Genetic Engineering: Lessons from ANDi the Primate

Perfect Baby Designing

ANDi is included in the many mammals that were genetically engineered. ANDi is a special primate, and his name is Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) spelled backward. This primate is significant because he is the closest to the human species. Researchers added a jellyfish’s gene to ANDi’s embryo, and then inserted it into a surrogate mother (Masci). This experiment has challenged and questioned the knowledge of scientists. Because they were able to successfully alter the DNA of an organism that were the closest relatives of humans, scientist began questioning the idea of being able to genetically alter humans. Dr. Paul Berg and his colleagues received the credit of producing the first recombination of DNA molecule (Hadzimichalis

To modify a human’s life is taking away the uniqueness and the flaws that makes the individual who they are. When using this process, the baby being created is no longer a natural living human. It is now considered as a man-made organism. The process commonly begins with in vitro fertilization (IVF) which costs a high amount of money. Parents that are willing to go to a doctor to create their babies are often allowed to change the physical aspects of their unborn child. Parents may choose from varieties of options such as eye color, intelligence, and gender; the physical process costs around 18,000 dollars (Naff 15). The idea of being able to control an unborn child to be better at life is concerning yet it is not the problem. The problem to the system is having to change, and challenge the most natural part of life. That is very questionable and very frightening because the outcome that is being aspired may not be the wanted

Family determines a part of where an individual is from. To be created in a lab makes it seem as if the family connection is no longer there. The traits from the family are being deleted because the parents dislike, or view them as awful, determine the special shared piece that are in the family. If the designer baby is produced, the family tree will become corrupt (Nylon). The issues between race and social class will no longer be the major issue. The “normal” humans and the designer babies will begin to see the contrast between one another (Naff 48). The natural process of life has diversity in it. Having people choose the type of babies they prefer would decrease the amount of diversity. That issue might lead to majorities of races being extinct (Naff 49). The social class are able to afford the amount of money it takes to go through the process. That separates people of wealthy class from the middle and lower class because the wealthy are able to pay for designing babies (Dickenson 46). Which may lead to the produced babies having an advantage over everyone else. The way the world would be viewed would be so heartbreaking. Every child would have the same feature based on the ideas society presents to people. For instance, blue eyes and blonde hair is the most popular and adorned features on people. With that in mind, people would strive for those characteristics in their