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B) To my understanding
scientist have found how to modify an embryos DNA. They have found that they
can cut strands of an embryo’s DNA with the power to have the strand grow back
but without the bad gene such as cancer or any other illness or disease as well
as intelligence. They have the power to scan and read each strand of DNA and
from there decide what strand should be cut to regrow and avoid a negative
outcome. Scientist are aware of the risk this implies which is why they have
put a pause on the study until ethical guidelines for modified embryos is
established.
C)
1) The global impact-
Illnesses and diseases could be prevented which could lead to an
over-population as well as a decrease in medical jobs.
2) National Impact- Ethical
guidelines would be questioned and it could arise political issues.
3) Personal Impact- My future family could be
exposed to the option of ‘custom’ DNA which would change “family genes.”
4) For the first two months to
two years of this innovation I believe DNA modifications would be a big trend
people wanting to have children with higher IQ’s and free of illnesses and
family genes would be greatly modified and will effect future generations.
In
the long term, the next 20 years to 20+ decades generations would be suffering
the consequences of modified DNA’s with an over-population of people on the
globe, humans standards would raise and non-modified humans would be compared
to modified humans.
5) What could you do, or
could be done to create the greatest positive
impact on the future.”
Agree on ethical
guidelines.
6) “What could you do, or
could be done to create the greatest negative
impact on the future.”
Not agree on any ethical
guidelines.
7) “Which region of the
future” does this related closest most to or does this fit in between – or
perhaps a region of the future you’d like to define for yourself.
Human Tech
Interesting concept! Is this the same thing as "Stem Cell Research," or just something similar? I wrote a long paper about the controversial issues of stem cell research, which is growing a healthy, identical part of the body that is infected. I was especially interested in this, because I am a Type 1 Diabetic and Stem Cell research could lead to an almost instant cure for my condition. Type 1 Diabetes is only one of the few thousand diseases or conditions that this could process could help, and potentially cure. I will have to read more into this.
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