How Genetically Modified Organism’s Affect Our World
How genetically modified organism’s effect our world genetically modified organisms are a big part of everyday life and most of us don’t realize it. You can find these organisms in everything from the food you eat to the drugs you take. A genetically modified organism is an organism that has had their genetic makeup altered by genetic engineering. These organisms are modified by mutating, inserting, or deleting their genes. There are many different ways to do this. Scientists use methods such as using a virus to attach the genes. Another practice used is by means of a very small needle inserting DNA into the directly nucleus. Electroporation is another way that uses electric pulses to introduce from one organism to another. They also use …show more content…
Genetically modified crops are plants that have had their DNA altered to institute new traits they usually would not have. Crops are modified to resist diseases, environmental conditions, pest and longer lives. The first plant modified was a tobacco plant in 1982. It was produced to be antibiotic resistant. Most of the genetically modified crops in agriculture consist of manufactured goods crops, like soybean, maize, cotton and rapeseed. The Flavr Savr tomato was produced and sold in 1992 but only for a few years. The tomato was made to have a longer shelf life than other tomatoes. To try to improve world hunger, researchers have been developing golden rice that contains vitamin A. The rice is actually modified to contain beta carotene which the human body turns into vitamin A. There are several countries across the world that is severely vitamin a deficient. Vitamin A deficiency is responsible for estimated 1-2 million deaths. This rice is still being researched, trying to add vitamin E, zinc, and iron in an attempt to further improve
How genetically modified organism’s effect our world genetically modified organisms are a big part of everyday life and most of us don’t realize it. You can find these organisms in everything from the food you eat to the drugs you take. A genetically modified organism is an organism that has had their genetic makeup altered by genetic engineering. These organisms are modified by mutating, inserting, or deleting their genes. There are many different ways to do this. Scientists use methods such as using a virus to attach the genes. Another practice used is by means of a very small needle inserting DNA into the directly nucleus. Electroporation is another way that uses electric pulses to introduce from one organism to another. They also use …show more content…
Genetically modified crops are plants that have had their DNA altered to institute new traits they usually would not have. Crops are modified to resist diseases, environmental conditions, pest and longer lives. The first plant modified was a tobacco plant in 1982. It was produced to be antibiotic resistant. Most of the genetically modified crops in agriculture consist of manufactured goods crops, like soybean, maize, cotton and rapeseed. The Flavr Savr tomato was produced and sold in 1992 but only for a few years. The tomato was made to have a longer shelf life than other tomatoes. To try to improve world hunger, researchers have been developing golden rice that contains vitamin A. The rice is actually modified to contain beta carotene which the human body turns into vitamin A. There are several countries across the world that is severely vitamin a deficient. Vitamin A deficiency is responsible for estimated 1-2 million deaths. This rice is still being researched, trying to add vitamin E, zinc, and iron in an attempt to further improve