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Today let's talk about something about the future, let's talk about our children. Don't worry I would not talk specifically about your children, but it is the future generation so anyone should be able to relate about this.
It is natural for all parent to have a desire having their children to be better than them. Better in term of wealth and status, or in the simple form, they want their children to be healthier, stronger and smarter. This desire is not only exist in modern era, but it is already an old custom from eons ago.
In the past, some people or some family try to make sure their children to be better than them by making sure that their wealth, their belongings or their treasure are passed down only in their family. They start to develop an incest culture, which their children marry each other. It worked in the past, but not for long because incest tends to lead to some genetical failure.
In the modern era, Incest is no longer applicable as it used to. Many people go against it, and generally people already understand about genetic failure due to inbreeding. However they are many ways for parents to keep pushing their children to be better.
The most common thing is to push their education, giving the best education they can have. You might have known that in classic Asian culture, children are demanded be able to do everything, and specifically they must great at math. Children are sent to have many extracurricular or study many extra subject more. Later many parents even drain all their saving to send their children into universtity.
Other than education, some parents try to improve their children by getting the best environment. They buy the nicest house in the best location, far from poverty or street life. Or maybe from their dietary, some parents make sure their children eat a lot of food supplement that could improve their growth physically and mentally.
Soon, maybe not know, but I believe very soon...
Parents will start asking their doctor or medical expert to improve their children from early phase, by genetic engineering. Modifying their DNA and RNA from early phase.
This is not some science fiction. I have seen some people pay massive money to have some stem cells treatment. Currently it is for treatment, medical science has not reached to a level that they can use stem cell to improve existing body not as treatment or therapy.
So maybe one day, people can have some pills or tablets that can enhance their children growth because they have chemical substance that modify their DNA. Or maybe they will undergo the pregnancy in some tube, not in their mother womb.
OR maybe people can ask their doctors to genetically engineer their children, so they come not from an intercourse, but the doctor takes the sperm and eggs, then incubate them in medical tube.
Who knows?
Genetic Modification
Before we go too far with different background and common ground, let me share something which I believe most of us have known but some haven't. About those words I have said above, some might still think it is some science fiction narration.
In the current medical practice, people already use or implement genetic modification in treating some illness. Those practices are focused on gene therapy, where faulty genes are corrected or replaced to treat a variety of diseases.
So let's pick some familiar issue you might have known, or easily google-ed to get more info. CRISPR gene theraoy, which is meant to correct genetic defects
CRISPR gene editing therapy, where scientists tailored the therapy to to repair some mutation. Which later on the practice more familiar in enchanching body immune against some cancers and anti tumors.
In 2014, people start doing the genome editing involved disrupting a gene required for the HIV-1 virus to infect cells, making human cells resistant against that virus. Later on people acknowledge that there are some human that genetically immune or more resistant to HIVE.
Let's cut them here, I do not wish to make this post to be a medical-dense writing. Bottom line in near the future, we should not get surprised if people can start requesting to modify, add or remove certain genetic in their children on early phase or during pregnancy or maybe Zygote Development.
That's My 2 Cent For Today. Thanks for your visit
Thank you for coming and reading my post. I live in Jakarta, Ex-Capital City of Indonesia. Currently I am running a small business with 6 people. I used to live by making money online, that's why I like being here, on HIVE, and in #PIMP - (Paper In My Pocket) community.
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