TED BATMAN COLLEGE / 10-A
Should We Really Edit
Our Children’s Genomes?
Dilba YAVUZ
50
Do you know anything about gene
exchange? The birth of a child with
genetic disease is often something
unexpected. Today, thanks to science
we can edit our children’s genomes.
We can prevent our children from the
diseases even before they are born.
But, should we do this?
You know every person is born into the
world with genetic differences. But if
we changed them, if we made them
perfect, what kind of consequences
would there be? Think about it. Think
about a world where so many people
have the same appearance. That is
not good.
There are different results of it, too. If
scientists make genome regulation in
the future, obviously they will not do
it for free. People will have to pay for
it and there will be so many people
who cannot afford this. So, some
people will make use of it and some
of them will not. For this reason, there
will be discrimination and social
stratification in the world.
If people only made use of genome
regulation to prevent the diseases,
that would be a great step in medicine.
All death rates would decrease and
people would not be suffering. But I
think this is not the case. People will
want to change their children’s eye
colour, hair colour, mouth, nose, etc.
So, all the children will be born with
the perfect eye, nose, and weight.
They will be same and I think this is
horrible.
We are who we are and our differences
make us unique and beautiful. Our
defects are part of our personality,
and I think we have to keep it this
way.