I'm hoping I've got your attention now and that you'd like to know more about how TNT works. Well I'm going to explain it to you either way...

In far less than a second TNT injects genetic code into the skin. This code changes a certain type of cells into different types of cells required for treating diseased conditions.

Think of this process as a sort of shapeshifting device for your cells. It simply makes one type of cell into another.

So lets review what we have learned here. Scientists are now able to create babies from the DNA of two men or two women. Scientists are closing in on the ability to repair damaged cells, organs or cure diseases simply by injecting genetic material into the patient. If this doesn't sound like fringe science, I don't know what would.

Given the phenomenal rate of discovery and progress that is taking place in the fields of cell biology and nanotechnology, it appears very likely we will see these technologies available and offered to consumers before the end of this century.

But this topic shouldn't be taken lightly. Of course, like most of the topics I decide to explore, there are many important ethical questions that relate to the use of genetic engineering as part of the process of creating babies.

Fortunately the scientific community has done good work posing many of these questions and attempting to find answers to them.
For example, Renuka Sivapatham, a graduate student at the University of Southern Denmark recently published an article about human genetic engineering.

In the article, she said that although DNA editing techniques have been available for decades and are crucial tools for understanding gene functions and molecular pathways, this subject is increasingly littered with controversy due to newer technologies that can quickly and efficiently modify genomes through introduction or genetically correcting mutations in human cells and animal models.

She went on to explain that genome editing technologies have come a long way and are now advancing towards mammalian models and clinical trials in humans.

Due to recent strides in the advancement of genetic editing technologies, she claims that these results force scientists to question the future and the implications of such powerful technology.

She left the following questions to be considered:

Should we accept the genetic engineering of human embryos? If yes, when and in what capacity should we accept it?

Working with the @adsactly community as a writer focused on technological issues has been very rewarding. I've found the community to be very strong in both critical thinking and communication skills and your feedback is vitally important to the society's expansion. So, with that in mind I'll leave you with this final question.

We are approaching an age where genetically modified clones and life extending gene therapies are increasingly possible. What do you think about all of this?

Please leave your thoughts and feedback below!

Thanks for reading.

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Authored by: @techblogger

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