Gene Manipulation

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Term Paper Title	Gene Manipulation
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# of Pages (250 words per page double spaced)	9.3

Gene Manipulation

Throughout time, man has always questioned science. Man has been curious about life,
space, our bodies, and our existence. Man has gone as far as to the moon, and cloning.
Everyday there are new developments being researched. Along with these developments
come the people’s opinion. Many people question the positive outcomes and negative
outcomes of procedures such as gene manipulation, cloning, in vitro fertilization and
fetal tissue implants. To this day, scientists are researching and developing ways to
“design” their children by selecting their sex, height, intelligence, and color of eyes.
People question the morality of gene manipulation. Is it right to “design” our children?
What are the consequences? The practice of gene manipulation is seen as
Frankenstein-ish, but it is solely to benefit all humans with longer and healthier lives.
Gene manipulation is able to screen disorders of the fetus, prevent diseases from
occurring to the following generations and allows parents to design their children.
Prenatal testing is a very common procedure that is done . Nine out of ten pregnant
women submit to some type of prenatal screening. (Golden) Dominant disorders such as
Down Syndrome, which is a form of retardation, can be detected from a fetus. Since
1996, gene therapy has been the cure for patients suffering from a genetic disease. This is
done by slipping a healthy gene in the cells of one organ of the patient. (Begley) Parents
of this fetus can then decide on the procedures that will be done on their baby to cure
him/her. Not only will the parents of the baby prepare for the surgeries but they can
prepare themselves emotionally. This is helpful because during labor the parents will not
be in shock when told that their child has complications. Older pregnant women who
usually have more complications during pregnancy benefit from genetic screening.
Doctors usually recommend “more invasive procedures” in which actual fetal cells are
collected from the womb’s amniotic fluid or placenta . (Golden) Receiving the results
from the tests, she can determine whether it is safe for her to continue with the
pregnancy, especially since some tests provide accuracy as high as ninety-nine percent.
(Golden) Unfortunately, not all test results come out positive. Approximately ninety-five
percent of couples who receive “bad” news from genetic screening, decide to have an
abortion. (Toriello) Abortion is legal but still many view it as a sin. But why shoul...

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