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 =Jordan's essay = Genetic Engineering

Introduction
A Community has been genetically altered for Sameness. I have researched genetic engineering and believe that people shouldn’t tamper with nature. This essay will look at the pros and cons of genetic engineering. Before weighing up the pros and cons of genetic engineering in humans, it's worth taking the time to understand just what is meant by the idea. Simply put, it's a way of manipulating our genes in such a way as to potentially make our bodies better.

Good things about genetic engineering
People who like genetic engineering say that there are many advantages. Pros of Genetic Engineering for people include 1) The potential that parents could (if the technology worked) assemble their kids genetically, to be smarter, to be more athletic or have a particular hair or eye colour. Though it's rather fanciful to suggest that intelligence could be improved by the substitution of a gene, it may be found that there are several genes that are more commonly expressed in the genomes of intelligent people than those with more limited intellectual capacity. 2) We can swap our bad genes for good ones 3) Having enjoyed life, most of us want to cling on to it for as long as possible. The genetic engineering of humans has the potential to greatly increase our life spans. Some estimates reckon that 100-150 years could be normal. 4) The knowledge gained by working out genetic solutions for the above could help with the design of better pharmaceutical products that are able to target specifically genetic mutations in each individual. Other benefits from the field of agriculture are found in many crops such as rice, maize, and potatoes are being genetically engineered. Pros of Genetic Engineering in the field of agriculture include 5) higher crop yields 6) more nutritious food 7) crops can be grown in harsh environments 8) they are more resistant to pests thus eliminating the use of potentially hazardous pesticides 9) undesirable characteristics can be removed 10) food can have a better flavour and a longer shelf life and 11) they can also be used as a cheap source of medicine. To treat many life-threatening illnesses genetic engineering aims to replace faulty genes with perfect working copies. Genetic engineering is a valuable technology, but it is not without its faults and technical difficulties.

Bad things about genetic engineering and sameness.
There's a risk that the genetic engineering could go wrong because of sameness. There are several bad things about sameness. These include 1) Not everyone wants to be the same. 2) Everyone will look like you. 3) Who is going to decide what the sameness is going to look like. 4) It will be hard to figure out who’s who. 5) Differences give us value. 6) Differences give us identity. 7) People might not like the way they look. There are more cons with genetic engineering these include · There's also a concern that unusual gene expression may lead to causing more allergic reactions. · Of course there are many people who view this kind of genetic engineering manipulation as against nature. · Every new technology has some risk attached to it. · The changes would be inheritable and passed down through the generations. · It is currently illegal in many countries. · There are risks associated with getting genes into a human body and having them carry out the desired function. · The human genome and our whole bodies are a maze of complicated biological signals, pathways and interrelationships. A positive change upstream could cause a negative effect downstream. · The technology is nowhere near there yet.

Conclusion I believe that in this essay that the cons are more appropriate than the pros I hope you arrive at the same opinion.