Genetic Engineering is the alteration of genetic
             material by intervention in genetic processes. Geneticists,
             the scientists that specialize in gene therapy, are working
             very diligently to map out the suspected 100,000 to 150,000
             genes that make up the human body. They plan to have it
             complete by 2005 (Boukhari 1). With this map of the charted
             genes Jeff Kunerth, writer for the Orlando Sentinel says,
             "It is one of the many scientific advances that literally
             will redefine life in the next millennium,"(Kunerth 1).
             Geneticists should continue their studies in genetic
             engineering because of the possible health benefits it will
             have. Wouldn't it be great for soon to be parents to not
             have to worry about thier child coming out deformed, or with
             a genetic disease that have been passed down? Or not
             having to worry about diseases that occur later on in life
             as a result of a missing gene? Or how would you like to
             create your own child from scratch? "We are promised to be
             on the verge of a new era in medicine, where serious
             diseases will be cured by patching the flaws in our
             intricate genetic engines" says Jeff Elliott, a respected
             writer (Mahoney 33). This could all be possible because of
             Geneticists will be able to cure babies from diseases
             even before they are born. They plan to start by treating
             severe childhood diseases like Cystic Fibrosis (Silver 2).
             They will be able to do this because when a parent can not
             produce a defect-free embryo gene therapy will be able to
             correct it by adding the missing components or the embryo
             can just be discarded for a newer healthier one that doesn't
             Doctors will soon be able to inject the genes into the
             embryos that makes people naturally resistant to certain
             kinds of cancers and/or HIV infections. They also plan to
             find the gene that cases people to be obest and even
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