The stakes are too high for us not to make the best use of genetic engineering.
The use of genetic engineering for plant improvement permits the introduction of useful agronomic traits without altering the features of the cultivar, necessitating the development of in vitro systems for the genetic transformation and plant regeneration.
Still, the potential environmental benefits of greater use of genetic engineering have excited researchers from the technology's earliest days.
There are no new ethical issues raised by reproductive cloning that are not raised by the use of genetic engineering and other reproductive technologies.
The use of genetic engineering to create stronger, faster athletes will begin in the near future, which will make it almost impossible to catch cheaters, some scientists say.
He said: "GM cotton is actually quite a crude use of genetic engineering, but it was a first use this technology – developed 30 years ago with government funding.
Do the Olympic committee and other sports organizations have the willpower or financial resources to combat the use of genetic engineering?
Backers of the technology argue that accelerated use of genetic engineering offers the only hope of feeding, clothing and housing the growing global population.
Shiva cannot tolerate any group that endorses the use of genetic engineering in agriculture, no matter what else the organization does, or how qualified its support.
The agency has said that use of genetic engineering per se does not change a food materially.
To note the use of genetic engineering is about as informative as noting the use of electricity in making processed foods.The food and biotechnology industries are relieved.
