Genetic Alteration

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Genetic alteration can be cause by many factors . One of the most common cause of gene alteration is aging. During this process the aged cell; DNA, RNA, and protein can be more likely to get broken, deleted, or added. As we all learned from the previous chapter ( Ch 2 Gene and Genetic Dieaseases) that these changes can cause mutuation in the genetic material, making the DNA susceptible to certain diseases to be passed down from one or both parent to the offspring. ######

Should genetic testing be pass as a law for those who are trying to have children? Well, my answer is no; because it will simply not work. One of the major reason why search protocol will not work, because not all pregnancies are planned. Majority of the time a woman does not know whether or not they are pregnant., I quest in that case early testing can still be done on the zygote. The second reason why testing before having a child might be a …show more content…

For example we know that continuous abuse of acohol can cause hepatitis, but some still drink. Another example is the use of cirggirates, it’s even written on the cigarrate pack that it causes cancer but some people don’t just seem to care. I have seen healthcare professionals involved in these unhealthy habits. These are some of the reasons why people tend to abuse drugs, one it could be that they were predispose to them in the worm and now they are susceptible to there use. Second, peer pressure of wanting to fit in so bad that we as human are willing to destroy ourselves. Third, using them to hide from problems and painful memories or sometimes people are just bore and they look take on new habits. The environment can also play a great roll in substance abuse, if a child grown up seeing ttheir parents abuse drugs they are more likely to enage in similar behavior. I belive there are many others reasons, but these are the few I could think

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