Essay On Advantages And Disadvantages Of GMO

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In the 21st century, humans have achieved greater success in scientific technology, especially in Biotechnology field. There is an old saying: “The more you get, the more you want”, and in fact, Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) is one typical controversy. For some, it should be widely-used to improve vegetable resistances when the natural habitats rapidly change. However, according to some U.S Scientists and Senior U.S Government, there are many side-effects of GMO which take adverse impacts on human health, genome of species and environment, (Whitman, 2000). By researching harmful evidence on human, Doshi – Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University suggested that it is to stop using GMO immediately to keep out high-risk problems, ADVANTAGES OF GMO Organic Consumer Association stated “Genetically Modified Foods are experimental plants or animals that have been genetically engineered in a laboratory with DNA from other plants, animal, bacteria and viruses”. By using latest molecular biological techniques, researchers modified the genome to enhance…show more content…
Then, human immune systems and other organs will be attacked. For example, not long after the GM soy was first commercialized in the UK, the rate of soy allergy increased to 50%. According to the UK researchers, modifying the soybean genes not only caused the number of original allergens but also generated more unusual allergens, (Smith, 2014). Apart from allergies, GMO may affect in the long run because of the safety of new unknown genes. In article of Mesnage et al, It is said that researchers at the University of Caen (France) have recently announced their findings about the risks that B.t toxins pose to human cells, though the Bt protein was assumed to cause no harm to human cells for such a long time. These results of the experiments have urged scientists to assess the danger of
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