The Pros And Cons Of Gene Doping

We as humans should determine the end line of the scientific process of discovery when it begins to result in bad things in concerns that may affect our species, nature, and our way of life. This is due to problems with gene doping, horizontal gene shifts could give increase to other pathogens, and the concern of animal welfare within genetic engineering. Gene doping affects our way of life and sports leagues. Gene doping has resulted from the practice of gene therapy. Athletes use gene doping to alter their genes to increase their amount of muscle to improve their performance in sports. What many athletes don’t know is though that they could be hurting their own body by using gene doping. If someone gives themself an extra EPO (the hormone

Genetically modified DNA from GM foods is not always broken down within the digestive tract and can continue to live in large pieces that have intact genes that can continue to be working biologically. Bacteria is able to take up the digestive tract’s DNA and include it into their own DNA. If genetically modified DNA did this to other bacteria, it could create problems depending on the DNA it picks up. If a genetically modified plant contained a gene programed with antibiotic resistance, another bacteria can pick up that resistance into its code. If this bacteria was pathogenic, it can construct an antibiotic-resistant pathogen ("Myth: Horizontal Gene Transfer Is Unlikely or Inconsequential"). According to a study collected and mentioned by the Alliance for Natural Health, genetic material from genetically engineered soy can shift into our bodies’ bacteria DNA that is active with life within our intestines and continues to function within that DNA. The genetic engineered proteins from genetically modified food can still live within our bodies even if we stop eating genetically modified foods ("Genetically Engineered Food Alters Our Digestive

Many animal embryos are sacrificed for the exploration of genetic engineering. Some experiments may use large amounts of animals that may result in the sickness or death of a large amount of animals. From the small amount of animals that survive genetic engineering experiments, only one to thirty percent of the survivors carry the genetic alteration that genetic engineers introduce to the animal's’ genetics (Ormandy, Elisabeth H., Julie Dale, and Gilly Griffin). In the last two decades, cloning animals has been a topic that has been tested and researched. Due to being very limited with the cloning technology and knowledge that we have today, a cloned animal may endure some deformities like a large birth weight or extended gestation(Ormandy, Elisabeth H., Julie Dale, and Gilly