GMO - is not only useful but also delicious? 5 Cumulative GM plant and animal species

For many years in the media, at conferences and meetings, arguing supporters and opponents of genetically modified organisms. The most interesting thing to watch the discussions, which involve people who barely received secondary education, and who are trying to convince everyone else that, say, using a genetically modified food tomato, person, or his children have changed both externally and internally. The outcome of these discussions is to frighten people with the subsequent fastening tabs "does not contain GMOs" to the packs of salt and a bottle of mineral water.

At the same time, scientists, professionals, trying to prove that the majority of GMOs are absolutely safe, and problems if they may be, is not that a person has something to grow, or, conversely, will disappear. Well, as long as there are all these disputes, the number of genetically modified organisms around us is constantly increasing. And among them there is a very interesting species.

Apples that do not darken in the cut



We all know that the flesh of the apple comes into contact with air, it gets dark. This is due to the fact that the apple is tyrosinase catalyzes the reaction of air on iron polyphenols. If a slice of apple conventional drip citric acid, then darken the cut will not be as limonnnaya acid - one of the strongest antioxidants.

Not long ago, a biotechnology company Okaganan Specialty Fruits Inc. brought a new variety of GM apples, in which the enzyme polyphenol oxidase simply "turned off." As a result - Melanin not produced by reaction with oxygen.

Plus, these same scientists have created apples pitted and films, which are located near the pits.

Tomatoes with anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects



These tomatoes by the efforts of the research center John Innes, have a violet color. Experts who created these tomatoes, wanted to achieve high levels of anthocyanins in the final fruit. This pigment is considered by some oncologists have anti-inflammatory anti-cancer effect. At the same anthocyanin was added by adding DNA gene from tomato DNA snapdragons, plants, tissues which many anthocyanin.

After appropriate studies in mice manifested an interesting result - declined further and the number of sclerotic phenomena, which manifested itself in the form of reducing the amount of plaque in the blood vessels of rodents. We have more anthocyanins and antifungal activity that allows you to "freeze" the development of molds.

Hypersweet fruit

There have proved themselves Russian scientists from the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (IBCH). Back in the late '90s, scientists have learned to be inserted into the DNA of plant gene from the DNA of the West African plant taumatokokkusa. It was found that the gene responsible for production of the protein thaumatin II, which is sweeter than regular sugar in many thousands of times.

Scientists have been able to add a gene taumatokokkusa in strawberries, pears, apples and even tomatoes. As a result, the fruits are much sweeter, and in the case of strawberries also demonstrated another feature of the new gene - resistance to "the scourge of strawberries" - botrytis.

Fortified rice



creators of the new rice varieties added to the plant DNA gene maize and gene soil bacterium Erwinia uredovora. As a result, a new variety of rice contains large amounts of vitamin A. Approximately 150 grams of the rice - daily requirement of vitamin A for an adult.

According to scientists, GM rice can provide "vitamiinizatsiyu" grassroots, provided, of course. that sort will be allowed in various countries. A resolution to achieve is not so simple.

Milk without E. coli

According to the WHO, more than 1 year, 8 million children die due to poisoning caused mainly cane intestinal Escherichia coli. In this case, most of the deaths of these 1, 8 million - a consequence of supplemental foods to children with cow or goat milk.

In many human milk lysozyme enzyme, which acts on the wall of damaging bacteria. The idea of ​​scientists that chtobyb increase the amount of the enzyme in the milk of goats. As a result, scientists from the United States have created genetically modified goats that produce milk with a high content of lysozyme.

While testing the new milk that was only carried out on animals (pigs), and the results showed that the animals drank milk lysozyme occurred much less gastrointestinal disorders.

Basically, the point in the debate "GMOs - is it good or bad" is not yet set. Scientists conducting the study, the townsfolk discuss the results of these studies. Whatever it was, it is necessary to accept the fact that GM has long been among us, and this process is irreversible. How do you feel about GMOs?

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