Finally, in my opinion the positive points of genetic engineering are used to understand the cause of disease, for treatments of disease and for possible cures for disease. Let us take gene therapy; it is another form of genetic engineering. It is basically the same technology but it puts the genes into an unborn baby. With these technologies, in the near future, if someone were to get a third-degree burn, doctors would just grow some skin cells in a container and then place them on your skin. Or if someone had a heart attack they could replace the bad heart cells with the artificially made “good ones”. In the future there might be artificial genes that can protect against HIV, diabetes, cancers, and Parkinson’s disease. When we came to the negative aspects of this technology; in line with ethical issues associated with the therapeutic cloning, much opposition has been mounted against the process. Religious critics have termed therapeutic cloning as one going against or taking over the sole prerogative of creation of humans and animals. They contend the process brings about both human physiological or psychological problems besides the associated ethical issues. This is because the process is perceived to be targeted at producing a whole new species of human beings that are entirely perfect, devoid of diseases, deformities and custom-made with desired abilities. Besides being ungodly, therapeutic cloning is also opposed in the religious circles because it is aimed at economic gains without regard to human ethics. It is argued that life is a gift from God and deserves to be highly nurtured and cherished and not to be turned into a product that can be manipulated for profit.
In conclusion the adoption of scientific discoveries varies from communities and groups across the world because of different technological advances. As such there has being divided opinions on the whole issue from scientists, the clergy, potential parents, patients as well as politicians....