The differences in views surrounding the genetic modification debate has sparked the implementation of different policies all over the world that clash with each other in terms of its practice. In the US and other countries located in the Americas, genetic modification is seen on a more positive light since the technology of genetic modification has increasingly been used to improve agricultural productivity and h

The debate surrounding GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms) still seem to remain unresolved today. Each camp seem to have their own opinions concerning what’s good and what is bad about genetic modification and the proliferation of a number of GMO’s in the market today. The debate has divided not only people in the US but also on the other side of the world. It has even reached the far reaches o

Although the field of genetic modification and biotechnology in general may have gotten some bad press lately, it should not be reason enough to abandon the research and technology already done altogether. Most people may not yet be able to see just how important the field of biotechnology would be in the future, but someday time would come that people will eventually understand its importance and how its further

It seems just ages ago that a great part of the world was imperiled by famines that tend to put world populations on the risk of widespread hunger. This was especially true before the 1960’s when scores of countries depending on rice as their staple food have gone through the risk of not being able to cope up with the demand for it due to a rapidly growing population as well as droughts and famines. Famine th

Genetic modification (GM) has come a long way since it first came out with the first genetically engineered human insulin in 1982 and the first GM tomato sometime during 1994. Right now, not only is the technology used primarily in agriculture to create better food crops. Genetic modification and biotechnology in general are already being applied in other fields such as pharmaceuticals. But it is primarily on the f

One of the most promising uses for genetic modification being eyed in the future is on the field of medicine. There are a number of advances already being done in the field of genetic modification that may be able to allow researchers to someday be able to develop a wide range of medicines that will be able to treat a variety of diseases that current medicines may not be able to. There are many ways that genetic m

A lot of biotech companies have been strongly driving the industry to be accepted by more and more consumers. A lot of them has been saying that genetically modified foods would be the next big thing and that would help curb world hunger. Biotech food products are the result of research and studies done by scientists in trying to develop ways in trying to combine the favorable characteristics of different plants.