In ‘This City of Man’, from DNA/SNP, Due to Pollution/ Contamination/ Infection/ Mutation, Overcoming Global Warming, Battling Religious behaviors, Ethical Issues of Genetic Modification and then Ending Up towards Spiritual Growth

Authors:

Bing TH*

Volume 2, Issue 1

Abstract

The swift advances in decoding the human genome and the tools available to decipher the genetic information will undoubtedly increase our capacity to understand the evolution of the world we are in. Moreover, through this stunning achievement, we are witnessing the wonder of God’s most sacred gift, which is life. This paper will explore on why human beings differ from one another. It can be their physical appearance or their susceptibility to disease and response to medications. These differences are referred to as “single nucleotide polymorphisms” or SNP. Today, we have a growing number of people suffering from health issues, this is due to the mutation that arises from pollution, contamination, global warming. This is the price we have to pay for population increase as well as advances in technology. This paper will explore this range of topics. Lastly, this paper will dwell on the issue of genes modification. What are the ethical concerns about genome editing? The debate around genome editing has regained attention following the discovery that CRISPR has the potential to make such editing more accurate and even "easy" in comparison to older technologies. Does Jehovah God allow DNA Damage and Repair? What should we do when we find any difference between the bible and the science?

Keywords:

Human Genome; Global Warming; Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

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