Examples of the healing abilities of genetic engineering are
already in place in the medical world. An example of how
genetic modification and engineering are being used is the
production of insulin for diabetic patients (Genetic
Engineering. Applications of genetic engineering). Until the
1980’s, the only way to obtain insulin for patients was harvest
it from slaughtered animals, which meant that there was
never a supply of insulin large enough for all diabetic patients
(sic). In 1982, genetically altered bacteria that created insulin
were approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration for the use of insulin for diabetic patients (sic).
If genetic engineering had never been approved for the use of
insulin production, many of the diabetic patients in today’s
world would have already passed away.
Despite all of the positives of genetic engineering, and all of
the benefits it could bring, there are dangers with
experimenting on the genes of living beings. Not only could we
severely handicap a person if the coding of their genetics goes
wrong, but even successful recoding of genetics would bring
about problems. First, if the editing of genetics becomes
widespread, people will go beyo