RE: Monsanto gives up fight for GM plants in Europe
June 2, 2013 at 4:37 pm
(This post was last modified: June 2, 2013 at 4:39 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
It's a failure in principle, to be honest. Nothing becomes allergenic or toxic by simple virtue of it having been modified.
One very useful application of genetic engineering would be to "modify out'" allergenic compounds in traditionally bred crops.......and this is already being looked into. My daughter can;t eat peas because of an enzyme that they produce - but she loves the taste (it's unnerving), and they're pretty damned nutritious. Wouldn't it be lovely if she could have her peas without my having a heart attack? Genetic engineering to the rescue!
One very useful application of genetic engineering would be to "modify out'" allergenic compounds in traditionally bred crops.......and this is already being looked into. My daughter can;t eat peas because of an enzyme that they produce - but she loves the taste (it's unnerving), and they're pretty damned nutritious. Wouldn't it be lovely if she could have her peas without my having a heart attack? Genetic engineering to the rescue!
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