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Further Developments for GMOs
Moving forward, the future of genetically modified organisms will include plants with improved resistance against: plant disease and drought.
Moreover these crops will have increased nutrient levels, fish species will have enhanced growth characteristics.
For non-food usage, these plants or animals can be used to produce important proteins for new vaccines.
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Assessing The Safety of GM foods
To assess the safety of genetically modified foods, they focus on the following:
- Direct health effects
- Potential to provoke allergies
- Nutritional components
- The stability of the inserted gene
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Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)
GMOs are organisms that have altered genetic material, and this genetic alteration does not occur naturally.
Modern biotechnology allows selected individual genes to be transfered from one organism to another even between nonrelated species.
The food that is produced using GM...
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Main Issues Concerning Human Health
- Allergenicity - the protocols for testing of genetically modified foods are evaluated thoroughly by the FAO and the WHO. No allergic effects have been found relative to GM foods currently on the market.
- Gene transfer - the tranferabi...
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The Production of Genetically Modified Food
The main objective of developing plants that have GMOs is to improve crop protection. Genetically modified crops have a higher resistance against plant diseases that come from insects, viruses, or herbicides.
Moreover, in terms of durability and nutritional value geneticall...
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Genetically Modified Foods Are Safe
The genetically modified foods that are available on the international market have passed the necessary safety assessments and are not likely to present any type of risk for our health.
Rest assured that the safety assessment of GM foods is a continuous and ongoing process ...
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