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In the genes. (updates).
Opponents of genetically engineered (GE) foods have long warned that bacteria living in the human intestinal tract might absorb genetic material--DNA--from gene-modified foods.
Many GE crops have antibiotic-resistant genes inserted in them, and GE opponents fear that if we ingest material from these genes, we may-lose the ability to fight infections and even become antibiotic-resistant ourselves.
Biotech engineers have scoffed at the idea, saying the modified genetic material doesn't remain in the body. But a new study commissioned by the British government and published in July 2002 by the Food Standards Agency says otherwise.
Harry Gilbert, PhD, and other .researchers at the University of Newcastle in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, gave seven volunteers a single meal--a burger and a milkshake, ...
- AMA says eliminate antibiotics in farming.(antibiotic-resistant genes can end...
- Magazine article from: Natural Life September 1, 2001 700+ words
...research at the University of Illinois has traced antibiotic-resistant genes from hogs on two factory farms to groundwater and soil as far as a sixth of a mile away. These resistant genes can persist in the environment and can be passed on to humans...
- Cloned cow with mad cow disease-resistant genes born in China.
- News wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. April 26, 2006 700+ words
Cloned cow with mad cow disease-resistant genes born in China Beijing, Apr 26 (PTI) A cloned calf with genes resistant to mad cow disease was born in East China's Shandong...
- Evogene, Biogemma to develop drought-resistant corn: Evogene CEO Ofer Haviv:...
- Newspaper article from: Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) July 26, 2006 700+ words
...combined with Biogemma's corn varieties. Evogene president and CEO Ofer Haviv said, "The combination of our drought-resistant genes with commercial lines is a qualitative jump in linking-up Evogene's technology with the global seed industry." Evogene...
- Tetracyline-Resistant Genes In Groundwater Illustrate Potential For Spreading...
- Newspaper article from: Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA May 27, 2001 700+ words
2001 MAY 27 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genes resistant to tetracycline have been found in groundwater as far as a sixth of a mile downstream from two swine facilities that use antibiotics as growth promoters. The finding is significant in part because it shows the potential for spreading
- Seeking fungus-resistant genes.
- Magazine article from: Wines & Vines Lavin, Kate May 1, 2008 700+ words
Springfield, Mo. -- Researchers at Missouri State University and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center are working to find and suppress the genes that make grapevines susceptible to fungal diseases. The majority of the research has surrounded Norton, a hardy native American grape that is largely
- ...and virus-resistant genes appear. (plants engineered to resist...
- Magazine article from: Science News January 4, 1997 700+ words
Scientists have boosted the ability of plants to ward off single viruses by giving them powerful foreign genes. Now, researchers say they are engineering plants to resist multiple viruses. A Japanese team has inserted into tobacco plants human genes that express two enzymes that together kill
- Can GM food make your body immune to antibiotics?
- Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England) Poulter, Sean July 17, 2002 700+ words
...unlikely. 'There is a whole slew of different antibiotic resistant genes that are being used in GM crops in their production in the...gut of people who eat them. Friends of the Earth GM expert Adrian Bebb said this response contradicted the opinions of many international...
- WTO COULD OVERRULE MINISTERS' DECISION TO BAN GM.(News)
- Newspaper article from: Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales) June 28, 2005 700+ words
...conducted by the manufacturer, biotech giant Monsanto. Adrian Bebb, GM campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said the...grounds. They range from the risk of transferring antibiotic-resistant genes to humans and animals to the devastating effects on insects...
