Verified Answer :
advantages :
1. Disease could be prevented by detecting
people/plants/animals that are genetically prone to certain hereditary
diseases, and preparing for the inevitable. Also, infectious diseases
can be treated by implanting genes that code for antiviral proteins
specific to each antigen.
2. Another of genetic engineering is that
diseases could be prevented by detecting people that are genetically
prone to certain hereditary diseases, and preparing for the inevitable.
As well as preventing disease, with genetic engineering infectious
diseases can be treated by implanting genes that code for antiviral
proteins specific to each antigen
3. Animals and plants can be
'tailor made' to show desirable characteristics. Genes could also be
manipulated in trees for example, to absorb more CO2 and reduce the
threat of global warming.
4. Genetic Engineering could increase
genetic diversity, and produce more variant alleles which could also be
crossed over and implanted into other species. It is possible to alter
the genetics of wheat plants to grow insulin for example.
5.
Another advantage of genetic engineering is that animals and plants can
be made to have desirable characteristics which could help solve some of
the world's problems. For example in trees, genes could be manipulated
to absorb more carbon dioxide. This would help reduce global warming,
and thus solve one of the biggest problems earth faces.