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Germ-Line Gene Therapy Ethics

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This unit has greatly increased my knowledge of genetic technology, and my understanding of different perspectives on the ethicality of its use. Unlike somatic cell therapy (treating genetic disorders by replacing genes in certain body cells of living people), which has gained extensive approval for clinical uses on humans, germ-line gene therapy (GGT) is a far more controversial method of performing genetic engineering on an unborn embryo, to change all of the DNA that will make up that baby as it grows up. In my detailed study of GGT, where I went into quite extensive learning on the full process of recombinant DNA and genome editing (with technology like CRISPR), I discovered that the general public fear the capabilities of GGT in creating
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Designer genetics to create a baby after careful selection is a meme, and “we can say that memes are ‘selfish’, that they ‘do not care’, that they ‘want’ to propagate themselves, and so on, when all we mean is that successful memes are the ones that get copied and spread, while unsuccessful ones do not” (Blackmore 37), and some may consider this genetic modification to be a successful meme which is why parents are so willing to try it. By using technology in this type of way, it may possibly benefit some if it is spread for good causes, such as helping a baby be born without a disease that is known to run in the family so the parents won’t have to see their child go through pain. Many parents put their faith in “23andMe” and their technology because it is their last hope to be able to conceive a child without them having to worry about any debilitating disease or disabilities and since this procedure would be implicated even before the child is developed, there would be no questions of morality. However, some people might take advantage of this new technology and use it for nothing more than creating their fantasy child, as they start to choose non-health related traits such as weight, height, gender and eye color.

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Unfortunately, the Eugenics Movement is still alive today in The United States in the form of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). To grasp a better understanding of this movement, the ART policies will be scrutinized, major concerns will be

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The issue of modification through gene manipulation becomes increasingly complex when considering how this technology can be used as a means to unethical and harmful uses. In the article, Babies with Genes From 3 people could be Ethical, Panel Says, Rob Stein exposes various concerns about three gene donors in an embryo, including how a scientist, “Could introduce some new disease into the human gene pool or that scientists could try to do this for other reasons-nonmedical reasons, like create designer babies where parents pick the traits of their children.” Stein goes on to explain how the gene replacement procedure would take place, which continues to usher in a plethora of concerns as whether to allow Crispr technology be tested on a embryo.

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In 1997, Columbia pictures released the film GATTACA. GATTACA is a futuristic film that stresses the genetic makeup of humans. In the film, the “normal” way of conceiving a child is through in vitro fertilization. The main character, Vincent, is naturally conceived, and since he is susceptible to many diseases, including heart defects and myopia, he is labeled an invalid. As an invalid, he is not able to pursue his dream of going to space and can only find work as a janitor at the Gattaca Space Station.

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All superheroes in comic books and movies have some sort of power or special trait that causes them to stand out and rise above the average civilian. Most of these superheroes have that power written in their DNA either by chance or birth. For example, the bite of a radioactive spider caused Peter Parker’s DNA to fuse with that of a spider giving him superpowers. Star Trek’s Joachim was the brightest and best as a product of genetic modification. What if average humans were given the option to undergo treatment to possess superpowers?

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Also the technology isn’t 100% safe yet as it’s only in the experimental stage still. Therefore I don’t think we should be allowed to genetically modify our children because there’s a greater possibility of accidentally “killing” the offspring than having them as the parents mix of their own

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Therefore, the science of eugenics has been noted for aiming to create the “master race” and one of the most notorious movements in the world (“Manipulating Human Genome”). Despite the abolished practice of eugenics around the world, it’s legal to experiment with the human genome to a certain extent in various

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There is a heated debate among scientists, bioethicists, politicians, and citizens worldwide about the limitations, if any; that should be set on genetic engineering in the human reproductive domain. Potential parents, future lawmakers, and medical professionals will be decisive in the future of genetically designed children. Hopefully, the evidence presented in this paper will conclusively demonstrate that designer babies have an unfair advantage in society, and will ultimately skew its balance. Eugenics, the

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As technology advances, more things become possible. One of these things is genetically modifying a baby, this is very wrong. Genetic modifying or genetic engineering is altering someone or something’s DNA. Scientists hope to cure diseases with this method but doing this can lead to some harmful effects. This process is very unethical.

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Potential Obstacles: By far, the most frequently highlighted danger of cloning technologies is the potential to use them for eugenic purposes. Cloning is only the first step toward the replication of successful specimens and the fabrication of ideal human types. In the perception of the general public, cloning is not only a new technique, but also a symbol for the increasing power of scientists and for the disposition of humanity. Cloning symbolizes the scientific endeavor to control nature in the service of knowledge and power. Thus, in the public perception and accordingly in the media it has become a general symbol for the ambivalent potential of genetic

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This procedure’s purpose is to switch out genes for more preferred ones, especially to improve the health of the child. Genetic engineering could permit selection of desired physical and pleasurable traits for non-medical reasons, which has created concern in some people. The process of switching out the genes of a fetus to install genes that are more preferred has brought up debate about whether or not parents should be able to alter their babies genes to make them more appealing to the parents interests. There are many different ways of looking at this procedure and in contrast to other scientific procedures it can be for greater good or for unnecessary enhancement that could potentially create problems in society. Designer babies aren’t morally correct or incorrect, but are in between depending on what it is being used for.

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The researchers then combine the broken gene with a healthy gene. This new healthy gene is now modified and free from the mutation it had before. Although many individuals’ ethics and morals stand in the way of gene editing, this technology affects society in many different

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Editing of the human genome in the past has been only a sight seen in dystopia works such as Brave New World. Now, genetic enhancement is a prevalent today and people are beginning to realize the issues that can arise from creating these designer babies. Gene editing can be helpful to eradicate life changing disabilities. Yet, the term disability does not correctly label these differently abled people, as the idea of what is considered disabled has changed overtime. To fully understand the consequences and implications of genetic selection and enhancement of human embryos, society must mature and declare lines of what is and is not ethically moral.

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The procedure putting another extra clone gene to the mom’s womb and growing is not easy and sometimes it can cause moms and the child 's death. Because we want a clone baby doesn’t mean we want to kill the moms so it is irrelevant and hazardous. Peoples want to believe that we shouldn 't be afraid of cloning babies or having engineered baby, but however people connected to their religion and didn’t want to mess with their god(religion) so because of that most of the people didn’t want to accept this technology. As seen in the (Caplan’s) article, scientists are using CRISPR CAS9 to make a new engineered baby. This tool helps to edit genes in animals and insects and now it also works on human to modify their genes and to enter the new gene to make clone babies.the intriguing instance of genetic modification was that there is a lot of controversies and agreements in human cloning.

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