Question

Alright peeps, i need some of your opinions about Genetic Engineering. Topics like:

Artificial Organs
Genetically Modified Athletes
Nano Robots
Cross Species Transplants
Bio Chips

In General, what are your opinions. Quotes are Great!!

Answer 1

i am confused. what do u want

Answer 2

ok, describe your personal opinion about genetic engneering. If u don't know what that is, its topics like the ones i listed above...

Answer 3

*engineering

Answer 4

i think its dangerous when it comes to food

Answer 5

genetically modified crops

Answer 6

lol really, dude?? ohh ok i know what ur saying

Answer 7

Come on, give me something better

Answer 8

whoever controls the gm crops has a lot of power

Answer 9

lol true

Answer 10

@jim_thompson5910 @Will679 @Henry.Lister @e.cociuba @KeganMoore @karama @Jackie12345 @hartnn @Hoa @Hayden14 @SnuggieLad @ash2326

Answer 11

actually genetically engineered crops are not bad...most crops that you prob eat are genetically engineered because it is very common.

Answer 12

That's the same thing that my teacher said. But i never heard of Genetically Modified Crops until this year... @TeenaMathew

Answer 13

such as rice

Answer 14

And corn... lol

Answer 15

yeah well rice usually is genetically modified because regular rice does not have vitamin d and other nutrients so when it is genetically made people can make rice that has nutrients so that people are not malnutritioned.

Answer 16

K thxs:) @TeenaMathew

Answer 17

no problem

Answer 18

watch food inc.

Answer 19

Anyone else??

Answer 20

you should defiantly research this stuff its actually really interesting

Answer 21

lol I know @TeenaMathew

Answer 22

well ignoring any health problems and issues (known or unknown), genetically modified food also brings so many legal headaches

as this page explains

http://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1014&context=dltr

this farmer was sued $145,450 for illegally using patented seeds that Monsanto created

The farmer had no idea he was using these patented seeds because the seeds blew over from another farm (as one way seeds get from place to place). So should Monsanto have the power to collect from this farmer? If so, then it's a huge blow to agriculture because power is now concentrated in one place

Or should the farmer be able to use these seeds without paying? If so, then companies like Monsanto have no incentive to business at all and will stop production of seeds that may be life altering.

Answer 23

There's a very fine line between what you should be able to patent

One side argues that you can't and shouldn't be able to patent nature (esp DNA, gene sequences, and such)

but the other side argues that you should be able to patent gene sequences because they're not normally found in nature, which means that they're man-made

Answer 24

Ok i get where your getting to, but im talking about Genetic Engineering all together, not just genetically modified crops. Thanks to abc123! lol

Answer 25

Sure we understand a lot about DNA and genes and such, but there's still a lot we don't know

So messing with gene sequences may have unintended consequences that we may not figure out til years (or decades) later down the road.

Answer 26

Ok, thank you for your opinion :) @jim_thompson5910

Answer 27

so we might think "oh if we replace gene X with gene Y, then it will fix the problem"

but not so fast...genes aren't that simple

they're so interconnected it's not even funny and there is so much going on that we just shouldn't make that jump until we fully understand them

Answer 28

Ok well I did a PowerPoint on Cross Species Transplants. Sometimes ppl become so ill tht only a new organ can help save them. Obviously healthy organs are not always available so thts y ppl came up with cross species transplantation. This is when a patient receives a animal organ instead of a human organ. Having a ready supply of organs available for transplantation means that more people will be able to receive the organs necessary for longer, healthier lives. But also there are many risks to this. Many of the patients tht received a animal organ died. But the more scientist study this the more they will understand y. A patient just recent is actually still alive from a cross species transplantation tht was done on his liver not to long ago. He has a Baboons liver in him and seems to be doing well. I believe tht this will help humans to have healthier lives and live longer. If it's working then why not?

Answer 29

I mean yes there's risk, but what if u were at the bottom of a donor list and u knew u were going to die? Wouldn't u want to take a risk? It would also benefit to others in the near future.

