Predictions For Genetic Engeneering

Term Paper Title	Predictions For Genetic Engeneering
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Predictions for genetic engeneering

I think that there are going to be a lot of new changes in the
upcoming millennium.  I think the change that will have the
biggest impact will be genetic engineering. One side of
genetic engineering will be that parents will be allowed to
chose the outcome of their baby.  Another side is cloning.  I
think the biggest part will be correcting DNA to get rid of
diseases.  That could also be a part of choosing your baby
because you could fix any problems before it is even born.
     I think the part that will most affect our generation will
be choosing your baby.  You will probably be able to choose
the sex, hair color, skin tone, etc.  You might even be able
to choose your babies birthdate.  You will probably also be
able to choose which parent the child resembles more.  I
think that cloning could also be a part of this because they
will be able to make your baby look exactly like whoever you
want.
     I think that cloning will be the change that everyone
likes for a little while but then they will realize that it is
really bad and we are running out of room to live.  I think it
will start out that they get a clone to help with housework
but then they will just keep getting more and more until the
clones have clones who have clones and no one will have
any idea who they are talking to.  Then after all of that
happens people will be living forty or fifty to a house and the
we will have to cut down all of the trees to have room to live
and then we will die because we need trees to make oxygen
for us.  I am strongly against cloning because I believe that
if you clone people the will just get lazy and fat because
they will have clones running around to do everything for
them.  Another thing I do not agree with is fixing people�s
problems with gene therapy.
     I think that if people get a disease it is either their own
fault or they got it for some reason.  I do not think that we
should be able to decide who lives and who dies.  It is okay
to try and help people live but if they need gene therapy
there has to be some reason why they are supposed to die.
I think they will be able to fix any problem anyone has by
simply giving them a shot that goes into their cells and fixes
the part of the DNA that is not right, the question is how will
everyone feel about living forever.  I feel okay about some
parts of genetic engineering but not any that are going to
overpopulate the world.
       I think another big part of the new millennium will be
intergalactic travel.  I think we will be able to just book a
flight like you would to go across the country.  I�m sure that
there has to be life out there somewhere because if every
star is just like our sun then there has to be planets circling
them. I�m sure at least one of them ...

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