been modifying genetics since the beginning of agriculture more than 10‚000 years ago. People have been utilizing selective breeding in order to produce superior crops and animal. However‚ not only their are creating superior crops and animals‚ their harming plants and animals during the process. We have been told GM crops will feed the world‚ but that’s clearly not the point. The type of GMOs that have caused people to fear they are not safe is produced by genetic engineering and selective breeding
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Is Monsanto as bad as it’s made out to be? The growing science of biotechnology Biotechnology is allowing genetics to combine with genes from many different species and coming up with innovative versions of old-style foods. Varieties of tomatoes‚ soya and potato‚ cucumber and maize have already gone through the blade of biotechnology. Genetic engineering is when scientists remove a specific gene for a good characteristic‚ from the DNA of an organism and place it into another organism. Modern
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GM (Gentically Modified) or GE (Genetically Engineered) foods are plant crops created for the consumption of humans and animals using the latest genetic engineering techniques. Genetically modifying food involves altering a plant ’s genes‚ either by removing a gene or adding a gene from another living being. There has been high controversy around introducing GM foods as a solution to the world food crisis. Are GM foods harmful of helpful? Many concerns have risen around GM foods‚ including economical
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many environmental benefits as well. GM food seems relatively benign if it’s the result of cross-breeding two organisms of the same species‚ such as crossing strawberry plants with a deeper red color with those that have larger fruit. The type of genetic modification that causes the greatest ire amongst consumers and activists‚ however‚ is when genes from two totally unrelated organisms are combined. For example‚ “Roundup Ready” soybean crops have been genetically engineered to carry a gene from a
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the earth‚ but perhaps we should be aware of how far we are going. Currently humanity attempts to meddle with the very material that makes all that lives what it is‚ their DNA or genetic makeup. This is a very serious area of science that we are beginning to dive into‚ Because of the severity of tampering with the genetic makeup of nature‚ we must bring to attention the question: To what extent is it ethical to continue the use of GMOs for the betterment of society‚ and the progression of the human
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modified crops or plants have not been yet proven because we are too early in the game of this genetically modification and engineering process. Thinking that this is a small solution to our problem for hunger and feeding Americans‚ then maybe they are just creating more problems that may not have solutions for in the future. However‚ the US National Academy of Science‚ Engineering and Medicine‚ states otherwise. In a new report that details how genetically modified organisms are apparently safe for
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GENETIC MODIFIED FOODS: ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES Nataliya Mogilna‚ Alex Magufwa Sumy State University‚ Sumy‚ Ukraine What are genetically-modified foods? "Genetically modified foods" is the term most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or ani mal consumption‚ which have been modified in the laboratory to enhance desired traits or improved nutritional content. The enhancement of desired traits has traditionally been undertaken through breeding‚ but conventional plant
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(Rough Draft) Genetically Engineered Food Should people be worried about genetically engineered/modified food? Many people are starting to question what it is exactly that they are eating and how it could possibly harm them. Specifically‚ the harm that could befall them from GM food. A genetically modified organism is something that received one or more genes from another organism. There are three arguments that the people worried about GM food put on the table; those arguments being: GM food
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GMO stands for “genetically modified organism”. Through genetic engineering an organism is able to have its DNA altered or modified to create a GMO. For example‚ tomatoes have been genetically modified by receiving antifreeze genes from a fish called winter flounder (Pseudopleuronectes americanus) to resist frost during extremely cold temperatures (Science‚ 2017). GMOs are a very controversial topic as some people are against it and believe man is trying to play “God” and interfere with nature while
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BIOSAFETY REGULATION IN INDIA: THE WAY AHEAD Part-I Introduction India has placed great importance on the development of a strong scientific sector since its early days as an independent country. As a subset of science and technology‚ India quickly identified the potential biotechnology had for fostering national development. The Sixth Five Year Plan‚ which set out the developmental priorities of India for 1980 - 1985‚ signalled out biotechnology as a useful tool to meet the health and agriculture
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