The advantages of using genetic engineering far outweigh the risks. Discuss.

With the rapid development of science and technology, people's lives are also happened to it, especially the field of medicine. The discussion about whether or not gene therapy should be used to cure life-threatening inherited illnesses in people's body. Therefore before giving my opinion, I think it is important to look at the argument on both sides. Gene therapy is a technique for correcting defective genes responsible for disease development. Many people argue that it …

…cost of gene therapy is very expensive for most people. So if using gene therapy cure illnesses, people may not only endure affect of unsuccessful therapy but also owe a lot of debts. From what has been mentioned above, we may see that there is some truth in both arguments. Personally, I agree with the former opinion. Despite nowadays gene therapy has some disadvantages, as science and technology develop, gene therapy will become more mature.