Babies Modified Genetically

Marcy Darnovsky in this article discusses the biological procedure of creating genetically modified human beings. The procedure is called mitochondrial manipulation by the FDA. The process of this procedure starts by surgically removing the nuclear material from the affected woman's egg or embryo of the mitochondrial disease. The egg or embryo in the woman must have the inheritable mitochondrial disease initially before the process can be done to be replaced with the new healthy egg. The mitochondrial disease affects an estimated one-thousand to four-thousand United States children. The disease is from a genetic abnormality with defects of converting food into energy, and can also be caused by exposure toxins. The disease can only be passed down from the mother of the offspring, and the procedure of manipulating the mitochondrial will potentially aid in allowing these affected women to give births to unaffected children in the future. I think that this discovery is noninvasive and can have the potential to eliminate the carriers of the mitochondrial disease throughout the generations of the future. The fact that with each procedure removes the risk of the mother's offspring from passing on the disease, this would result in the child not passing it onto their future offspring which is ideal for the elimination of the mitochondrial disease thriving.