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Project 1: The Role CRISPR has on Gene Editing in Medicine and Ethics
Project 1: The Role CRISPR has on Gene Editing in Medicine and Ethics
This page is a collection of my globally revised investigative research essay, “The Role CRISPR Has on Gene Editing in Medicine and Ethics.” It was an assignment I completed for to explore research, genre, and context. The purpose of this essay is to investigate how CRISPR gene editing is changing modern medicine and to question the ethics behind such an impactful tool.
My project views CRISPR through different lenses. I look at the benefits of this gene editing in treating or curing genetic diseases, the risk and limits of altering human DNA, and the ethics surrounding embryo or germline editing. To cover these topics, I pull from peer reviewed scientific articles, case studies, government resources, and public facing writing that explains the science to the general public. This writing was meant to provide readers with an informative and balanced view of CRISPR as a both a medical innovation and an ethical dilemma.
Introducing CRISPR
Introducing CRISPR
In recent years, CRISPR gene editing has gone from an exciting research tool to one of the most buzzed about technologies in medicine. CRISPR has given scientists the ability to cut DNA and make changes with unprecedented precision, allowing for the possibility of directly correcting mutations that cause disease, rather than simply treating the symptoms of those diseases. While still in the early stages, clinical trials and experimental treatments indicate that CRISPR may one day be used to treat a range of conditions from sickle cell disease to certain cancers and inherited forms of blindness. However, the same technology that makes CRISPR so powerful also raises significant ethical concerns, including questions about who will have access to these therapies, how editing of embryos or germline cells might be regulated, and what unintended consequences could result from permanently altering the human genome.
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