As I turned the TV on at my hotel due to boredom, I happened to see the image of a DNA and subsequent images were that of a pig and a human positioned next to each other. The curious still alive biotechnologist within me wanted to continue watching it.
The show was about Gene Editing. The further visualisation and about three to four case studies were showing human progress. But were highly disturbing.
Organ Development
The male human sex cells called the sperm are fused with a female ovum cells of that of a pig and a human embryo is developed and placed within a pig. The growing cells are altered and made to develop a certain portion of the Human body. This way a human pancreas or lungs or heart or kidney and any other crucial organ can be grown externally within a pig and then transplanted to a human being.
While the advantage is it kills the current thriving organ trade black market, and put an end to illegal organ stealing in certain hospitals, what matters is the ethical concerns. The pig being a creature of low stature being a secondary concern, the primary concern is that of how could human beings enter territories and take control over to such great extents?
Cure for HIV/AIDS
The rising concern of HIV and deaths being reported has lead to the cure of HIV via gene editing. Altering the sequence of genetic information in our DNA, HIV could be cured.
Baby Design
What was shown in Super Man in the planet of Krypton where natural selection and human birth was replaced by artificial baby Design, seems to be taking a true form. The rise of human genetic engineering has grown to design genetically rich alpha males and females.
Where are we heading to?
With pigs turning in to human replacement for a woman's womb, and fall of HIV, indirectly leading to less deaths and continuing births and population explosions, and design of genetically superior humans, are humans taking the right path of progress? Humans seem to be taking powers beyond what were given to him. What does a parent do when it's child misuses something that was given? A responsible parent takes it away. It won't be long before nature takes that call to wipe away human progress or the human race similar to dinosaurs that are no longer present.
Sure many of you would have a lot of contrasting thoughts on this, do write your comments below.
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