Genetic_Manipulation_Should_Not_Be_Allowed

Genetic Manipulation Should Not Be Allowed Imagine a world where humans are able to play around with their genes. You could remove a genetic disorder plaguing your family, add another 20 points to your son’s IQ or even change your daughter’s gender. With the advent of new and improved technology on genetic manipulation barging on our doorsteps, many people believe that all this will soon become possible. But is genetic manipulation really this miraculous' History of failed genetic experiments, time and time again, have shown that perhaps it is just to soon to assume ourselves as Gods. According to Zallen (2002), Jesse Gelsinger, a young man, died in a gene therapy experiment. This tragic event sent shockwaves throughout the United States research community and raised new questions about the prospects of human gene therapy. Friedmann (2002), a professor from UCSD quoted in Recer (2002), said that “ inheritable genetic modification, or IGM, is not safe for humans.”. Indeed, it is clear that genetic manipulation of human beings should not be allowed. Based on our current technology and scientific knowledge, it is simply foolhardy to imitate mother nature. The most feared and heatedly debated issue on human genetic manipulation is that technology associated with it will be strongly genetic, manipulation, human, genes, 2002, child, even, humans, people, new, diseases, technology, should, one, gene, cannot, world, viruses, strongly, result, recessive, person’s, mother, lead, just, information, happen, embryos, children, believe, beings, because, after, time, therapy