Genetic Engenring
...prone to addictions, mental illness and are even resistant to AIDS. Diseases are considered a burden of previous generations. Even the process of aging can be manipulated to suit man. No longer will people worry about looking or feeling old. Science has now found a way around the clock. Human genetic engineering, which is just fiction now may not remain fiction in the future. Recently the multi-billion dollar Human Genome Project has made astonishing gains in mapping the entire human genome. Once complete the Human Genome Project has the potential to open doors once thought to be locked. It will allow scientist to bring ideas that were once fiction into reality (Deneen 1). Genetic engineering is a powerful tool that will yield unprecedented results in the field of medicine. This tool of the future will be the result of many years of study and experiment. To fully grasp the possibilities of GE one must have a solid understanding of genetics, the study of heredity and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
People often say "it runs in the family." If it runs in the family it also runs in the genes. "Genes - a specific sequence of nucleotides in DNA or RNA that is located in the germ plasma usually on a chromosome and that is the functional unit of inheritance controlling the transmission and expression of one or more traits by specifying the structure of a particular polypeptide and especially a protein or controlling the function of other genetic material" (Webster's Dictionary). In layman's terms genes are what are
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transferred between two people. Genes can be can be compared to a deck of cards each parent has a set containing the same instructions for his or her bodily features, but when traded they combine to make whole new person (offspring). Thus, this trading of cards (genes) is called heredity. Heredity is the transmission of traits from one...
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