Mohammad Neaz
SCC 101, 115A
Dr. Jennifer Vance
6/5/17
Genetically Modified Organisms Genetically modified organisms, more commonly known as GMOs is the process where genes from the DNA of one organism are taken and unnaturally forced into a completely different organism, whether a plant or even an animal. The genes being relocated into another organism possibly derive from animals, viruses, bacteria, insects, and humans. This process is done in a laboratory mostly in regards to foods and agriculture. Historically GMOs have always existed in some way in agriculture for about 10,000 years, but the process was not anywhere near the same as it is now, back then farmers would select the most productive seeds and plants from their crops. However, …show more content…
This slander and defamation lead to court cases and was argued that the results were invalid due to the strain of rat that was used, Sprague-Dawley (SD), which is a strain of rat that is naturally susceptible to developing tumors. Usage of the SD rat is the norm when it comes to long term tests in regards to tumor development. On top of that, it was the same strain of rat that was used by Monsanto for their 90 day experiments which lead to the approval of their genetically modified products. If the long term results are believed to be invalid then as a result so should the results that lead to the approval, at the very least the experiments done by Monsanto was definitely insufficient in information to get approved. One of the court cases was a libel case between Marc Fellous, president of the French Association for Plant Biotechnology, and Séralini. Séralini and his co-researchers had done a re-assessment of the raw data from Monsanto’s original rat feeding of genetically modified maize and had found that there was notable signs of toxicity. Fellous was trying to discredit Séralini and prove his re-assessment as invalid to the point where he forged signatures of another scientist. The court had ruled against Fellous and he was convicted for defamation and charged with the use of
SCC 101, 115A
Dr. Jennifer Vance
6/5/17
Genetically Modified Organisms Genetically modified organisms, more commonly known as GMOs is the process where genes from the DNA of one organism are taken and unnaturally forced into a completely different organism, whether a plant or even an animal. The genes being relocated into another organism possibly derive from animals, viruses, bacteria, insects, and humans. This process is done in a laboratory mostly in regards to foods and agriculture. Historically GMOs have always existed in some way in agriculture for about 10,000 years, but the process was not anywhere near the same as it is now, back then farmers would select the most productive seeds and plants from their crops. However, …show more content…
This slander and defamation lead to court cases and was argued that the results were invalid due to the strain of rat that was used, Sprague-Dawley (SD), which is a strain of rat that is naturally susceptible to developing tumors. Usage of the SD rat is the norm when it comes to long term tests in regards to tumor development. On top of that, it was the same strain of rat that was used by Monsanto for their 90 day experiments which lead to the approval of their genetically modified products. If the long term results are believed to be invalid then as a result so should the results that lead to the approval, at the very least the experiments done by Monsanto was definitely insufficient in information to get approved. One of the court cases was a libel case between Marc Fellous, president of the French Association for Plant Biotechnology, and Séralini. Séralini and his co-researchers had done a re-assessment of the raw data from Monsanto’s original rat feeding of genetically modified maize and had found that there was notable signs of toxicity. Fellous was trying to discredit Séralini and prove his re-assessment as invalid to the point where he forged signatures of another scientist. The court had ruled against Fellous and he was convicted for defamation and charged with the use of