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Issues that have been raised by the application of the technology focus more dominantly around ethical implications than other concerns. The use of animals in biotechnological research causes great suffering to the animals beings subjected to various experiments. This result in the animal losing all its dignity, by being forced against its own will to partake in experiments defiling its body for the sake of human progress. These animals may never be able regain previous abilities that once allowed them to function properly in their natural habitats after being exposed to experiments, and if placed back in the wild will may result in its death.  Some people feel that animals should be regarded as equal to humans in that they have the same basic rights as human beings. We, as humans, are mammals which is classified as an animal; following on to this humans also have very similar genes to that of other organisms. We are therefore very similar to the very same animals that we use as experiments, so what right do we have to experiment with animals? If a new more superior species to humans was born would they have the right to experiment on us? The introduction of human genes into animals, and vice versa, may be seen by many as clouding the definition of “humanness”. By placing genes from other animals that are better suited for particular needs of the human individual/s, it is then where we begin to blur the line between human and being above that of a human. This particular issue ties into religion as God made us in the image of himself, by introducing animal genes into humans we are destroying the image in which God made us and separating our humanness from what God intended. Transgenesis also challenges the nature of humans and whether this application sees humans in the position of stepping on God’s territory by creating new life forms or experimenting with the blueprints of life forms. The implications stated above are only of a few which have been raised due to the application of the technology.
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One organisation that is pro-Transgenesis called genOway supports Transgenesis primarily because of that, “Transgenesis is a recent biotechnology that is set to branch out and further develop in areas where it will be used to its utmost potential.”  Reasons for supporting Transgenesis include that of advancing further into technology that will provide humans with benefits as we develop more wholly as a race. Also that by the process of Transgenesis we are able to better human lifestyle. For example, in areas of xenotransplatation where you take an organ from an organism which is similar to that of a human and implant it into a human where it can be used as if it were no different. GenOway supports that Transgenesis is able to make the other organism protein in the organ into human protein which is a response to donor rejection. InfOGM is a group which believes that it is wrong to manipulate animals for human welfare and has a strong preposition towards Transgenesis as it does exactly what it is against. InfOGM states that Transgenesis directly infects an animals’ moral integrity by subjecting it to vile, disgusting tests which seriously endanger the animal’s morality. In their opinion, animals of lowered intelligence when compared to a human should have equal rights to that of a human because we are none other than animals ourselves. Another opinion which is against Transgenesis is a priest of the Catholic Church. He says that Transgenesis should not be used on any species that has life as it defies the process of creation which God has established. God made every creature on this planet to be unique and special, by the use of Transgenesis this is disrupting what he has intended. Also the use of Transgenesis on humans is even worse of that compared to just using animals as God created humans within the image of himself, by using Transgenesis to benefit us, we are undermining God.  Adding to this, using Transgenesis to alter an organism’s gene (replacing them with different ones) is starting to step onto God’s territory as only he has the right to change us as he is the one who made us.

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Personally I think Transgenesis and its use is an excellent idea and I hold nothing against it. While there seems to be an abundant amount for reasons against Transgenesis this does not change the fact that this technique will be able to further areas in which it is pronounced in. Groups such as infOGM and priests within the Catholic Church have a firm defence on why they disregard Transgenesis which focuses around particularly the abusive treatment of animals, how animals should be regarded as our equals and how Transgenesis encroaches on God’s territory, yet these reasons do not out weight the massive benefits which Transgenesis can induce.  Firstly animals have been used in various experiments throughout the history of science and because of it, we have made big discoveries. Animals are not always treated abusively by everyone using them in experiments; some scientists even go as far as rehabilitating and conditioning them back to be released in their natural habitats. As for the benefits that Transgenesis can produce, they are in abundance.  As mentioned above particularly in medicine, Transgenesis help aid newer more modernised methods of practising. Using the example of xenotransplantation and replacing the animal protein with human protein can help establish a response to the ever increasing amount of organ donors needed. By using Transgenesis we will certainly be able advance further in the areas of medicine and agriculture while steadily gaining more knowledge for future biotechnological aspirations.

ya, stuff like that can get quite confusing for me.  But I feel everyone is entitled to expressing their viewpoints as long as they do not push them on me

*sigh*  so very glad this did not become an assault on my major-- biotechnology
Without biotechnology and the use of animals for testing, where would we be?  For example; How many people would die from diabetes-- required the use of pigs and then bacteria. Without it, I suppose we could have continued to let blood by way of leeches, continued believing in the four humors, and lost countless more lives.  I'd bet those so in support of protecting animal rights would likely forget about it rather quickly if they found themselves in need of something developed through its use. 
Countries whose staple foods were not providing balanced nutrition now have foods altered to provide them with the nutrients they need.  Tinkering with god's creation has allowed human beings to create plants more resistent to pests and weather conditions which helps to sustain a growing population and to sustain the poor in third world countries by allowing them to grow more of what they had or things they couldn't grow before.
In the future, there may eventually be an end to the need of donor lists and waiting for years for an organ--if you don't die while you're waiting.
Ultimately, if you believe in God, then surely this must be in God's grand design.  He is omnipotent, isn't he?  Has a design that ends with the apocolypse and separates the good from the bad?  If anyone is so sure that what we are doing is so very wrong and fear judgment by God, you might want to avoid going to the doctor, avoid most medication--many obtained through bacteria (they're life too aren't they?)
Is all of this unnatural?  Absolutely!  But we stepped away from natural a loooong time ago-- when we began marking the world with roads, created ways to speak over long distances, made buildings and cities,  became the only species to write, to draw and paint, to sculpt....