Gene therapy solutions
- Created by: oliviaeve
- Created on: 27-03-17 14:53
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- Solutions to gene therapy
- Political
- Make gene therapy illegal
- Short term:
- Pros: nothing would change and the fear of unethical uses of science would not occur.
- Cons: No scientific investigation would take place creating untapped potential of gene therapy, possible public protest towards the government
- Long term:
- Pros: Again consensus to the medical treatment available before
- No monotization or malpractice
- Cons: No advancement in gene therapy, no more information or clinical trials to view results
- Deaths from rare disorders e.g cystic fibrosis
- Pros: Again consensus to the medical treatment available before
- Short term:
- Make gene therapy illegal
- Social
- widely available
- short term:
- Pro: better quality of life
- Long term:
- Cons: Difference is less common and more stigmatised
- Less strain on NHS
- Cons: Difference is less common and more stigmatised
- short term:
- Available only to those who can afford it
- Pros: saves lives
- widely available
- Economical
- Government funding into research
- Short term
- pros: overcome technological obstacles
- Perfect the treatment before it hits mainstream healthcare
- cons: Protests over ethical practices
- Lots of time & money spent
- possible no solution to issues
- Lots of time & money spent
- pros: overcome technological obstacles
- Long term
- Pros: less children born with disease
- less strain on NHS
- More safe practices of this treatment
- less strain on NHS
- Cons: less variation
- Disabilities & diseased ostracised
- Expensive
- Disabilities & diseased ostracised
- Pros: less children born with disease
- Short term
- Government funding into research
- Legal
- Make gene therapy illegal
- Short term:
- Pros: nothing would change and the fear of unethical uses of science would not occur.
- Cons: No scientific investigation would take place creating untapped potential of gene therapy, possible public protest towards the government
- Long term:
- Pros: Again consensus to the medical treatment available before
- No monotization or malpractice
- Cons: No advancement in gene therapy, no more information or clinical trials to view results
- Deaths from rare disorders e.g cystic fibrosis
- Pros: Again consensus to the medical treatment available before
- Short term:
- Make gene therapy illegal
- Technological
- overcome the difficulty of targeting cells
- Short term:
- Pros: decreases the risk of side effects in clinic trials
- Safer treatment
- Cons: this is difficult to do & would take awhile before clinic trials
- Expensive
- Pros: decreases the risk of side effects in clinic trials
- Long term:
- Pros: Safer treatment and less deaths
- Cons: Expensive to maintain as a widely available treatment
- Short term:
- overcome the difficulty of targeting cells
- Envirnonmental
- not applicable
- Political
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