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Hmm hard one this
Don't think its a good idea yet, we don't know enough about genetics, and the OVERALL effect of modifying a gene. It's all well saying, we change gene x, are tomatoes will grow bigger. But is it known what other effects canging this gene have?
I'm not informed enough on the topic to make a specific decision, the above point is made on my *limited* knowledge of genetics. But then again, I don't see Government/Business being very forthcoming with the required information. Maybe they don't know themselves; a surefire reason NOT to GM anything...
History is checkered with humans doing stupid things, lots are mistakes are inevitably going to be made. Sad really, most of them are made in the name of money. Where I work, a nameless cash machine making company, there talking about using biometrics for ATM's. For those who don't know, biometrics are systems such as Iris recognition, face recognition and fingerprint scanners. There is vast amounts of research out there that say that these simply aren't up to the job yet, and have a LOT of work to go... Do companies heed this research? I'm sure a similar situation is present with GM.
My 2cents
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