Thomas Huynh Period 2 Golden Rice Vitamin A deficiency is one the most common nutritional deficiencies in developing regions. Deficiency in vitamin A can negatively affect growth‚ cause blindness‚ and suppress the immune system. To solve this problem green leafy vegetables and yellow fruits and certain animal produces B carotene are used to synthesize vitamin A. This can be done by direct manipulation of an organism’s genome using biotechnology; first isolating and copying the genetic material
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vitamin A‚ are a major cause of mortality impoverished countries. A new movement‚ called the Golden Rice Project‚ is working to provide these impoverished countries the vitamins and nutrients they need. The "Golden Rice" is a case of biofortification where rice plants are genetically modified to produce and accumulate vitamin A in their grains‚ a trait not found in nature. In this paper‚ I will use The Golden Rice Project as a case study to reflect upon the benefits as well as the environmental implications
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Golden rice Vitamin A is one of the most important vitamins to humans‚ and it plays an inevitable role in our daily life‚ thus Vitamin A deficiency (VAD) affects millions of people‚ causing serious health problems. Therefore‚ scientists are searching for the most effective method to let people obtain enough Vitamin A as possible. As a consequence‚ the scientific program of cultivating Golden Rice has attracted people’s attention. “Golden Rice is a new type of rice that contains beta-carotene‚ a
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SUMMARY : GOLDEN RICE One of the applications of recombinant DNA technology in enriched foods field is golden rice. The organism used is daffodil or maize‚ bacteria Erwinia uredovora and Escherichia coli. The insertion of phytoene synthase (psy) gene from daffodil or maize and phytoene desaturase (crt I) from Erwinia uredovora into rice genome reintroduced carotenoid biosynthetic pathway in the endosperm that was absent before. This gives the ability of making β-carotene (precursor of Vitamin A)
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For example‚ there is about 250‚000 to 500‚000 children are going to be blind for each year due to the deficiency of vitamin A and more than half of them will die within a year. To overcome this crisis‚ a transgenic rice called Golden Rice was generated. Golden Rice is a transgenic variety that containing the beta- carotene which is a precursor of vitamin A. This transgenic variety supplemented with two daffodil genes which will produce the grain with beta- carotene. Besides‚ there is another
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field of rice‚ called “Golden Rice”‚ was completely devastated by a group of angry Filipino protestors. However‚ this was no ordinary rice. It was genetically modified rice that was designed to alleviate some major problems in the world. One farmer passionately said‚ “we do not want our people‚ especially our children‚ to be used in these experiments.” However‚ there were several people outraged by this act of vandalism. One of those people‚ Amy Harmon‚ decided to bury the notion that Golden Rice is detrimental
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I decided to go con golden rice. I was given the Pro golden rice‚ but because the con had more information‚ and logical facts‚ I changed my idea to con. Some other reasons why I picked con is that the gut does not absorb β-Carotene very well. Another reason is that β-Carotene changes the color of the rice. The last reason why i’m con golden Rice is that some countries banned golden rice. β-Carotene does not absorb into the gut well. Because of this‚ it could cause problems in the digestive problems
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Security Policy: Documentation and Implementation Most babies cry when they receive their first set of vaccines. Mothers know that they must go through this to ensure a healthy future. Like a vaccine the development and execution of a good security policy will help prevent danger and intrusion later. Being one step ahead of the virus is half the battle; it’s the development and implementation that will essentially win the war. The average American is surrounded by security policies
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In Golden Pond‚ there are three particular characters that are in the film‚ which consists of Norman‚ Ethel Thayer‚ and their daughter Chelsea Thayer Wayne‚ who are in Golden Pond. There is a particular approach that corresponds to the understanding of the human development cycle and psychosocial development through an analysis of the Thayer family. The approach is known to argued that human beings go through several series of development in which s crisis is addressed and over come in order for
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value of Rice Sector Of Viet Nam and Raising the Income of The poor General Introduction: Rice is the staple food of almost Vietnamese people and the number of rice cultivating households accounts for 2/3 households in all country. To about 100% population of Vietnam – the poorest group‚ rice takes account 35% total household spending. The important role of rice to the national economy is showed through the consumer price index structure with the rice proportion : 20%. Moreover‚ rice export is
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