Genetic Engineering and a Brave New World

Genetic Engineering is one of the current hot button topics of our world today and its also the fundamental theme in widely know novels such as Brave New World and My Sister’s Keeper. But what exactly is Genetic Engineering? What exactly does Genetic Engineering entail? Genetic Engineering in its self is a mammoth and board field, yet not many people actually know or even understand the diversity that Genetic Engineering entails. When most people perceive the slightest sound of the word Genetic Engineering they robotically think about cloning. A massive ninety seven percent of people in the Unites States of America have heard of cloning at least once in their lives has a from of Genetic Engineering. Most undoubtable because of infamous blockbusters such has Jurassic Park, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, and Stepford Wives. Yet a low forty eight percent of people in the United States of America have heard about genetic modification at least once in theirs lives. Yet genetic modification of our crops is the unsung hero of what helps and keeps our society full and ready to move. Just about 99 million acres were devoted to genetic modified in the Unites States of America and Argentina alone. A basic definition of the Genetic Engineering is it fact a little complex. In laymen terms Genetic Engineering involves the directed alteration of an organism's DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) that is, its genetic material. This technology has been applied to microbes, plants, and animals, and consequently used to modify foods, animal feedstuffs, and food-processing reagents. (Peter Goldsbrough). If genetic engineering is defined as changing an organism's DNA to make it more beneficial, genetic engineering has been going on for a very, very long time in the form of selective breeding. However, actually going into a cell and changing its genome by inserting or removing DNA is a very new technology. (History of Genetic Engineering) The early up bringing of Genetic Engineering was