Upload NowThis is in contrast to requirements introduced for GMOs and GM foods. The concept of risk assessment of GMOs was first discussed at the Asilomar Conference in 1975. The discovery of recombinant DNA had raised concerns among researchers regarding the potential creation of recombinant viruses whose escape would threaten public health. Fourteen months after a […]
Notes on GMOs and GM Foods | Biotechnology
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Essay on Modern Biotechnology and Crop Breeding
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In this article we will discuss about the use of modern methods of crop breeding. Conventional breeding, especially of crops, livestock and fish, focuses principally on increased productivity, increased resistance to diseases and pests, and enhanced quality with respect to nutrition and food processing. Advances in cellular genetics and cell biology methods in the 1960s […]
Application of Modern Biotechnology to Animal Production
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In terms of food production, the application of modern biotechnology to livestock falls into a area of animal production. Fish: The projected increasing demand for fish suggests that GM fish may become important in both developed and developing countries. Enhanced-growth Atlantic salmon containing a growth hormone gene from Chinook salmon is likely to be the […]