Answer 30

I tots agree with u!!! Some of the genetic crap is so lame and weird and im against those things, like nanobots, but im for anything that has to do with artificial organs, something along those lines... Thxs sweet cakes lol @e.cociuba

Answer 31

and another ethical/moral argument already discussed is: how far do you go with genetic engineering until you lose what makes you human?

Answer 32

Well if ur going to die anyway and ur not going to get an organ, then y not try? I mean think of all the help u would do to all those out there tht are at the bottom of a donor list and are living horrible lives. They don't want to die without a fight, do they?

Answer 33

Cross Species Transplantation is of course a risk, but it's one tht many r willing to take when they have no other choice. It could maybe even cost u some time.

Answer 34

Exactly, it's why i'm against a lot of it like Genetic Testing, which u could commit suicide after finding out your results in your genes. Or pure CRAP like Teleportation, like what the flip do people who make this up do with their lives, coming up with something like Teleportation is so not useful in a humans life. And stuff like Choosing Your Babies Gender, NO!! that should not be up to you, but up to God. You shouldn't be able to choose, all this is just not right... What has happened to this world, tsk tsk tsk

Answer 35

And tons of money... @e.cociuba

Answer 36

lol not sure how teleportation has to do with genetic engineering, but yes you bring up many issues that people have with genetic engineering

Answer 37

but what I'm referring to is the fact that if you could replace any genes, organs, etc that are problematic...and you could do it indefinitely to theoretically extend your life forever, then are you still human?

Answer 38

Well she put give me your opinion on these subjects, and I choose to talk about Cross Species Transplants. lol

Answer 39

It does... cause they have to take ur dna to 'transport u'

Answer 40

oh i see, idk if they need your DNA, just all the molecules that make up you

but teleportation is definitely something of science fiction for now

Answer 41

and yes @LizzyLove<3 thts correct.

Answer 42

Yeah i know, but research is still going for Teleoprtation... @jim_thompson5910

Answer 43

Well then wouldn't ur body reject the organ than?

Answer 44

true, but only for a few molecules/atoms at a time

Answer 45

@e.cociuba what do u ean??

Answer 46

mean*

Answer 47

@jim_thompson5910 said "oh i see, idk if they need your DNA, just all the molecules that make up you, but teleportation is definitely something of science fiction for now."

and I asked wouldn't ur body reject the organ than?

Answer 48

not if you made a perfect copy of all your DNA in the right way

but environmental factors (not just genetics) also shape who you are, so you would come out a different person after being teleported

Answer 49

Well tht would cost a lot of money and be a bit tricky but yes I guess thts true.

Answer 50

and things like memory aren't encoded in DNA, so that would be totally gone I think

Answer 51

Yea, what he said... Except ur frame would probably be the only part of u...

Answer 52

yeah that's the only thing that would be transferred over

the stuff you developed throughout your life (based on external factors such as the environment) wouldn't transfer over

Answer 53

Well isn't this just quite a discussion? lol

Answer 54

lol yeah, it always gets like thus...

Answer 55

this is all theoretical though, and I think a bit-for-bit copy of a person's atoms is the better way to do it

that's still a very long way off though

Answer 56

Haha Yea I have seen u and Jim. It goes big lol :)

Answer 57

people are uncomfortable with the whole idea...but I think in time they'll slowly adopt to it and it will become commonplace

With any new tech, people are sometimes slow to change over to it. This is of course assuming it's possible and could be done.

Answer 58

im kinda agreing with @jim_thompson5910

Answer 59

Thxs;)

Answer 60

Your so very Welcome @LizzyLove<3

Answer 61

"Some of the genetic crap is so lame and weird and im against those things, like nanobots"

"Genetic Testing, which u could commit suicide after finding out your results in your genes. Or pure CRAP like Teleportation"

It's ignorant thoughts like these which impede us from progressing. You're attacking something you don't know, and you don't even know why you're attacking it.

Answer 62

Bio Chips was a popular research field in the bioengineering department at my campus. *yawn*