Synthetic Cells Pros And Cons

Many believe synthetic cells will change the world we live in today. Recent developments in this field have proven that statement to be true. This development will impact the world in many ways; they will affect everything scientists know about this new synthetic life form. Synthetic cells have caused a stir in the debate of ethics, the effects of the cells, and the fields to which they apply. Though this recent creation has several negative effects, synthetic cells have impacted the world in more positive ways than negative.

Embryonic stem cells have caused a controversy since the conception of this great development, Anna David, Professor of University College London says, “I think (there’s) a lot more of an understanding about what’s

The cells could also be used to diagnose diseases in humans and animals, and could be used to develop drugs and vaccines, thus increasing efficiency in bio manufacturing and chemical technology (“How did scientists succeed in creating ‘minimal’ genome?”). The public sees the cons of this new development to the unpredictability of the creation. Adina Roskies, a professor of philosophy and bioethics Dartmouth College states, “I don’t think there’s anything on the face of it that’s particularly troubling. It doesn’t seem different, really, than fiddling with genomes, which we’ve been able to do for a while” (“Is Synthetic Life

The synthetic cells apply their work to other fields such as in industry. The creator of the cells Craig Venter, has co-founded a company has been made to harness synthetic cells for making industrial products, says that the achievement messengers the creation of customized cells to make drugs, fuels and other products. But there has been an explosion in powerful ‘gene-editing’ techniques, which enable relatively easy and selective tinkering with genomes, “The idea of building whole genomes is one of the dreams and promises of synthetic biology,” says Paul Freemont, a synthetic biologist at Imperial College London (“‘Minimal’ cell raises stakes in race to harness synthetic life”). In the medical field, adult stem cells have been discovered to be used for medical treatments such as bone marrow transplants, whereas embryonic stem cells can be developed into tissue types stem cell “lines” (“About Synthetic Biology’). The discovery of the ability to grow cells allows scientists to replicate living cell