CRISPR-CAS9: DESIGNING LAW FOR DESIGNER BABIES
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The recent years have seen a tremendous advancement in the field of biotechnology. From diagnosing cancer by spit tests, to nerve regenerating nano-gels, to smart contact lenses helping to administer glaucoma, to portable dialysis machines, to rocket-powered arms. The list of discoveries and inventions is virtually limitless and ever-expanding. One such technology termed CRISPR-Cas9, a gene editing tool, brings with it unique ethical, moral and legal problems. CRISPR enables scientists to alter, delete and/or reposition the genetic material or the DNA of any living organism. The discovery of CRISPR has been widely celebrated and for good measure. The technology has shown promise helping scientists treat mutation and successfully edit genomes. This involves in its study alive subject mattes and inevitably, the alteration of genetic identity of an organism. Such alteration is capable of profound impact on humans, plants or animals, their lives and/or the environment. In layman terms, this makes it possible to design babies, giving them desired traits like 20/20 vision and a higher IQ. This arises fundamental questions of ethics and morality. Thus utmost care and caution must be exercised in dealing with and examining such inventions to ensure that their utility, in no way, causes a disruption of public order or morality, or inflicts any harm to the humans, plants, animals or the environment.
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