Since the first genetically modified organism 50 years ago, GMOs have brought us disease-resistant crops, new drugs and more.
Half a century ago, the first genetically modified organism ushered in a new era of biological innovation. To mark this anniversary, here are eight milestone GMOs. Many have had, or are poised to have, a dramatic impact on our lives.,” says geneticist Matthew Cobb of the University of Manchester in England. In 1978, facing problems with insulin derived from pigs and cows, scientistsThe genetically engineered mouse on the left is missing a gene affecting hair growth.
Some people also trace a rise in GMO opposition back to the Flavr Savr tomato, Kovak says. The tomato went through intense safety tests, but people opposed to GMO foods more generally, then and now, point to potential health and environmental risks.Golden rice is genetically modified to produce a precursor to vitamin A. It’s noticeably yellow compared with ordinary white rice .
More than 2 billion people worldwide face micronutrient deficiencies. Traditional breeding and genetic engineering can amp up those nutrients, and. “More than half of the world’s population, including many of those living in poverty, rely on rice for most of their daily calories,” says B.P. Mallikarjuna Swamy, a rice biofortification researcher at the International Rice Research Institute in Los Baños, Philippines.
Some researchers are turning to GMOs for conservation. The American chestnut, which once dominated the eastern seaboard, offers an early example of what such efforts might look like. These “redwoods of the East” were severely reduced by the mid-1900s by a parasitic fungus introduced from imported trees. Historical efforts to develop a blight-resistant chestnut using traditional breeding haven’t panned out, but the Darling chestnut might be the answer.
Other research teams are adding genes that make mosquitoes resistant to a pathogen, says Macias, thereby preventing disease spread. And advances in gene editing mean it’s now possible to useGenetics
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
A brief history of Gaza's centuries of warGaza is a coastal strip of land that lay on ancient trading and maritime routes along the Mediterranean shore.
Read more »
Crypto advocates file amicus brief to address users' Fourth Amendment privacy rightsCrypto advocacy group DeFi Education Fund has filed an amicus brief to a U.S. court, requesting for it to rethink how the Fourth Amendment is applied to protect crypto user’s privacy rights in the digital age.
Read more »
When you gaze into Dwayne Johnson's new wax figure, it gazes also into youOr: A brief historical tour of frequently terrible wax sculptures of The Rock
Read more »
La Lechuza legend serves as both a cautionary tale and a story of revengeThe story is well known in northern Mexico and South Texas, where a brief wave of hysteria surrounding one instance of the legend erupted in the 70s.
Read more »
Britney Spears' Cowriter Claims Wade Robson Affair Lasted ‘A While’ Britney Spears claimed in her ‘The Woman in Me’ memoir that she had a brief affair with Wade Robson before her breakup from Justin Timberlake
Read more »
Elizabeth Taylor’s Last Romance Before Her Death Was With This Unexpected Actor Who Was Over 40 Years Her JuniorAfter Britney Spears revealed her brief romance with Colin Farrell in her memoir The Woman in Me, many have wondered what other A-listers Farrell has been linked to over the years.
Read more »