Human diseases can be divided in to many different categories: genetic, infectious, and congenital. The common point with many of these disease is that there is some sort of genetic bases between them. Not all diseased genes will cause disease, they may simple increase the chance of getting it, while in others the person becomes bound to a painful life or painful death. Manipulation of the human genome has been on the table for some time, and has been used to a certain, but limited, extent. However, many of these genetic diseases either manifest in utero or after birth, and many of these diseases affect many structures in the body as well. This is why Germline mutation therapy is currently being explored. It helps to solve these problems by …show more content…
Before Germline gene editing was developed, other similar manipulation techniques were developed such as recombinant DNA technology, A.R.T., and stem cell research. When these came out, similar concerns and debates arose, and they are still being discussed today (5). Instead of simply starting the argument with germline gene editing from scratch, the author suggests that we use the arguments from the other similar techniques and develop a set of principles that concern the technique (6). By doing so, we form a basis from which the concerns, both ethical and scientific, can start from (7). Even with the discussions involving the public and with clinicians and physicians, oversight is needed (8). Just as with any other technique, germline gene editing can be subject to abuse, so a committee of people is needed to ensure that the researchers follow the principles that have been set out, and to develop better guidelines and standard that are more globally recognized (8). The main thing, however, is that whoever is with in this body of people are thoughts who have knowledge and interest in the technique, so that whatever guidelines are developed are more