The Controversy of Genetic Manipulation

anted into their mother's wombs. In nine months, the child that is delivered is already a genetically altered one.
             A person's basic rights, in the context of the American government, are the rights cited by the American Bill of Rights, which the United States Supreme Court tries to uphold. These rights are given to every American citizen regardless of other factors such as color, race or creed. These rights form the foundation of the American government and their law. When a person's basic rights are being violated, then their freedom is being limited. They are barred by certain factors from exercising these rights. The violation of human rights is against the American Constitution and is punishable by law.
             Excessive individualism is freedom without restriction. One can practice any form of his freedom even though he or she offends other people. This is because the American people don't think that objective principles should restrict them from exercising their freedom. They become too self-reliant. In the end, they only trust decisions made by themselves they eventually distort the concept of what is right and what is wrong to fit their personal beliefs.
             Human genetic manipulation started with the James Watson and Francis Crick's discovery that genes are ribbon-like strands of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) arranged in a double helix. Ever since then, scientists have tried to decode human DNA sequences. Once they were able to achieve this, it was easier to identify which genes directed which traits. Studies of the human genome reveal that while "more than 99 percent of human DNA sequences are the same in every person who has ever lived, the human genome is so vast that tiny variations make us each unique." It is in these tiny variations that scientists have concentrated on studying. They have tried to decipher each and every trait that makes us unique from one another. If they are able to do this, then society will know what certa...

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