Genetic Modification Eyed To Make Inedible Plants Edible
Posted by Ardent Editor on February 9th, 2012
Genetic modification has come a long way and it may still have a long way to go. Despite the many advances it has been able to achieve in the field of science, it is still being considered as a common cause of debate in the public arena. The main problem behind this may be in part due to its introduction into the world and the consumer market with many people not fully understanding it as well as its effects to hum
Facts About GM Food
Posted by Ardent Editor on January 31st, 2012
While people today are aware about the presence of genetically modified food, it might sometimes surprise some that the scope that most people may think it covers may actually be bigger than what they are led to believe. True, GM food has pervaded the consumer food chain in more ways than one. And it is not in the way that most people may have previously thought. Here are some of the facts about GM food that people
Insect Resistance To Bt Toxins Increasing In Insect Resistant GM Crops
Posted by Ardent Editor on November 18th, 2011
While biotech companies are trying to extol the many benefits of using GM crops to many farmers, there seems to be a growing concern of its long term effects and for what it may possibly do to the environment at large. For example, scientists have recently conducted an insect resistance review of insects to Bt toxins that are inserted into GM crops like Bt cotton and Bt corn.
While GM companies have promised lesser
The Politics Over GM Food
Posted by Ardent Editor on October 20th, 2011
The debate over GM food still remains unsettled as ever. It has been going on for several years now. Both sides have their own strong points and why they stand firm on that. But while the debate has been going on through various avenues, probably one of the most tightly contested battlegrounds remains to be on the political front. Those for and against GM food have long battling it out in order to influence Washing
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Control Dengue Fever
Posted by Ardent Editor on September 14th, 2011
It seems that the wide use for genetic modification may not just be limited to the agriculture industry. Scientists may now be on the way of using genetic modification in trying to control the spread of diseases through its many carriers. An initial experiment that has already been underway has been using genetically modified mosquitoes in order to control dengue fever.
Scientists from a biotech company called Oxit
Scientists Against Human Trials On GM Wheat
Posted by Ardent Editor on June 30th, 2011
Recent news have come out about Australia’s plan to test GM wheat on humans. The CSIRO, or Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Australia’s national science agency, is planning to test GM wheat grown in the ACT (Australian Capital Territory) by feeding it on rats and pigs. But along the way it also plans to feed it on human trials. A group of scientists from around the world has
Genetically Modified Cows Produce Milk Similar To Human Milk
Posted by Ardent Editor on June 17th, 2011
Genetic modification may be a controversial subject to many people, especially those concerning GM food. But the bad press that the technology may have gotten in the last few years have not stopped scientists in the industry to somehow develop new ways to harness its potentials. Just one of the recent advancements that genetic modification may have accomplished involved dairy cows.
Scientists and researchers in Ch
E. Coli Outbreak Threatens Europe
Posted by Ardent Editor on June 3rd, 2011
A recent outbreak of a relatively new strain of the E. coli virus is threatening a number of nations in Europe. The food-borne intestinal virus has currently affected around 8 European countries, the hardest hit so far of which is Germany. The severity and the rate that the E. coli outbreak spread throughout Europe have perplexed many experts.
The E. coli virus is a relatively common organism that can be found in t
Activists Demand GM Foods Be Labeled
Posted by Ardent Editor on June 3rd, 2011
A group of activists showed up in front of Chicago grocery store to protest the sale of genetically modified foods. The catch is that the store is Whole Foods Market, one of America’s top organic food retailers. The group, Organic Consumers Association, claims that genetically modified corn, soy, and other crops have become common ingredients in processed foods that Whole Foods has not been able to avoid se
Why We Don’t Know A Lot About GM Foods
Posted by Ardent Editor on June 1st, 2011
Genetically modified foods have already been around since 1996 when it was first introduced and approved for commercial use. It was the time when GM corn and soy were introduced for use in commercial farming. They found their way into consumers by way of the many products that use soy and corn as ingredients.
Not many people in the US may know about it, but 70 percent of corn and 90 percent of soy being planted in