Evaluation of General Sources

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3051365/Scientists-tweak-genes-human-embryos-time-Controversial-technique-lead-designer-babies.html

     In my field of study, another major controversy is how genetics is treated. I am fascinated by genetics, as it seems crazy that meters of this 'stuff' creates the person I am. It is even crazier that we can fit so much of it inside our bodies. 

      The first source I found for the controversy of genetics is from NPR. Since this website ends in a '.org' we know it is an organization that has higher standards and is more reliable than a '.com' or '.net' address. This article was posted on April 23, 2015 and has not been updated since then. The author of this article is Rob Stein, who has been publishing scientific and health-related articles for twenty-five years. He has experience, so someone reading this can be sure to trust the author knows his stuff.

     The purpose of this article is to inform the reader about a new controversial 'designer baby' technique that was implicated in China. Essentially, its genetic modification of your rugrats. This could be useful in eliminating an incurable genetic disease. On the other hand, people may use it to create a genetic anomaly that could not exist with their mixture of genes. The child would look nothing like its parents, not to mention it is dangerous. The author is highlighting these dangers in his article. Also, the author briefly discusses the use of new genetic editing techniques, called CRISPR/CAS9. This article uses only one picture of DNA, to illustrate the issue.
     The second source I used was from DailyMail, which is a British version of the Huffington Post. This website has a '.co.uk' ending, which is equivalent to '.com' in the United States. This article was posted on April 22, 2015, and was published by three scientific journal authors, Ellie Zolfagharifard, Richard Gray, and Ben Spencer.
This article used many illustrations and included a video as well. Most notably, there is the picture of a newly formed zygote. The purpose of this article is to explain what designer babies are, how they were created by scientists in China, and the benefits versus the risks of this new procedure. The authors explain the CRISPR technique in more detail, and offer both sides of the argument in a compelling manner.