Abstract

GUERRERO CAICEDO, Rubén Gonzalo. Ethical conflicts of genetic engineering. Universidad y Sociedad [online]. 2021, vol.13, n.1, pp. 77-82.  Epub Feb 02, 2021. ISSN 2218-3620.

Science has advanced a lot in the last 50 years, often without taking into account the repercussions of its discoveries. It has generated moral conflicts between good living and society and good living and nature, thus forcing ethics to evolve as well. First there was Medical Deontology, a professional ethics more closely related to the relationship between the physician and the patient; then there was Medical Ethics, which leaves many gaps in the conduct of the researcher in relation to his experiments. It is also important to emphasize that current science, based on its experiments in an asexual manner, can create life and in particular human embryos. There is evidence that this is already happening secretly, leaving no doubt as to the danger posed by these researches. Bioethics appears as a need to regulate this type of scientific work; it is a bridge that joins moral conscience with new technologies and discoveries. The objective of this article is to sensitize medical students with these issues and to encourage an ethics that will allow them to take action if necessary, with an honest attitude, committed to the defense of human rights and nature.

Keywords : Chimerism; human genome; transgenic foods; gene therapy.

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