The article, "We've cracked the genetic code, now what?" explains the fact that the technology of genetics has been advancing and scientists have figured out what to use it for, but now they don’t know what to do with the information that they have. One idea that could come into the everyday lives of people is to be able to access their own genetic code right on an app on their smartphone. This idea could be beneficial, but science needs to wait because there are ethical reasons why it might not be a good idea to release this kind of information to the world. If too much information is released, there will be consequences and government officials don’t know how to deal with the questions that will come up yet.
I think that the article, “We’ve cracked the genetic code, now what?” is very interesting in the fact that we have come so far in technology and genetics but there is still so much that we can do and discover. I think that having access to our own genome would be so incredible, and there would be so much that we could do with it! We could find out what diseases we are prone to have and theoretically be able to find a cure for them. There is also the possibility that looking at specific genomes could determine why aging comes along the way it does, and in the near future there could be a way to argue it. It would be very cool to find out how to prevent aging, but again there would be major consequences for figuring out this kind of technology, like a new problem of population in the country. There are also some cons in the situation of discovering personal peoples’ DNA, such as moving into the boundary of ethical beliefs and protection against personal information. When and if this kind of personal information ever gets out, there will also be the question of when it is appropriate to share. I think that it is important to try to get as far as we can in discovering the human genome and that if any problems arise, we can cross that bridge when we come to it.
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