I try to stay away from geneticlly modified organisms (gmo). I don't trust them.
I agree completely! GMOs have been altered and who knows what the long term effects of these genetically "engineered" products may have?
Yes, when they change the DNA of a living organism it can cause problems. I wonder when GMOs were first created?
of GMO's much simpler. Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen made the first genetically modified organism in 1973, a bacteria resistant to the antibiotic kanamycin. The first genetically modified animal, a mouse, was created in 1974 by Rudolf Jaenisch, and the first plant was produced in 1983. In 1994 the Flavr Savr tomato was released, the first commercialized genetically modified food. The first genetically modified animal to be commercialized was the GloFish (2003) and the first genetically modified animal to be approved for food use was the AquAdvantage salmon
issues are not seen as new because they were raised during the earlier recombinant DNA and genetically modified organism (GMO) debates and extensive regulations of genetic engineering and pathogen research were in place in many jurisdictions.
Ethical questions include: Who will have control and access to the products of synthetic biology, and who will gain from these innovations? Does the patent system allow patents on living organisms? Can embryos be engineered?
Bioethics and security European Union.
The European Union-funded project SYNBIOSAFE has issued reports on how to