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1 day ago · Genetically modified organism, organism whose genome has been engineered in the laboratory in order to favor the expression of desired physiological traits or the generation of desired biological products. Learn more about the development and uses of genetically modified organisms in this article.
- GMOs in Medicine and Research
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- Judith L. Fridovich-Keil
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genetically modified organism (GMO), An organism whose...
- Transgenic Organism
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- Knockout Mouse
knockout mouse, genetically engineered laboratory mouse (Mus...
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- Selective Breeding
selective breeding, the practice of mating individuals with...
- GMOs in Medicine and Research
1 day ago · To the average consumer, GMO potatoes don’t look very different when sitting next to their organic counterparts. Although they may look identical, genetically modified foods can come along with unintended consequences and unknown effects on those who eat them. This is especially concerning since the FDA approved three new GMO potatoes in 2017.
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1 day ago · Genetically modified foods (GM foods), also known as genetically engineered foods (GE foods), or bioengineered foods are foods produced from organisms that have had changes introduced into their DNA using various methods of genetic engineering.
2 days ago · Plant pathologist George Harrar recruited and assembled the wheat research team in late 1944. The four other members were soil scientist William Colwell; maize breeder Edward Wellhausen; potato breeder John Niederhauser; and Norman Borlaug, all from the United States.
4 days ago · In this article, we will cover some of the basic history, facts, and data surrounding GMOs, and the impact they have on modern society around the world. The first Genetically Modified Organism was actually intentionally made in 1973 by Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen.
3 days ago · The Irish poor ate potatoes, and the authors estimate that there were 3 million 'potato people' before the Famine, competing for smaller plots of marginal land. The traditional dairy diet of the Irish poor declined as milk was used to feed cattle or to make butter, two export products.
5 days ago · Fritz Haber (born December 9, 1868, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia [now Wroclaw, Poland]—died January 29, 1934, Basel, Switzerland) was a German physical chemist and winner of the 1918 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his successful work on nitrogen fixation.
