Breakthroughs In Biotechnology

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BREAKTHROUGHS IN
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Biotechnology
The use of gene science to create new products
from plants and animals
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BiotechnologyProvides

• Improved food
• products
• Medical advances
• An enhanced
• environment

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Progress In Agriculture

• Achievements of
• dedicated researchers
• Farmers adopting
• improved farming
• practices

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What Has Research Given Us?

• Hybridization
• Fermentation
• Pasteurization

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TraditionalCross-Breeding
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BiotechnologyTapping NaturesBounty
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ImprovedFood Products
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Benefits Through Biotechnology

• Longer shelf life
• Better taste
• Enhanced
• nutritional value

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Biotechnology Breakthroughs

• New food enzyme used during cheese making process
• Chymosin (1990)
• First biotechnology food product approved in the
  United States

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Biotechnology Breakthroughs

• Higher protein peanuts
• Longer shelf life for bananas
• and pineapples
• Sweeter bell peppers
• Tastier tomatoes
• Lower fat vegetable oils

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MedicalAdvances
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Biotechnology Breakthroughs

• Insulin (1982)
• First commercial biotech product
• Reliable, inexpensive source of insulin
• Rice
• Enriched with beta-carotene and iron
• Bananas
• Containing edible hepatitis vaccine

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Biotechnology Breakthroughs

• Potatoes with higher solid content
• Garlic that lowers cholesterol
• Fruits and vegetables that reduce
• risks of cancer and heart disease

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An EnhancedEnvironment
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Environmental Benefits

• Reduced pesticide use
• Lower energy requirements
• Cleaner water
• Less soil erosion

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BREAKTHROUGHS IN
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Looking Outfor United States

• Environmental Protection Agency
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Food and Drug Administration

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World AuthoritiesSupport Biotechnology

• American Medical Association
• American Dietetic Association
• Institute of Food Technologists
• World Health Organization
• Food and Agricultural Organization
• of the United Nations

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The American Society for Microbiology

• plant varieties created with biotechnology
  are grown more efficiently and economically than
  traditional crops. This eventually should result
  in a more nutritious product at less cost to the
  consumer as well as reduced pesticide use and
  greater environmental protection.

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Dr. Patrick MooreEnvironmental Consultant
Co-Founder of Greenpeace

• The campaign of fear now being
• waged against genetic modification is
• based largely on fantasy and complete
• lack of respect for science and logic.

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Norman Borlaug, Ph.D.Professor, Texas AM
UniversityNobel Peace Prize Laureate, 1970

• I believe the world will be able to produce
  the food needed to feed the projected population
  of about 8.3 billion in the year 2025but it
  cannot be attained without permitting the use of
  technologies now available or without research to
  further improve and utilize new technologies,
  including biotechnology and recombinant DNA.

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Michael JacobsonExecutive DirectorCenter for
Science in the Public Interest

• While biotechnology is not a panacea for every
  nutritional and agricultural problem, it is a
  powerful tool to increase food production,
  protect the environment, improve the
  healthfulness of foods, and produce valuable
  pharmaceuticals. It should not be rejected

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Consumers Say Their Support for Biotechnology
Would Increase
If Biotechnology...

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Improves taste of food
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Improves nutritional value of food
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Increases food production
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Reduces pesticide use
American Farm Bureau Federation Consumer Poll
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Consumer Food Safety Concerns

• 1 Spoiled food
• 2 Improper food handling
• 3 Pesticides
• 4 Artificial ingredients
• 5 Biotechnology

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BiotechnologyProvides

• Improved food
• products
• Medical advances
• An enhanced
• environment

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Questions?
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