Pros and Cons of Genetic Engineering: Ethical Issues and Risks

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Introduction to Research
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Table of Contents
Introduction....................................................................................................................................2
Research background....................................................................................................................2
Research purpose and expected results.......................................................................................3
Pros and cons of the research.......................................................................................................3
Ethical issues, Integrity and safety issues and risks...................................................................4
Findings........................................................................................................................................4
Discussion....................................................................................................................................4
Response plan.................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion......................................................................................................................................6
References.......................................................................................................................................6

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Introduction
Research ethics is generally the process that systematically gives justifiable evidence and
clarity with maintaining a balance to actions taken while conducting the specific research. All
these is based on ethical principles, values and beliefs of the research team. The ethical
considerations in a research takes into consideration the guidelines in the research while making
decisions that affect any group of people or individual taking part in the research (Department of
Health, 2014). The main purpose of this research is to highlight the advantages and
disadvantages of genetic engineering or the pros and cons based on various trials done in
cloning, safety risks and any other ethical issues that may arise in genetic engineering. The pros
and cons in these effect are too much to ignore.
Research background
Genetic engineering or modification has become important in manufacturing of drugs,
gene therapy and creating model animals that mimic human conditions. It has become an

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important process in medicine in enhancing a cell component with one of the earliest uses of GM
being human mass production of insulin in bacteria. This has keenly been applied to human
hormones in vaccines, follicle stimulating hormones as well as monoclonal antibodies. While
considering the economic conditions, diseases can become a huge burden in health care system.
Without proper treatment, diseases can become a huge burden to families due to financial
demands .(Deterding, Canossa, Harteveld, Cooper, Nacke, and Whitson, 2015). This research
will test the importance of genetic modification in improving a cell which is useful in treating
major ailments. The research applied will be qualitative research methods. It will also focus
partially on experimental and correlational ability focusing on observation and field experiment.
Research purpose and expected results
The research purpose is to identify the safety and efficacy of genetic modification in
enhancing the quality of a cell. Also , in the report, the ethical consideration will focus on areas
of crucial delicate nature and are supposed to be justified. Application of methods and prospects
for the development of genetic engineering in food production.
Now they can already synthesize genes, and with the help of such synthesized genes
introduced into bacteria, a number of substances, in particular hormones and interferon, are
obtained. Their production constituted an important branch of biotechnology (Dingwall,
Iphofen,., Lewis, Oates, and Emmerich, 2017). So, in 1980, growth hormone - somatotropin -
was obtained from Escherichia coli bacteria. Before the development of genetic engineering, it
was isolated from the pituitary from corpses. Somatotropin, synthesized in specially designed
bacterial cells, has obvious advantages: it is available in large quantities,