Anti-technologists and political extremists misinform, and over exaggerate statements that genetic engineering is not part of the natural order of things. The moral question of genetic engineering can beanswered by studying human evolution and the idea of survival of the fittest. The question of safety can beanswered by looking at the current precautions of the industry. The concept that society needs tounderstand is that with the right amount of time and money genetic engineering will help reduce disease andsave countless lives. Many people do not realize that genetic engineering plays a role in many lives through out theworld. Genetic engineering includes artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, sperm banks, cloning, andgene manipulation (Goetz 178). Synthetic insulin is now available for use to treat diabetes. This man madeinsulin has many positive aspects, which include its life span, cost to manufacture it, and the amount that isavailable. The synthetic insulin lasts two to three times longer than its natural form and costs substantiallyless to manufacture than to extract it from an animal, primarily pigs. One other benefit is the amount thatcan be manufactured. In pigs, the scientists need to wait for it to mature to extract the insulin. Thesynthetic source is completely man made and any amount can be manufactured in large quantities. The replication of insulin is not the only way biotechnology is being utilized. Today people receivesynthetic hormones that their body cannot produce such as growth hormones, thyroid, estrogen, andtestosterone. Vaccines are also another form of genetic engineering that has been used for many years. Vaccines already protect against disease to a certain extent, but for a virus like HIV, it is too risky to injectsomebody with a vaccine. The reason for this is because a vaccine is a solution that contains a dead orweakened virus that has been synthetically prepared. Further work...
