Brian,
-- A variety of simple and inexpensive molecular biology methods (pcr + gels; qpcr; sequencing) could reveal genetic engineering in foods, especially a known gene or vector had been added to the genome and was being searched for.
Have you guys heard of the Arctic Apple? The developers silenced or at least downregulated a gene that creates polyphenol oxidase in the fruit, reducing or eliminating the rate at which the apple turns brown when cut open and exposed to air. It's an interesting example of food genetic engineering because instead of making a transgenic organism, they just altered the existing genome to modulate the apples metabolism. In other words, instead of adding genes, they removed a gene. Will the public see this as a less controversial form of genetic engineering? Or will it still be concerning for the same reasons as transgenic organisms?
Cheers
Mac
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Brian Cady <briancady413@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi Stefano,
Glad to read of your interest. I see genetic engineering, unlike nuclear technology, as soon potentially undetectable, as there's no signal, like nuclear radioactivity, to show genetically modified organisms (GMOs). This can frighten, but because genetically engineered organisms are so unlikely to out-compete, in the wild, naturally evolved life, I think the fear should be more centered on the corporate control of GMO production, and see your work as powerfully helpful here.
While I worry about GMOs, I worry more about 'climapocalypse'. I hope to use GMOed plants and plankton, produced non-corporately, to counter or reverse greenhouse gas concentration increases.
Hope to continue this conversation,
Brian CadyTo view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/diybio/c96d8724-c69f-4189-82e4-92973555aa01%40googlegroups.com?hl=en.
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