Genetic engineering for both medical and agricultural purposes is causing an increasing amount of controversy. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering and explain your opinion.
Genetic engineering for both medical and agricultural purposes is causing an increasing amount of controversy. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering and explain your opinion. j7gOd
New advances in scientific technology have allowed scientists to develop the means to
change the biological make-up of living organisms to engineer agricultural and
medicinal products. Clearly, there are both advantages and disadvantages to genetic
engineering and I personally believe that genetic modification should be used to adapt
medicinal products, but not agricultural products.
There are many ethical and health issues associated with genetic engineering, and it is a complex and highly controversial issue. I believe that genetic engineering is
beneficial when used to develop new medicines or scientific technology that helps
prolong people’s lives. For example, if a person is dying of an incurable disease and
genetic engineering technology can provide a new medicine or a treatment that will
keep that person alive and well for several more years, then I believe it should be used.
However, I believe that techniques like cloning are unethical and potentially
dangerous because the effects of these techniques are unknown and largely
unnecessary.
Genetic engineering has also been used to change the biological make-up of agricultural products. For example, people prefer to buy bananas that are bright yellow because they look fresh and healthy. Naturally grown, organic bananas, however, are not perfectly yellow, but often have naturally occurring brown spots caused by sugar. Scientists have developed methods of changing the genes of bananas to prevent them from turning brown. This sort of genetic engineering is unnecessary in my opinion, and may subject people to unnecessary risks since it has not yet been determined what kinds of health risks the genetic changes might cause.
In conclusion, genetic modification should be used for necessary and useful purposes
like saving lives, not for rearranging genes to change the appearance of agricultural
products, a potentially dangerous and unnecessary procedure
New advances in scientific technology have
allowed
scientists to develop the means to
change
the biological
make
-up of living organisms to engineer agricultural and
medicinal products.
Clearly
, there are both advantages and disadvantages to genetic
engineering and I
personally
believe
that
genetic
modification should be
used
to adapt
medicinal products,
but
not agricultural products.
There are
many
ethical and health issues associated with
genetic
engineering
, and it is a complex and
highly
controversial issue. I
believe
that
genetic
engineering
is
beneficial when
used
to develop new medicines or scientific technology that
helps
prolong
people
’s
lives
.
For example
, if a person is dying of an incurable disease and
genetic
engineering
technology can provide a new medicine or a treatment that will
keep
that person alive and well for several more years, then I
believe
it should be
used
.
However
, I
believe
that techniques like cloning are unethical and
potentially
dangerous
because
the effects of these techniques are unknown and
largely
unnecessary.
Genetic
engineering
has
also
been
used
to
change
the biological
make
-up of agricultural products.
For example
,
people
prefer to
buy
bananas that are bright yellow
because
they look fresh and healthy.
Naturally
grown, organic bananas,
however
, are not
perfectly
yellow,
but
often
have
naturally
occurring brown spots caused by sugar. Scientists have developed methods of changing the genes of bananas to
prevent
them from turning brown. This sort of
genetic
engineering
is unnecessary in my opinion, and may subject
people
to unnecessary
risks
since it has not
yet
been determined
what kinds of health
risks
the
genetic
changes
might cause.
In conclusion
,
genetic
modification should be
used
for necessary and useful purposes
like saving
lives
, not for rearranging genes to
change
the appearance of agricultural
products, a
potentially
dangerous
and unnecessary procedure
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