Many experts and aficionados have dedicated their careers just to know more about genetics, but the more discoveries they make, the more complex this technology becomes. These complexities have served as a light to raise questions regarding their discoveries. Uncertainty has then settled in to our minds after hearing the questions which are terrifying. This research paper aims to inform its readers what genetic engineering is, the contributions it has made into our society, both improvements and regressions, and the precautions we must be aware of. AbstractIn the conquest towards the future, we will encounter many different things.
They are there to either help us and make our future a prosperous or on the other hand end all what we have done. After extensive decades of research and dedication, the technology genetic engineering was discovered. Genetic engineering has been a trending topic since its discovery. Critiques have been arguing against its enthusiasts since then. Many questions such as its stability have been raised. Protestors have been rallying informing us about the risks we would have to take if the exploitation of genetic materials would not stop.
On the other side supporters and scientists defend the research program by telling us what genetic engineering has done for us, for our advancement and betterment. Because of genetic engineering they have improved and created new kinds of medicine, because of genetic engineering food quality has been improved and at the same time, its shelf life has been increased beyond what we could do before. But in some accounts, the technology of genetic engineering has yet to be proven safe. Speculations then aroused, society has begun to question whether or not genetic engineering is liable for the declining human lifespan.
Keynoters: genetic engineering, biotechnology, nature, life Genetic Engineering - Technology Of the Future In this vast changing world, we see differences every now and then. Various disasters happen around us, plagues and different illnesses revolve the human society and as we are afraid of such phenomena, we have counteracted them by decades of extensive research to combat these epidemics and preserve human life. These technologies are what we now use to create medicine, and meet the demands on food quantity. Genetic engineering has helped us preserve food so that it wouldn't easily perish.New kinds of medicine have been created because of the technology called Genetic Engineering.
The Oxford Dictionary defines genetic engineering as "the deliberate modification of the characteristics of an organism by manipulating its genetic material. " According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, genetic engineering started around the year 195(Yes and is explained as "the group of applied techniques of genetics and biotechnology used to cut up and join together genetic material and especially DNA from one more species of organism to introduce the result into an organism in order to change one or more of its heartsickness. According to a blob, History of Science by William Wheel (2008) genetic engineering has started around the early sass's based on experiments conducted by an Australian monk, Gregory Mendel. A few decades later, 1953, James D. Watson and Francis Crick discovered the structure of the DNA.
Then in the year 1 973, another discovery was made by scientists Herbert Borer and Stanley Cohen. They discovered the recombinant DNA technique, defined by the Oxford dictionary as "DNA that has been formed artificially by combining constituents from different organisms.This was then used by scientists in the late ass's to produce small amounts of insulin and interferon and finally in 1980, green genetic engineering was born. Genetic material is introduced into cell cultures for the first time ever with the aid of Crematorium tenancies, which according to Defenestration is the causal agent of crown gall disease. According to the book Genetic Engineering: Man and Nature in Transition by Carl Nelson Heinz (1974) "..
. Genetic engineering may come to save lives or prevent disabling illness. Yet it may not be possible to save every human Ewing..
. " (p. 116). Everyone is so afraid of dying that we are now exploring the fields of biotechnology and medicine to save lives and cure illnesses and possibly extend our lifespan by even a decade or more.
Business magnates now a days are becoming more economical and some have already invested on the technology of Genetic Engineering. This is to preserve the food they all sell and at the same time, to maximize company profits. However as scientists makes more discoveries about genetic engineering and biotechnology, opposition parties have aroused.Some researchers are owe proclaiming however that the technology is still unstable; that its not proven to be a hundred percent safe for humans. As this debate goes on, some critiques have even speculated that genetic engineering is the root of all evil in our society right now, the reason why our lifespan is declining, and the reason why new and even harder to cure illnesses arise.
If so, why do scientists say that it's the technology of the future; a innovation that would save and protect our future, even though they know of some negative effects it has for humans as well as our environment.Do we still even have the rights to choose whether or not we should eat fresh or engineered items? In fact, we just don't notice but the food, the medicine we take in might have already been genetically engineered. In the end, it is all up to us to decide what to do or not. Heinz (1974) has also said that "Once that decision has been made, whether it is right or wrong, it is the machine, not a human being, the preserves human life" (p. 116). With these in mind, we now have an overview as to what Genetic Engineering is.
This paper aims to explain the following things: What are the intrusions of genetic engineering so far to our society? What are the pros and cons about this project? Does genetic engineering pose a threat to our environment? Do we have a choice? Can we choose between genetically engineered items and none engineered ones? In order to attain new varieties with great dietary qualities and superior harvest, some crops are now being genetically engineered. They are expected to grow and yield even in barren land.Increase in nutritional value and faster growth rate are also expected to have improved since the manipulation of their genes. These are just some of its changes in our lives. Genetic engineering has improved mainly the preservation of food products, thus few food are wasted. It has also achieved what seemed impossible just a few decades ago, and that is to make a desolated land to into a lush green field.
According to researchers, yields of genetically engineered items are superior amongst other varieties which remain untouched; they produce higher yields which results to greater profit for investors making the appeal great.If nutrition is your problem, then that is solved! For items which have been engineered are expected to have better dietary qualities amongst the others; an example would be the golden rice, and according to Goldenberg. Org "Golden Rice has been engineered to contain the genes necessary to make up the biochemical pathway for pro-vitamin A production. Moreover, the genetic construct was designed to be expressed exclusively in the rice endosperm, ii in the edible part of the seed. " However, to attain the vitamin A, we need to intake an average of four kilos per day.
However, nothing in this world sounds too perfect; everything has flaws, defects which may lead to even a worse condition that ever before. Genetic engineering is a science that involves the transfer of genes from an organism to another. It is used to produce useful drugs that we need to cure certain illness. It is also used to create an organism capable of surviving harsh conditions such as diseases.
Both these have had a great impact to the society that led to further more study. Genes are the chemical blueprints that determine an organism's traits.Moving genes from one organism to another transfers those traits. Through genetic engineering, organisms are given new combinations of genes -? and therefore new combinations of traits - that do to occur in nature and, indeed, cannot be developed by natural means.
Such an artificial technology is radically different from traditional plant and animal breeding. Many opposition parties exist, and one of them is Green Peace, where they believe that "Genetic engineering could be a threat to human and environmental health. This is because the technology allows researchers to create superior plants, and animals, and micro-organisms by changing their genes in a way that does not occur naturally. And that ' 'Their release is 'genetic pollution' and it is a major threat because Smog cannot be called once released into the environment. " We should take in mind that gene pollution can never be cleaned. Once new organisms have been released into the ecosystem, they will transfer their new characteristics to other organisms.
The mistakes are irreversible and irretrievable. In a written account, Manual Oak (2011) argued that "Genetic engineering may work wonders but it is after all a process of manipulating the natural. It is altering something that is not originally created by man. Is playing with nature really safe? " With all Of this we can conclude that genetic engineering may be the eye to a better future, but we should take In mind that it will open two doors. One will lead to a better future for all of us, and the other one would lead to our brink of extinction.
