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.
