Doctors gathered here today at the Arizona Health Care Association Convention I know you all have a common goal to improve the quality of life of the general public. There are many ways to improve the public’s lives, two of which come to mind are plastic surgery, or curing someone of their illness. Just recently we have seen genetic modification hit the medical scene. We now have this new procedure that allows would allow doctors to help their patients obtain what they want, thus improving their lives. The first ever recorded human genetic modification was in 1990. We have come a long way since then. We now have two types of genetic modifications at our disposal. Genetic enhancement enable us enhance or change human characteristics such as an increase in strength, improved memory, or even determine our aesthetics features …show more content…
There are about 6,000 known genetic diseases that are very difficult or very expensive to treat such as hemophilia, Parkinson’s, Huntington’s and even prostate cancer. Gene therapy has opened up an opportunity for doctors to combat these diseases. Gene therapy has an inherent value because we are able to use to cure people of otherwise incurable genetic diseases which greatly helps improve the patient’s quality of life. We know that as technology advances we will be able to bring down the cost of the gene therapy so it then becomes even more accessible. Doctors such as your selves will have an impact on prices because through your use of gene therapy we will see a demand in the free market growth. This growth will enables other companies to develop cheaper, faster and safer ways to improve gene therapy. According to U.S. PIRG competition is known to bring down drug prices by a whopping 85- 90 percent. A raise in demand will increase a supply. This leads to more funds to further research and development. It will also drive other companies to produce. This will