by Christina A. Armani

Created on: July 08, 2007

The term breakthrough is normally defined as a positive thing. DNA research has been a lot more beneficial than dangerous. DNA research has led to lots of medical breakthroughs, and will continue to lead to more. It can help find cures for aids, cancer, or diseases like cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, and Autism. With more and more kids being diagnosed with Autism today, DNA research will most likely be able to get to the root of the problem and solve it for good. DNA research may even help find a cure for ADHD, diabetes, asthma, and other diseases that impact the quality of our lives.

There is nothing wrong with improving the quality of people's lives. DNA research may even find cures for hereditary boldness and high cholesterol. People deserve to get medical help, and using money towards DNA research is a much better way to spend money than wasting it on a very controversial war. As long as this research does not lead to trying to fully cloning a human or end up in the wrong hands, these breakthroughs can be very beneficial to mankind and animals. There is no way that controlled DNA research can lead to more harm than good.

As a female with Turner's Syndrome which is a rare genetic disorder, DNA breakthroughs can only do me more good than harm. Hopefully one day DNA breakthroughs can find a cure for Turner's Syndrome. Since Turner's Syndrome is merely a mutation of the DNA, DNA research is the best hope for finding cures or better treatments for females with Turner's Syndrome or similar genetic diseases.

DNA research is not only beneficial in the medical world, but in the forensic world as well. Now a days, it's hard to send someone to prison without substantial DNA evidence. DNA has lead to the capture of millions of guilty criminals in the world, and is also used to provide evidence of rape and molestation. Without DNA evidence, a lot of cases would just be a matter of he said and she said.

I fully advocate DNA research and findings and support the people who make them possible. We should never be afraid of medical breakthroughs. DNA breakthroughs have already done wonders, and will continue to do many more wonders if we let them. As long as DNA research is being conducted under a controlled setting and not taken too far, the government should not interfere with DNA research.

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