Genetic Engineering, history and future

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Genetic Engineering, history and future

Altering the Face of Science

Science is a creature that continues to evolve at a much higher rate than the beings

that

gave it birth. The transformation time from tree-shrew, to ape, to human far exceeds the

time

from analytical engine, to calculator, to computer. But science, in the past, has always

remained

distant. It has allowed for advances in production, transportation, and even entertainment,

but

never in history will science be able to so deeply affect our lives as genetic engineering will

undoubtedly do. With the birth of this new technology, scientific extremists and anti-

technologists

have risen in arms to block its budding future. Spreading fear by misinterpretation

of facts, they promote their hidden agendas in the halls of the United States congress.

Genetic

engineering is a safe and powerful tool that will yield unprecedented results, specifically in

the

field of medicine. It will usher in a world where gene defects, bacterial disease, and even

aging

are a thing of the past. By understanding genetic engineering and its history, discovering its

possibilities, and answering the moral and safety questions it brings forth, the blanket of

fear

covering this remarkable technical miracle can be lifted.

The first step to understanding genetic engineering, and embracing its possibilities

for

society, is to obtain a rough knowledge base of its history and method. The basis for

altering the

evolutionary process is dependant on the understanding of how individuals pass on

characteristics to their offspring. Genetics achieved its first foothold on the secrets of

nature's

evolutionary process when an Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel developed the first

'laws of

heredity.' Using these laws, scientists studied...