Do you or someone you know need an organ transplant? What if there was a way everyone in the world could receive an organ if they needed it? What if there was no longer a transplant waiting list and people lived longer, would you be all for life or would you be against it? What if we could prevent these unnecessary deaths from occurring, would you fear the outcome, or would you support change in the world? What if scientist have already developed a genetically engineered way to prevent most organ transplant deaths and no longer have a waiting list? “The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services claims that over 190,000 people are on the national transplant waiting list, with 22 people dying each day waiting for a transplant” {4}. …show more content…
Almost all corn grown in America is genetically modified. This means that scientist took genes that cause certain traits in other organisms that they wanted and added them to cells in traits that the scientists added. Another example is tomatoes. Almost all tomatoes grown in America contain genes from artic char, which are a type of fish. This lets them grow in areas that are much colder than normal tomatoes could grow in. This is different from selective breeding, which is where people only let organism that have the desired traits reproduce. A chimera is basically a genetically modified human that combines large amounts of animal and human …show more content…
They say that it violates the laws of nature, and that it could make part human organisms that exist for no reason other than research, and since they are part human this is cruel. Most scientists just want animals with human organs, not the other way around, so the chimeras would be like the reverse of a human with a pig valve in its heart. Most research into chimeras doesn’t involve creatures made with 50/50 mixes of human and animal DNA that many people think of when they think of a chimera. It involves using animals with tiny amounts of human DNA to grow human organs. So far, the closet that scientist have gotten to creating chimeras that have human DNA is sheep embryos that contain a few human cells. The scientist that grew this embryo said that getting chimeras to produce human organs will involve much more research. This means that the time where people will have to actually make a decision about the ethics of chimeras won’t be for a while. This doesn’t stop lawmakers and others from passing laws and restrictions on chimeras. The National Institute if Health banned all funding into chimeras until just
Specific Purpose Statement: To persuade my audience to donate blood through the American Red Cross.
They list for patients waiting for an organ transplant increases greatly each hour. Thousands of people die waiting for a transplantation. Doctors are trying to figure out others way like artificial organs that are faster and could save hundreds of people.
A pittance for your kidney? It’s highly unlikely that anyone would answer yes to that question; however what if someone offered significantly more than a pittance? A thousand dollars, or perhaps even five thousand dollars? Although the buying and selling of organs is illegal on American soil, it’s no secret that the opportunity exists in other countries around the world. “In America, we have waiting list for people who are trying to get kidneys, there they have people who are on a wait list to sell their kidneys” (Gillespie). It’s quite incredible how a country cut off from western civilization, like Iran, has found such an innovative way to encourage organ donation. In American society one needs to “opt in” if they wish to participate in the
Organ donation is the process of surgical removing an organ or tissue from the organ owner and placing it into the recipient. The donation is usually made when the donor has no use for their belongings (after death) so they give the recipient the necessary organ/tissue that has failed or has been damaged by injury or disease. I agree with the idea of organ donations, the reason I support organ donations is because I believe that it can cause reduction on people dying and increasing the number of saving lives. Patients on the path of death from organ failure often live longer after receiving a transplant (Dubois,19). I am all for organ donations because in my opinion it’s a genuine act of love. It is a
“Good evening ma’am, are you the mother of Jane Doe?” says a police officer curiously. A mother with a frightened voice squeaks out, “Y-y-yes, officer.” Which he depressingly responds, “I’m sorry to tell you Mrs. Doe, but your daughter has been in a serious car accident. A drunk driver crossed the center line, hitting her head-on at sixty miles-per-hour. She is on her way to St. Mary’s hospital, so she can receive blood and get some tests done. She has lost a lot of blood.” The mother in shock cries a not-so-grateful thanks, hangs up the phone, and drives to the hospital. There seventeen-year-old Jane Doe is luckily doing fine. She has an IV hooked up replenishing the lost blood. It’s her second bag. The daughter and mother should be grateful for the daughter’s life. They should especially be thankful for those two pints of blood she received. A gift from donors, made to save people like Jane Doe. Although this story isn’t real, it is a scenario that shows the need for blood donation. Blood donation is a gift that every person should give in order to help others in his or her community.
By this time tomorrow, 12 people in America who are alive right now will be dead.
A unanimous decision should be made on when to consider an embryo a human being that has morality. Until then I believe that the embryo is not close to a human life unless it has made it past the fourteen day period in which it is passed the twinning stage. So with this information I come to the conclusion that under specific regulations and laws, including the ones I mentioned in the summary, the cloning of embryos for biomedical research and obtaining stem cells should be deemed acceptable.
Transfusions of red blood cells, platelets, and plasma are critical to a patient's return to good health,
Molly O’Brien Expository writing Assignment #2 Organ Sales Will Save Lives Thesis: Governments should not ban the sale of human organs; the should regulate it. Lives should not be wasted, they should be saved. People are dying/suffering A. Types of Treatment (Why are people suffering?) 1.
Organ Sale is the exchange of human organs for money. This topic is very debatable because some people view organ sales as morally wrong mainly due to the view that only the wealthy will be able to afford the purchase of organs. In addition, many believe those living in poverty will be taken advantage of because they need the money. The selling of human organs can be beneficial to everybody and should be legal. By making organ sales legal it will give individual donors a better financial life, create a safer environment for those who sell their organs, make organ transplants available to more people and most importantly will save many lives.
Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are an organism, such as a plant, animal, or any microorganism, who’s had its DNA changed in different ways through genetic engineering that is not natural. It is an organism like every other organism, which produces thousands of proteins, but one or two of them are proteins that were chosen specifically by humans. It creates unstable combinations of plants, animal, bacterial, and viral genes that do not occur in nature or through traditional crossbreeding methods. The majority of Americans in the US consume nearly 200 pounds of GMOs each year. 90% of US crops are genetically modified.
“Every ten minutes a person is added to the national waiting list for organ transplants. And every day 22 people on the list die without the organ they need” (Erin Blakemore, National Geographic). This is why the technology to grow new organs is so important. Human-animal chimeras could grow organs to be transplanted into humans. The donor pool for essential organs is extremely small, and there aren’t any other alternatives developing quick enough to save lives.
Why Our Company Should Accept the Organ Donor Campaign Proposal Our company has recently been offered the chance to include a yearly organ/tissue donor campaign into our strategic plan. There have been many opinions for and against this campaign among the employees, but I strongly believe we should accept this offer for many reasons. If we choose to take up this opportunity there are many substantial benefits for the company financially; as well as morally and charitably.
Introduction Statement: Before I begin, I would like to ask how many of you are listed as organ donors? According to Organ Donation Statistics, there were 33,611 surgical transplants performed in 2016 and there are over 116,000 individuals as of August 2017 placed on the national transplant waiting list. II. Connect with Audience: Suppose in the event of an accident that you or a loved one are left in critical condition and are in need of a new organ; you will now be placed on a national waiting list. However, suppose there is a shortage in donations?
Organ Transplants are one of the greatest achievements in modem medicine. However, they depend entirely on the generosity of donors and their families. Surely every compassionate person should jump at the chance, to donate their gift of life when they die! We should all be united in realising the massive positive effect a simple donor organ can have on a community! Then conclusively, looking at it from this angle, every human alive would feel it his or her unquestionable duty to donate their organs when they die?