As awful as it sounds, just as it is natural in the wild to see animals hunt, it is also natural to see those same animals die; whether it be through capture or disease; in order for the circle of life to continue, animals must come and die. Now, we as humans can be very fortunate that our intelligence has evolved; so that we have learned how to preserve our species. However, allowing the expansion of crispr-cas9 technology on an unregulated spectrum could have some dramatic effects. For example, in a preliminary phase, scientists are looking to different species of lobsters and jellyfish especially at their telomerase nucleotides. As it stands right now, lobsters are essentially biologically immortal and unaging. While it would in some ways advantageous for humans to never show signs of aging, this would result in more moral and ethical issues that society would have to deal with; Such as, how much do these treatments cost? Who could afford them? (ect.). Also thereby alluding to a larger economic gap; a major problem present U.S society.
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