Question

Genetic engineering is an exciting new development, however, it holds both great promise and great risk. Is genetic engineering a threat to the environment and to our health, or is it a safe procedure that could provide us with great benefits? Write a mini essay in which you present the opposing views. Give THREE reasons for each opposing view Conclude by stating your opinion on genetic engineering. In other words do you support or oppose genetic engineering? Justify your opinion briefly. (20) (20] Total Section C: 20

Answer 1

Genetic engineering can simply be explained as the alterations of an organism's genetic, or hereditary, material to eliminate undesirable characteristics or to produce desirable new ones.

Its importance ranging from increasing plant and animal food production, diagnosing disease condition, medical treatment improvement, as well as production of vaccines.

Human genetic engineering relies heavily on science and technology. It was developed to help end the spread of disease

_Effects on environment_

No body can predict the changes that a genetically engineered species would make on environment, the release of a new genetically engineered species would also have the possibility of causing an imbalance in ecology of a region just exotic species would do.