THE MORAL ISSUES ON GENETIC ENGINEERING

Genetic Engineering

is the direct manipulation of an organism's DNA to change its characteristics, often by adding, deleting, or altering genes.

Genetic Engineering

This process uses laboratory technologies to modify an organism's genetic makeup to achieve specific traits, with applications in areas like agriculture, medicine, and industry.

Genetic Intervention

In Vitro Fertilization

Surrogate Motherhood

Sperm and Zygote Banking

Sex Selection

5 AREAS IN GENETIC ENGINEERING:

Genetic Intervention

is the process of modifying an organism's genetic makeup to treat or prevent disease, or to alter its traits.

Genetic Intervention

In medicine, it is most commonly known as gene therapy, which aims to fix a faulty gene or replace it with a healthy one to restore normal function.

Genetic Intervention

Genetic intervention can also be applied in fields like conservation to help endangered species survive by changing the traits of a population

In Vitro fertilization (IVF)

is a complex series of procedures to help with fertilization and pregnancy that involves combining a woman's egg and a man's sperm in a laboratory dish. After fertilization, the resulting embryo is transferred to the woman's uterus, where it can implant and develop into a pregnancy. The process typically involves egg retrieval and embryo transfer, and is a form of assisted reproductive technology (ART) used to treat various causes of infertility.

Surrogate Motherhood

is an arrangement where a woman (the surrogate) agrees to carry and give birth to a baby for another person or couple, known as the intended or commissioning parents, who are unable to have children themselves.

Surrogate Motherhood

gives up the baby after birth, transferring parental rights to

the intended parents.

Surrogate Motherhood

This can involve different methods for creating the embryo, such as using the surrogate's egg, the intended mother's egg, or a donor egg, which are then implanted into the surrogate's uterus.

Sperm and Zygote Banking

are fertility preservation methods that involve freezing and storing sperm or embryos for future use. Sperm banking (sperm cryopreservation) is the process of freezing and storing sperm, often for men facing medical treatments like cancer therapy that could lead to infertility.

Embryo cryopreservation

Zygote banking, also known as ______, involves freezing fertilized

eggs (embryos) after they have been created through IVF. Both methods use cryopreservation, a process that involves cooling samples to very low temperatures for long-term storage.

Sex Selection

is the practice of attempting to choose the sex of a future child, using medical technologies like IVF.

Sex Selection

It can be done for medical reasons, such as preventing the transmission of sex-linked genetic disorders, or for social reasons, often referred to as "family balancing"

FORMAL COOPERATION

by advice or inducement

MATERIAL COOPERATION

by doing the action