Gene editing is the insertion of DNA in the genome of an organism or cell. It is usually used for children who have diseases. Their parents decide to give birth to a new child. The child who has diseases can be saved by stem cells transplanted from the umbilical cord of his/her new brother or sister.
We will see together what advantages and drawbacks can have gene editing.
Gene editing can save children who are dying days after days or for children who have diseases. For example, Jayson and Michelle Whitaker got a child who suffered of an extremely rare genetic condition and got a disease. His parents decided to give birth to a new child, borned by IVF specifically to provide a tissue match. This procedure saved the life of the sick children and now he can live like a normal person. This operation will give smile again to the children who suffered from diseases and their parents.
But gene editing is not full of advantages. This process isn’t safe because it is not practiced very much and it is banned in Germany and United Kingdom. It can have some mistakes and it can kill the patient during this procedure. The second baby born could think that he is alive just to save his/her brother or sister sick. He could think that he is less loved than his brother/sister and that he his a savior-sibling. Maybe he will grow with inferiority complex in comparison to the sick children.
To conclude, gene editing have advantages and drawbacks but our group is for this process because it can save the life of sick children and the baby born to save the sick children will be loved by his parents. He is not borned just to be a savior-sibling. If our children got a rare disease and he will die soon cause of his disease, we would at all costs save him even if we had to give birth to an other baby. We will love the newborn like our previous child. Finally our family will be happy, the sick children will be safe without diseases, he will smiling again and he will have a brother/sister to grow with.
I don’t agree with all these disadvantages. When you say, “The second baby born could think that he is alive just to save his/her brother or sister sick. He could think that he is less loved than his brother/sister and that he his a savior-sibling. ” I think that on the contrary, it could make him proud to know that he was able to save his sister / brother, and I don’t think he will be less loving of his parents if they made the decision to do it. Owever, I am also for this practice because it can change lives and allow children with disabilities to keep the same freedoms as others.
Everybody have access to this operation?
I’m against because the parent’s use the child as a cure to help the child in difficulty .
I am in favor with this practice but I do not agree when you say this sentence. « The second baby born could think that the is alive just to save jus/her brother or sister sick. ». Bicause it is a second life that the sister / brother gives them. a life. So the child born with these genes can only thank his brother / sister for being his hero, for saving his life. This operation will give smile again to the children who suffered from diseases and their parents.
I totally agree with you. This science of gene editing is a way to save a large number of people. Your story about Jayson and Michelle touches me and totally convinced me. I think this science will change the world and must be more worked to save as many people as possible.
It is a great find for children with serious illness because it can save a great deal of life. While there is still much to be done to overcome the errors of such a practice, to my mind, there is a major disadvantage to this discovery, the baby who does not save his brother or his thing may not succeed in finding his place in his family and subsequently leads to great psychic problems in this child.
For me Gene Editing is dangerous because parents can be have a new baby just for the first child and don’t give love to the modified baby. Normally a couple have a baby for love him. Not for save a other baby. It’s a morale prolem. “it si banned in Germany and United Kingdom” this sentence illustrate the different point of view in country. A baby is not a medical process but a real human.
Gene editing, helps children with a disease. This is positive because from the child that is going to be “created ” Somehow, he will be able to save the sick child who is therefore his brother or sister. This, changes the lives of sick children and parents who will finally have a new taste for life. But since this edict is not allowed in all countries and little used, not everyone agrees that seeing a happy family is the happiness of all. Personally, I am for this edition that saves the lives of children with a family solidarity and especially this edition would not have been practiced if it will not be positive. It is a chance that parents unfortunately do not grasp.
I agree with this science, because this project can save a baby who have a problems genetic. The relation of brother and brother is better because the child who have not problem can help his brother. It’s a good research for the progress, we just need lot of things like this project because it’s a begin for the new world.