Ethical Essay for Unit 1

Genetic Engineering can be used for various things in the science field like trying to repair genetic defects or to make part of it better, but a well known part of Genetic engineering is Stem Cell Research. The issue with it varies depending upon the person though. With all of the new health risks that are sky rocketing there are many people turning to science with hopes of cures or answers. On the different levels there are people who would do anything for a cure and others that would never go against the way our world (and body) is made.

People who are against Genetic Engineering have different reasons involving the chance of Biowarfare, tampering with “God’s” work, (like stem cell research or cloning) or just against change of our blueprints period. There are average people from various religious beliefs, doctors and scientists. There are many people who strongly appose ever aspect of genetic engineering and others that just may not agree with the animal testing. Genetic Engineering covers things like splicing the genes of various plants to improve the size and grow rate of one plant. It also can be used to make disease resistant crops, but it makes people wonder how same all this change is for something that could in turn go in our bodies.

On the other hand there are people who are completely for Genetic Engineering and can see many benefits for what this science has to offer. These people assume that these advancements will make our lives easier, better, and closer to be being healthy. There are people who believe that stem cell research will one day be able to find cures for cancers and help people with serious health conditions. Stem cell research is transforming embryonic cells into other cells for different purposes. These cells could hypothetically help muscles and nerves when put into the body by replacing the older cells and then dividing throughout the area. When you are at a point in your life with many health risks going against you, this type of treatment can be very welcome in your body.
Although there is not a defined “good” or “bad” side of stem cell research, there are definitely many people on both sides. Stem cells have potential for many things in the medical field, but some question on whether or not it is ethically correct by religious or personal beliefs. I do see there being many more debates in the future, and I don’t think that there will be much wide spread acceptance of stem cell research for many years.