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Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - sekker - 01-20-2016
99.9% of all bananas eaten were generated from a sterile artificial cross between TWO DIFFERENT PLANTs. Literally, over 25,000 genes were MIXED to generate this sterile plant that we grow asexually.
Think about the issues of GMOs - most of which contain the addition of a single new gene - next time you have that banana for breakfast, or as a part of a banana split.
I am in the genome engineering field, but I do not sell GMOs. Modern GE science is far, far, far better and more precise than traditional crop breeding as well described in the rest of this thread. But the political ramifications of a few companies have castrated this technology so that it cannot really help our world's growing population. Or for addressing renewable fuels. Or for medicinal technologies.
It's amazing how completely fraudulent science can hamstring an entire technology.
I admit that GE scientists could do a better job at communicating the value of this technology to make the world a better place.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Black - 01-20-2016
sekker wrote:TMI
MIXED to generate this sterile plant that we grow asexually.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - Pam - 01-20-2016
What I care about is what chemicals are on/in our food (organic too) and the fact that Monsanto has cornered the food market.
Re: Widely-cited anti-GM studies may have been faked... - sekker - 01-21-2016
Pam wrote:
What I care about is what chemicals are on/in our food (organic too) and the fact that Monsanto has cornered the food market.
Or what bacteria should be ABSENT from our food - like Ecoli in Chipotle...