Bioengineered Products

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Bioengineered Products

• Naho Kaneko

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History of Biotechnology

• Gregor Johann Mendel was the first mover
• He became a Monk in order to get education
• His research was crossing tall and short parent
  peas, hybrid offspring will be tall peas instead
  of medium peas

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History of Biotechnology

• James Watson was born in 1928 in Chicago
• He was really smart that he entered the
  University of Chicago when he was 15
• Watson joined Francis Crick research in the
  biomolecular at Cambridge in 1951

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History of Biotechnology

• James Watson and Francis Crick found the chemical
  structure of living matter
• The director of the laboratory ordered to end
  their investigation in 1953
• In recognition of their discovery, they share the
  1962 Nobel Prize for Physiology

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Bioengineered/ Genetically Modified Foods

• The first Bioengineered yeast was first approved
  in the U.K in 1990
• The products used the yeast was first appear on
  the market in 1992
• The first bioengineered Tomato was started to
  sold in 1994

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Bioengineered Foods

• Bioengineered products spread in the world in
  Agriculture market
• Bioengineered products became so popular
• 81 of total Soybeans
• 40 of total Corn
• 73 of total Cotton
• In the U.S are Genetically Modified Corps
• (by The FDA report in 2003)

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Types of Bioengineered Products

• Fungicide prevent and cure diseases
• Herbicide prevent or eliminate weeds and thus
  replace or reduce manual and mechanical weeding
• Insecticide reduce the insects on vegetable and
  fruits
• These are inside vegetables and fruits genes

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Types of Bioengineered Products

• In order for vegetables and fruits to fight with
  diseases, Chicken gene are inserted into Potato
• In order to resist frost, Flounder gene are
  inserted to Tomato

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Competitors in The U.S

• Monsanto
• Pioneer Hi-Bread
• Syngenta

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Pros and Cons

• Bioengineered products reduce cost for farmers
• Less work for farmers
• They say its safe
• Company who produce them are profitable

• They have never done research about long term
  effect on people
• Destroy natural environment and natural ecosystem
• Bioengineered products might cause allergy

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Reaction to Bioengineered Products

• Many European countries are now protesting to
  Bioengineered Products
• 78 of Sweden, 65 of Italy, 53 of U.K, 78 of
  German are opposed for GM products in 1997
• In 1996, Denmark required labeling of all GM
  items
• The same year, Italy banned glowing GM corns
• In The U.S, labeling of GM products is not
  required

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S-Curve
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Now We Should Stop
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Video

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