In both genetic technology in agriculture and genetic technology in human health, new advancements in technology make crops yield more, pest resistant, and produce enough food for the rapidly growing global population. On the other hand new advancements in technology may allow humans to make designer babies though inheritable gene modification and find cures for genetic diseases with gene therapy.
The technology for genetically modifying agriculture can add lots of nutrients to the plant or make it less vulnerable to pests. This is important for humans heavily relying on one crop. For example golden rice is rice with extra vitamin A because people relying on rice were vitamin A deprived. This is only one of the many helpful things GMO's have done for mankind.
What GMO's did for agriculture could be similar for what it could do to humans. Designer babies could be the best version of the human being and let us advance further in evolving. Also, gene therapy could be used to find cures to diseases previously that did not have a cure. Furthermore, certain diseases can be completely eradicated if taken out of the human genome through gene therapy.
The technology for genetically modifying agriculture can add lots of nutrients to the plant or make it less vulnerable to pests. This is important for humans heavily relying on one crop. For example golden rice is rice with extra vitamin A because people relying on rice were vitamin A deprived. This is only one of the many helpful things GMO's have done for mankind.
What GMO's did for agriculture could be similar for what it could do to humans. Designer babies could be the best version of the human being and let us advance further in evolving. Also, gene therapy could be used to find cures to diseases previously that did not have a cure. Furthermore, certain diseases can be completely eradicated if taken out of the human genome through gene therapy.
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