TED ADANA COLLEGE / 10-C
Should We Edit
Our Children’s
Genomes?
Hazal DİNÇER
What is gene-editing? Can we edit our children’s genomes? Should
we do that? We can keep asking plenty of questions since this is a
very complicated issue.
Scientists have discovered that we can edit children’s genes when
they are embryos. Gene-editing is like changing embryos features
that will be beneficial in preventing some diseases like cancer,
dementia, cardiovascular or other similar ones. It has a risk for sure,
but yet again, it is low enough, so people could be encouraged
to do that. Dr Kevin Smith says: ‘Genetic modification is the only
conceivable way to deal with multiple disease- associated genes
within an embryo’.
Genetic modification gives a chance to doctors to protect future
lives from common illnesses mentioned before.
In my opinion, our children should be given this chance since
everyone deserves a healthy life. Furthermore, it should be passed
to future generations.