Ellen Batsaikhan

3/23/15
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Genetic Engineering

What if one day scientists thought of a way to genetically modify unborn children? What
if GMOS happened to be a good thing? That is why Genetic engineering is worth the price.
Genetic engineering is worth the price because it actually seems to have been progressing
throughout a period of time.
Yes, there are pros and cons. There was an article called, Genetically engineered babies?
Experts debate idea of Designer Baby Ban by Wynne Parry addressed, The increasing power
and accessibility of genetic technology may one day give parents the option of modifying their
unborn children in order to spare offspring from disease or, conceivably, make them tall, well
muscled, intelligent, or otherwise blessed with desirable traits. The quote describes how our
technology is progressing and we could genetically modify our children one day. For all we
know, the child could get a disease or something like that. The technology could even have
certain side effects.
In the Price of Progress Packet, I read an article, GMO Thought Experiment: What
Would A World Without Gm Crops Look Like? By Roxanne Palmer. On February, University
of Georgia crop scientist Wayne Parrott pointed out to FoodNavigator that the new GMO-free
Cheerios have much lower levels of Vitamin B2 -- 2 percent of the recommended daily value in a
serving, compared to 25 percent in the GMO formulation. And the non-GMO Grape-Nuts no
longer include vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B12 or riboflavin. This was addressing that GMOS

had actually made cereals healthier than without it. Everybody sees GMOS as a bad thing, but it
seems to help certain things.
Science editor of The Independent, Steve Connor, recently published the article,
Genetically engineered mosquitoes to end malaria could have unintended consequences
Scientists had thought that new ways of creating genetically modified insects could potentially
help mosquito transported diseases with a while. However, it could create unintended
consequences. Since MCR works by targeting specific DNA sequences, in cases where diseased
cells have altered DNA as in HIV-infected individuals or some types of cancer, MCR-based
methods should be able to distinguish diseases from healthy cells and then be used to selectively
either destroy or modify the diseased cells, Dr Gantz said. This quote states that the MCR-based
methods should be able to tell the different diseases from all the healthy cells and destroy the
diseases.
As I stated earlier, Genetic engineering has both pros and cons. I am positive that there
are more pros, than there are cons. As it was stated earlier, it is making cereals healthier!
However, there could be some unintended consequences. Usually they are minor things that
could be fixed easily. In conclusion, genetic engineering is worth the price.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Independent
Genetically engineered mosquitoes to end malaria could have 'unintended consequences'
The Independent,. 'Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes To End Malaria Could Have 'Unintended
Consequences''. N. p., 2015. Web. 20 Mar. 2015

Genetically engineered babies? Experts debate idea of designer Baby Ban By:Wynne Perry 18
Feb. 2013. Web.

GMO Thought Experiment:What Would A World Without GM Crops Look LIke? By:Roxanne
Palmer International Business Times. N.p., 6 Mar. 2014. Web. 24 Mar. 2015