GUESS WHAT'S COMING TO DINNER?
Bananas : Edible vaccines including hepatitis, polio, cholera and malaria. Bananas may serve as good storage for edible vaccines. Bananas are indigenous to many developing nations, so it would be easier than shipping conventional vaccines, because they need to be administered and refrigerated.
Fly ; first GM insects due to release in the Summer in the United States. Biotechnologists sterilize an all-male population of pests. This causes a smaller population of pests because the GM insect can't contribute to reproduction and female pests mate once.
Corn :Biotech companies are testing corn concoctions that alter oil profile, amino-acid composition, seed color, starch content and ability to tolerate drought
Flowers : Petunias may become first GM plants available. GM for coloring and pesticide resistance
Fruit : strawberries, pears, melons, apples, grapefruits and watermelons altered with sugar content, fruit ripening cycles and pest resistance
Fries : Potatoes engineered to absorb less oil when fried. Bioengineers are also working to generate high-performance cooking oils which may allow healthier fried foods with fewer saturated fats
Cotton- Altered fiber quality that is moth resistance and drought tolerant
Bananas : Edible vaccines including hepatitis, polio, cholera and malaria. Bananas may serve as good storage for edible vaccines. Bananas are indigenous to many developing nations, so it would be easier than shipping conventional vaccines, because they need to be administered and refrigerated.
Fly ; first GM insects due to release in the Summer in the United States. Biotechnologists sterilize an all-male population of pests. This causes a smaller population of pests because the GM insect can't contribute to reproduction and female pests mate once.
Corn :Biotech companies are testing corn concoctions that alter oil profile, amino-acid composition, seed color, starch content and ability to tolerate drought
Flowers : Petunias may become first GM plants available. GM for coloring and pesticide resistance
Fruit : strawberries, pears, melons, apples, grapefruits and watermelons altered with sugar content, fruit ripening cycles and pest resistance
Fries : Potatoes engineered to absorb less oil when fried. Bioengineers are also working to generate high-performance cooking oils which may allow healthier fried foods with fewer saturated fats
Cotton- Altered fiber quality that is moth resistance and drought tolerant