TED BODRUM COLLEGE / 10-A
Should We Design
Genomes?
Sezin ÇETİN - Eylül FİDANOĞLU
The percentages of the answers to the question “Should we
design the genomes?” ,according to the retraction data at Ted
Bodrum College, are as follows:
54
%6.6 said, “yes we should design”, %6.6 said that we should think
about it, %33.3 said that we might just design disease gens and
%53.3 said ,”we shouldn’t design”. Here are some answers:
Sezin and Eylül: Should we design the genomes?
Metehan Şahan 10/B: No,we should not design babies.
Sezin and Eylül: Why not?
Metehan Şahan: Because the kid could feel bad when she or he
grows up and ask why his parents didn’t want him with his own
genes!
Gizem Yüksel Eker (Biology Teacher): Genom-edited babies
have some disadvantages as well as advantages. For example, if
you change babies’ genes based on their physical appearance
,everyone could be the same and people will have no differences
which is a disadvantage. We can use it to stop some diseases
like cancer. This could be an advantage for us. So if it is based on
appearance , it wouldn’t be ethical.
Lal Tuğran 11/C : Since it’s our own genoms , I don’t think it
is wrong to judge people for their chocies. Because if they do