What does the Genetic engineering of plants, animals, and Humans do for our society?
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Animal
Animal Engineering is a way to make animals better and give them different traits. For example you could change hormones in a Whitetail Buck by finding ways to make its antlers bigger and his body bigger.
As you can see the pigs were genetically engineered to glow. The scientists tried to show that you could make different animals glow like jellyfish. The researchers were able to isolate a fluorescent protein in jellyfish DNA and inject it into pig embryos. It is also possible to do this with other animals such as bunnies which has done before. Some people genetically engineer deer to make them bigger. Some do it to dogs to make new breeds and unique dogs and any type of animal unique.
Pros
Cons
Animal Engineering is a way to make animals better and give them different traits. For example you could change hormones in a Whitetail Buck by finding ways to make its antlers bigger and his body bigger.
As you can see the pigs were genetically engineered to glow. The scientists tried to show that you could make different animals glow like jellyfish. The researchers were able to isolate a fluorescent protein in jellyfish DNA and inject it into pig embryos. It is also possible to do this with other animals such as bunnies which has done before. Some people genetically engineer deer to make them bigger. Some do it to dogs to make new breeds and unique dogs and any type of animal unique.
Pros
- You could make better animals.
- Possibly stronger animals
- Perfect animals
- Crossbred animals and make a new species.
Cons
- You could mess up and create something bad
- you could accidentally kill the animal by trying to change it.
- Some things shouldn't be changed.
- Costs a lot of money to do this type of research and practice.
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Plants
Plant engineering is a way to make plants better and possibly more resilient to pests and disease; for example the corn borer and corn crops. (Below) These such changes in genetics are very helpful towards society, by increasing all the things that could destroy crops it creates a better crop and plant for society. Although there are some who believe that genetically altering plants is against nature and not right. Pros and Cons listed below.
Corn was genetically modified to hold a protein that was deadly to a certain kind of pest that often ate the corn. In doing so, crops were destroyed less from this bug and didn't have to worry about the bug as much. So basically this states that scientists made a genetically engineered corn so that bugs couldn't destroy their crops.
Pros
Cons
Plant engineering is a way to make plants better and possibly more resilient to pests and disease; for example the corn borer and corn crops. (Below) These such changes in genetics are very helpful towards society, by increasing all the things that could destroy crops it creates a better crop and plant for society. Although there are some who believe that genetically altering plants is against nature and not right. Pros and Cons listed below.
Corn was genetically modified to hold a protein that was deadly to a certain kind of pest that often ate the corn. In doing so, crops were destroyed less from this bug and didn't have to worry about the bug as much. So basically this states that scientists made a genetically engineered corn so that bugs couldn't destroy their crops.
Pros
- Increased pest and disease resistance
- Drought tolerance
- Increased food supply
- Better quality and taste
- more nutritional benefit
- Get more food to countries and places that need it.
Cons
- Introducing allergens and toxins to food
- Accidental contamination between genetically modified and non-genetically modified foods
- Antibiotic resistance
- Adversely changing the nutrient content of a crop
- Creation of "super" weeds and other environmental risks
- Environmental damage
- Allergic reaction growth
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Humans
The first Genetically Engineered babies were born in February 6, 2014. 30 Healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States so far 2 of the babies have genes made up from “3 parents” 2 female and 1 male. The babies were born to women who had trouble conceiving. Extra genes from a female donor were inserted into their eggs before they were fertilized in an attempt to enable them to conceive. Genetic fingerprint tests on two one-year-old children confirmed that they have inherited DNA from three adults.
Summary: Genetic Engineering on Children can be great and horrible in many different ways basically its a way for you to customize your soon to be child before he is born. You can pick many different traits you would want him to have such as be smarter, faster, and even stronger. Genetic engineering doesn’t only work with unborn children it can also make humans that are alive live longer by regenerating the lifespan of body cells. There are many cons that Genetic Engineering can cause also such as overpopulation, and defects in the unborn children that they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives. Gene Altering is a risky business but it can provide some great features for the future.
Pros
Cons
The first Genetically Engineered babies were born in February 6, 2014. 30 Healthy babies were born after a series of experiments in the United States so far 2 of the babies have genes made up from “3 parents” 2 female and 1 male. The babies were born to women who had trouble conceiving. Extra genes from a female donor were inserted into their eggs before they were fertilized in an attempt to enable them to conceive. Genetic fingerprint tests on two one-year-old children confirmed that they have inherited DNA from three adults.
Summary: Genetic Engineering on Children can be great and horrible in many different ways basically its a way for you to customize your soon to be child before he is born. You can pick many different traits you would want him to have such as be smarter, faster, and even stronger. Genetic engineering doesn’t only work with unborn children it can also make humans that are alive live longer by regenerating the lifespan of body cells. There are many cons that Genetic Engineering can cause also such as overpopulation, and defects in the unborn children that they will have to deal with for the rest of their lives. Gene Altering is a risky business but it can provide some great features for the future.
Pros
- Genetic Engineering on children before birth will probably cause the child to emerge healthier on average than a normal baby. Also Geneticists will be able to target genetic defects and get rid of them before the child ages.
- Genetic Engineering can also get rid or problems that exist in living humans by activating certain processes in their cells that were previously absent.
- Genetic Engineering can also be used to move humans beyond their normal restraints. The human that is genetically engineered can be made faster, stronger and even smarter.
- Genetic Engineering can also allow parents to basically custom make their baby. This can be used to eliminate superficial traits parents may see on their child as flaws such as overly small ears, noses or eyes.
- Genetic Engineering can eliminate the age barrier, and let humans live much longer than usual. The lifespan of body cells could be lengthened and regeneration of those cells could be stretched by several years. Genetic engineering can’t grant any kind of immortality, but the possibilities are fairly broad.
Cons
- Genetic engineering is currently gray ground, because it involves tinkering with the natural processes of the body.
- Genetic engineering also raises the question of compliance. Genetically altered babies will not have any say in what's done to their bodies before they are birthed. The children will have to live with whatever happens as a result of genetic tampering. This is important because if the gene therapy goes wrong the child could turn out worse and have to live with that for the rest of its life.
- Genetic Engineering is an untested science. Much of it is still theoretical, so things can go wrong. The problems will appear in the humans that are being genetically tested on.
- Genetic engineering has the potential to create schisms in society above and beyond politics and wealth. It is likely that only the wealthy will be able to afford gene therapy. This could result in radical class wars, and a great deal of resentment.
- Genetic engineering’s ability to expand life has a drawback in that it can cause overpopulation. The earth is already showing the strains of being able to support so many people at once and preventing natural death could have serious implications for employment, living space, food and energy sources.