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2015-03-26 02:16:41 UTC

Riska

2015-03-26 02:16:47 UTC

Benefits

2015-03-26 02:16:56 UTC

Please write your comments under each column (risk&benefit). 1 box per group and write your group members names

2015-03-26 02:17:20 UTC

Risks

2015-03-28 05:33:26 UTC

Divya, Li Ying, Lois

2015-03-28 08:04:58 UTC

1) Food with more health benefits

2) Enhanced nutritional value of food

3) Reduction of chronic diseases related to diet

4) Higher crop yields

5) Resistance to pests (Pesticides not needed)

6) Cheap

Divya, Li Ying, Lois

2015-03-28 08:07:41 UTC

1) Environmental problems - Weeds resistant to the herbicide glyphosate, corn rootworms resistant to insecticide corn varieties have been engineered to produce.

2) Health risks - Allegies - Nutrient imbalance

Athiyah, Priya, Netraa

2015-04-01 04:52:19 UTC

Mass produce vegetables easily and quickly for poor nations
Better tasting vegetables
Lesser pesticide required to grow biotech veggies
Super plants that can survive natural disasters
Pharmaceuticals - A giant industry in itself
Produce superbabies-the perfect baby

Athiyah, Priya, Netraa

2015-04-01 04:53:06 UTC

Playing God may have adverse effects
What if you find the cure for cancer?
Will you give it for free?
Will you sell it?
Either way, most of the main sources of income for the
pharmaceutical industry - chemotherapy
machine operation - will fall.
The industry will fall.
Biotechnology harms itself.
People afraid of chemicals within
vegetables may affect them long term
Processes or stem cell research successes so far are
very expensive/slightly cost inefficient, you can't
give out most of the solutions for free

Choon Wee, Daniel, Chris

2015-04-01 04:58:30 UTC

- Find hereditary diseases (thalassemia, sickle cell anemia, etc.)

Health related issues can be solved

- Plant Biotechnology (Plant tissue culture)

Agriculture, Forestry, Floriculture, Conservation, etc.

- Cell Microbiology

Expression of wanted proteins by bacteria
Cloning
DNA/Genome manipulation to correct genetic flaws.

achutha , afif , luke

achutha_karuppi — 2015-04-01 04:59:54 UTC

Mutations

allergies

toxicity

nutrient inbalance

decrease food diversity

We should not play god/disturb god creation

achutha , afif ,l

achutha_karuppi — 2015-04-01 05:01:31 UTC

undesirable gene can be removed

reduce cost of medicine

increased food safety

Choon Wee, Daniel, Chris

2015-04-01 05:03:11 UTC

Allergies. Toxicity

Imbalance of nutrients

Expensive

Resistance in harmful infections

Super Bug (Antibiotic Resistant Organism)

Marcus, Ryan, Qadirah

2015-04-01 05:03:22 UTC

- reduce cost of important drugs by genetically engineering them (more affordable, allows more patients to be treated) - farmers can continue to grow crops despite unfavourable environmental conditions (maintain stock production) - reduce usage of costly pesticides that damage environment (plants can be genetically modified to produce toxins that kill pests) - improve nutritional quality of foods (e.g. 'Golden Rice' is high in Vitamin A due to the two genes inserted from a daffodil and bacterium)

Marcus, Ryan, Qadirah

2015-04-01 05:08:58 UTC

- GM food may introduce new proteins that could induce allergic reactions in humans - food products that have been induced with antibiotic-resistant genes as markers (during the biotechnology process) may pass on the gene to humans who consume them, thus making them antibiotic-resistant - agricultural biotechnology may increase contamination in soil and plants (use of heavy metals) - long-term effect is still unknown, leading to unknown health risks in humans/animals