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Should genome editing on humans be legal?
A genome is a person’s entire genetic makeup. According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, genome editing technologies have been around since the late 1900’s.
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According to the U.S National Library of Medicine, genome editing is a group of technologies that allow scientists to add, remove or alter sections of genetic material in a person’s genetic makeup/genome.
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Genome editing has allowed for many positive medical advancements, in the next section, I will talk about some of these advancements.
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Many scientists in Japan have tried to harness genome editing to block the HIV virus from replicating inside infected cells, according to Nature.com.
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So far they have been very successful in these experiments, this could lead to a substantial decrease in the amount of victims of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Another positive use for CRISPR is to remove malaria from mosquitoes, according to ASME.org. Since malaria kills up to one million people per year, it would be an incredible feat to do this and reduce a million deaths per year.
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Using novel genome based editing tools developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, treatment on Alzheimer’s disease has begun by trying to cut off pathologic proteins in the disease. This information has been gathered from the official website of UW-Madison.
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Although there are many obvious advantages of the use of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing system, there is one controversial issue that is still discussed in terms of genome editing’s ethical use.
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According to an article on theconversation.com on ethical concerns of genome editing, the genetic editing of future generations, by altering certain characteristics such as eye color, hair color and height, has raised many ethical concerns.
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Also the fact that future generations might not be able to opt out of their predecessors genetic alterations will possibly raise concerns for the next generation.
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In conclusion, I will give my final opinion on the question “Should genome editing on humans be legal?” I think genome editing should be legal for medical procedures only, not for cosmetic purposes.
For medical purposes because I see no potential harmful consequences of it’s medical use, in my opinion.
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It is hard to predict if the potential disallowance of future generations to opt out of alterations will occur as no genetic editing of desirable characteristics has been done on humans yet.
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