Genetically Modified Food- Advantages

Genetically Modified Food
- Advantages


Genetically Modified (GM) food has received a lot of flack from interest groups in the last few years, but I don’t think that it is as bad as some claim it to be. For some, GM foods are thought to be harmful.
What foods are potentially dangerous and what are the risks? I think that from a biologist point of view, that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages.

Today, genetically engineered food is at the centre of the controversy.
First, one must understand that plants can be modified in many ways and that the practice of changing our food's DNA is not new. Historically, people have been altering crops by choosing seeds from plants with desired characteristics for a long time.
Likewise, plant breeders can and have been creating hybrids by crossing crops with wild relatives of the same family. This process also is not new; it uses simple pollen/embryo manipulation and can improve specific plant properties. Wide crosses, though, do n...