Jun 04

Genetic Engineering: Frankenfoods or Superfoods?

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Tags: , June 4th, 2010

If you live in the United States, approximately two thirds of your groceries could contain the products of genetic engineering (GE), also called genetically modified organisms (GMO). This may surprise you, but whether it should concern you is an area of hot debate.

Genes are the chemical code that determines specific traits of all living things, from single-cell organisms to human beings. Genes make up DNA, the cell-level master plan that determines how living things will develop.
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