most powerful and potentially dangerous advances in recent memory has been advent of genetic engineering. Many of the advances that have made genetic engineering possible, while they may save many lives, have a higher moral cost than society may recognize. Where does man draw the line when it comes to ‘playing doctor’ or ‘playing God’? Historically, human beings…

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    allow for genetic engineering to be used in creating new children. However, we should limit our genetic engineering so that only genetic therapy should be allowed because of the great medical benefits genetic therapy brings about. I will compare genetic engineering to current types of therapy and will describe example situations that will further display that genetic therapy is permissible. The fundamental differences between genetic therapy and genetic enhancement gives reason to why genetic…

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    One day genetic technology may be able to give parents the opportunity to genetically engineer their babies, should we let this happen? That is the question we should be asking ourselves. Having the opportunity to do this could create many different possibilities for the human race by making the “perfect" child. It could also create many different problems that we have never had to deal with before we started doing this. Genetic engineering has already started with animals and crops, there are…

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    Thesis: There is an ethical dilemma that has surfaced to allow parents to genetically modify their child. Genetic engineering has the ability to provide a baby with a healthier lifestyle, allow for medical breakthroughs, and _________________. However, this is a trial and error process including ethical views of the parents. Body Paragraph #1: Topic Sentence: CRISPR is a powerful tool that can modify gene function and edit DNA sequence to prevent inherited medical conditions. In past…

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    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 potential to eliminate genetic diseases from a family’s germ line once and for all, riding a population’s susceptibility to cancer, diabetes, alcoholism, and so on, the problem though is that there…

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    for the Public Voice, by Robert Cook-Deegan and Jane Maienschein, discusses the issue of genetic engineering and the ethical dilemma and how the United States, government, and people are interacting in the struggle of the ethics behind genetic engineering. The authors present the facts that genetic engineering has laid in the grey area forever, and still continues to sit in that grey area. Genetic Engineering will occasionally find itself in the news and the argument reignites but falls flat…

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