2021-10-26 13:48:04
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GMO food as medicine” — these are absolute abominations, but as the shelves go empty, people will be left with little choice:
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Anti-cancer bread and super tomatoes: the GM diet that could transform our healthCould gene edited foods have important health and environmental benefits for post-Brexit Britain? And can we stomach them?At Rothamsted Research in Harpenden, there is a set of greenhouses which offer a glimpse of the future. Inside lies
a line of wheat plants which have been genetically modified in the hope of creating the world’s first anti-cancer bread.The
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has removed certain regulatory restrictions which mean that scientists can now apply to conduct field trials of gene edited crops for the purpose of food production. The changes are a direct consequence of Brexit – gene editing is heavily restricted throughout the European Union – but government ministers are keen to press on with exploring the potential environmental and health benefits.
“It’s a watershed moment for plant science,” says Murray Grant, who studies plant and crop science at the University of Warwick. “One of the great potentials of gene editing is increasing the nutritional value of plants, and
thinking about making crops more resistant to climate change. Now scientists can think about taking the knowledge we’ve gained in the lab, and doing this much more rapidly.”
SUPERTOMATO: Last December, the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare authorised the
production and sale of a genetically modified tomato which is intended to boost heart health. Scientists at the University of Tsukuba have figured out a way to tweak the tomato genome so that it contains five times the normal amount of an amino acid called
GABA, which is thought to lower blood pressure. A spin-off company called Sanatech is now offering the seeds to large-scale producers this autumn, with the intention of reaching Japan’s supermarkets sometime next year.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/anti-cancer-bread-super-tomatoes-gm-diet-could-transform-health/
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