Brave New World Argumentative Essay

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Regardless of ethics, genetic engineering has the ability to heal unhealthy people. “Genetic Engineering and Our Brave New World” article by Donald F.Moores discusses the benefits engineering can have on a persons’ health. If human genetic engineering can keep a child from having diabetes, why not make it so the child will grow to be strong and healthy? In 1997, a man named Mark Origer was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma. Malignant melanoma is a skin cancer that can be deadly if it spreads to other body parts. Melanoma is sometimes a curable skin cancer depending on what stage a person is in. By the time the cancer reaches stage four, the patient has a fifteen to twenty percent chance of living. (National Cancer Institute). By…show more content…
The trials in the procedure were an experimental therapy that had never been used in any other patients before. This was the first human gene therapy for Cancer. "This is the first gene therapy for cancer. … That is why it is so important," said Dr. Steven A. Rosenberg, who headed the trial as chief of surgery at the National Cancer Institute. Gene therapy is mostly used in hybrid animals and super foods, but was now being tested to fight diseases in humans. The doctors and researchers used genetically engineered immune cells to shrink tumors in cancer…show more content…
The tumors decreased by 50 percent. He was later declared disease free. Filled with relief, Mark Origer was now cancer free and going to live a long, healthier life. This was one of the biggest scientific advances. Discovering that genetically engineering cells will cure more humans and unborn babies is life altering. Although this process is still being studied for perfection, it has the ability to create a disease free society, and change the human race. Stephen Hawking says, “With genetic engineering, we will be able to increase the complexity of our DNA, and improve the human race. But it will be a slow process, because one will have to wait about 18 years to see the effect of changes to the genetic
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