Question

1) Explain why increasing the amounts of the two enzymes changed the life spans of the mice.

2) Express your opinion about whether people should be engineered to have high levels of the two enzymes. Should people have the option to do this if they would like? Should parents be allowed to have it done to their children? Is it okay to do it to stop cancer but not okay to do it to stop aging?

Answer 1

The two enzymes p53 and Arf, were injected with a genetically engineered technique, and made the mice live longer than a normal mouse p53 is tumor supressor protien

Answer 2

1. Arf and P53 were being injected by a technique which is engineered genetically and it is for this reason which made the mice to continue living longer.

2. People should not be engineered so as to have higher levels of two enzymes not unless the engineered is used to treat cancer.

No early death should be allowed to occur in children not unless it is God's will, therefore genetic engineering is much allowed in children.

It is good to stop cancer but it is not good to do genetic engineering to stop aging because if people they don't die there will be an increased population. In Order to reduce population if people get aged they die.