The Human Genome project is said to be the biggest
project in the history of science. It all began when James Watson and his
partner Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA. This revolutionized
science, and all research to come along with it. James Watson was chosen to be
the leader/president of this enormous project, and with that title, he applied
for a three billion dollar grant from the U.S government. The large grant was
given, and the Human Genome was on its way to be sequenced. After a long and
controversial race, the Human Genome was discovered and available to the
public. Now the debate starts; Pandora's box is already open, should the scientists
of the world fiddle with it or should they close it right back up? The answer
is to investigate and manipulate it for medical health reasons.
It
is clear and simple that the Human Genome should be manipulated for medical
health reasons. Scientists have come up with an autism test to check if the
offspring will be born with the disability. This is a sad but subliminal
message of saying "here's your chance/reason to have an abortion"
that many parents would have to face. Instead of being able to determine
whether the child will be autistic, might as well be able to avoid the
disability. Removing the disability from a child could save its life, and
effectively reduce the rate of abortions. Any parent of a disabled child can
admit that it is much more difficult to raise and take care of one rather than
a healthy child. Why make it harder on parents when you don't have to? The
point of the Human Genome is to facilitate life, and that would do the trick.
There's absolutely no point in keeping a three billion dollar project locked up
without further research. Everybody cries for cures for mental illnesses but
when the potential cure is right in front of their eyes they're too scared to
go for it. Science is all about taking a risk; if scientists were too scared of
the outcome our world would not be where we are today. If Thomas Edison had
decided that the lightning bolt that hit him frightened him, and didn't want to
investigate it, we would not have electricity. Science is about exploring the
potential of creating a better life. The entire world gives millions upon millions
of dollars for cancer research. The cure for cancer could possibly be in
Pandora's box; but if the world is too scared to look, we'll never find out.
Closing Pandora's box will be a larger waste of money than Kim Kardashian's 72
day marriage with Kris Humphries.
The
manipulation of the Human Genome will be used strictly for medical purposes.
For those wondering if it will become out of control and the public will
request traits pertaining to their look will not happen. The decision of where
the line is made will be determined by an international discussion amongst
countries of the world. It should be agreed upon that it will be strictly to
cure the world of mental and physical disabilities. There is an argument of the
mentally ill contribute to society in way nobody could predict, but if it was
up to that person, they would probably prefer to be healthy than mentally ill.
It is obviously not easy to deal with the disabilities; for the most part we
think it's a onetime thing, but the reality is that those people have to cope
with their illnesses for the rest of their lives, and that's a handful for
most.
Everybody
should have the right to live a healthy life. The manipulation of Pandora's box
is very important in the future success of the human race. There is no point in
funding research so heavily just so that it could be shutdown because of
uncertainty. Science is way of improving our earth, and it would be pointless
to throw away the most important discovery in history. it will give the
potentially disabled a fighting chance, a chance to be a healthy human, to feel
just like everybody else, not an outcast.
