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The Future of Oncogene Treatments
As stated in this website
oncogene treatment is currently being tested on transgenic mice. But what does this mean for humans? Can these exciting results ever be applied to
humans? Is this the next big step in
eliminating deaths to cancer?
Before getting too excited one
must consider that scientists still have a way to go before using this
treatment on humans. As said earlier
oncogene treatment has been tested on transgenic mice with wonderful results. Transgenic mice are mice bred to have a
certain genetic mutation. So the
treatments discussed on this website have only been tested on mice that have a
certain mutation in one of their genes.
The next step is to test oncogene treatment on regular lab mice. This will help show if the tests work on mice
without any mutations. If results prove
positive in this area possible treatments for humans will be even more
promising. After testing on regular lab
mice the next step would be to test on humans.
There are many specific rules to
follow, paperwork to do, and permission to attain in order to test on
humans. However the only way to discover
of this treatment works on humans is to test on human subjects. Yet as stated earlier this is a lengthy
process to undertake. The first
seemingly logical test to use on humans would be to test transgenic
humans. However there is no way one can
test this treatment on transgenic humans because there are no transgenic
humans. The only way to attain
transgenic humans is through human cloning.
The cloning of humans is a very, very sensitive topic. It brings up many ethical issues. Currently there are some scientists working
toward their goal of cloning humans.
However many in the medical, scientific, and political communities and
many laypersons are hesitant and resistant to human cloning. If one were to make transgenic humans testing
this treatment might prove more ethically, in one light. However our goal is not to argue either way
on the topic of cloning and we will leave this topic to personal discussion for
the time being. That is until we become
the members of the medical, scientific, political, and other decision making
communities…
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