Is there a right or wrong way to want what's best for your child? Rhys Evans' parents were celebrating his second birthday, which his family thought he would never reach. Rhys inherited an illness that left him without an immune system. Treatment involves finding a sibling whose bone marrow can be transplanted so that healthy cells can multiply and boost the immune system. However, Rhys is the only child, and if he had a sibling, there was a 1 in 3 chance of affecting the cure. Her parents could donate their bone marrow, but that would result in an even lower success rate and the side effects could be more serious. Rhy's mother said "gene therapy was our only real hope," and with that said, doctors extracted bone marrow. from Rhys' marrow, used a harmless virus to add functional immune system genes to Rhys' DNA. It was replanted a few days later, it was a success and according to his mother, “it saved his life”. Today, three more people with the condition called X-SCID, or X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency, have been treated. These were also successes thanks to the gene therapy Rhys had received. The future therefore looked promising for these children and their families. It all ended when the news broke what everyone feared. A three-year-old child received the treatment in Paris when he was six months old. He developed leukemia and the virus used to insert itself into his DNA was the cause. As a result, gene therapy trials have been suspended and are awaiting further investigation. This is an ethical dilemma at best. Applying Ross's ethical principles, one could say that beneficence was the most used principle in this case. The parents and doctors of these young children helped set up...... middle of paper ...... without this, some decisions must be made about the extent of the possibilities. And therefore be transformed into laws in order to protect future generations and ourselves. The benefits of gene therapy should not be overlooked, as it has infinite potential to free us from disease. This will make a difference in life and death and in the lives of our future generations. (Crystal Schilling, 1998).Bibliography "Natural Law - OCR Religious Studies Philosophy and Ethics A Level." Internet. April 24, 2011. "Therapeutic Approach Controversies: Gene Therapy, IVF, Stem Cells, and Pharmacogenomics | Learn the Science on Scriptable." Nature Publishing Group: scientific journals, jobs and information. Internet. April 24, 2011. “Schilling, Crystal.” Gene Therapy. "Gene Therapy (1998). February 11, 1998. Web. April 24, 2011. Gene Therapy." NDSU - North Dakota State University. Internet. April 24. 2011