Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Alternative Options

This article discusses biomedical engineering and all the possibilities it opens up, including ways that it can help to improve the quality of human life. This source looks good because it discussed improving the quality of the human life, rather than the quantity. It mentioned how new research can lead to things like artificial organs, better prosthetics, and other new treatment techniques to improve patient care. What really stood out to me was the fact that this article did not completely obliterate the idea of using genetic engineering in humans, but instead considered other ways it could be used besides simply creating eternal youth. While this source did not directly address genetic engineering to extend lives, it did provide an alternative to improve human life without changing human genetics and thus could be a valuable source for our research.


Weibell, F. J. (2014). Biomedical engineering. Access Science. Retrieved from http://www.accessscience.com/content/biomedical-engineering/083600#083600s006

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