Technology That Alters the Human Body

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Technology that Alters the Human Body Technology has come a long way in the last twenty years. We can make ourselves look years younger, provide prosthetic legs for amputees to make it possible for them to run in the Olympics, help a deaf person hear, or even transplant body parts from one person to another. Imagine what technology will bring in another twenty years with future advancement and how it will affect people’s life then. Society dictates what changes are accepted when it comes to our own bodies. There might come a point when it goes from being a necessity to survive, or to something that’s not really needed, but we want it like the newest gadget. Will only the wealthy get to take advantage of the advanced equipment or procedures? Although technology has achieved many positive results, concerns of going too far have been raised when it comes to altering the human body. That stated altering our bodies with technology should be able to progress as much as possible. Future technology in altering the human body could change so many lives with the handicap, cosmetically, or making our bodies better and stronger. It could possibly making a prosthetic limb feel like a real limb, or change the life of a disfigured person by making them look completely normal. Stem cells could cosmetically keep a person from aging, and using their own DNA could correct cavities by regenerating their teeth, or replacing missing, or damaged ones. Scientists could possibly make body parts that are better than their own. People could replace their own body parts with better ones, by using bionic arms and legs to make faster or stronger athletes, clone eyes to see better, and have bionic hearing so people can hear a pin drop. Some people may be against altering our bodies to the extent of replacing body parts with new ones. They may think it
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