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A genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO) is an organism whose genetic material has been altered using genetic engineering techniques. These techniques are generally known as recombinant DNA technology. With recombinant DNA technology, DNA molecules from different sources are combined in vitro into one molecule to create a new gene. This DNA is then transferred into an organism and causes the expression of modified or novel traits.

Genetically modified (GM) foods are foods produced from GMO that have had their DNA altered through genetic engineering. GM foods were first put on the market in the early 1990s. The most common modified foods are derived from plants: soybean, corn, canola cotton seed oil and wheat.


2008-11-08

Nanotechnology - For All To Use, or Only For The Free (Read Wealthy)?  

The vast differences in wealth between countries of the Third World and developed nations has never been so poignant that in today? S of modern society. While the technology exists, in the form of rapid advances in nanotechnology, access is limited to and focused on the wealthy more power broker in the world.

The innovative advances in nanotechnology have the potential control poverty, eliminate hunger, and the safer and cleaner water for the poor and a cure ready for tropical diseases in the areas where human suffering is the hallmark of existence.

However, this technology will ever reach those who need it most? This is the burning question that must be addressed by the management agents within the government, military and private sector.

Unfortunately, history has a disturbing nature and repeats itself, traditionally the poorer countries of the world were last on the list for technological progress, leading to an easing of their congenital diseases. Instead of focusing on Poorer Nations enveloping in the lap of caring and just actions that too often the gap between? Haves? and? Have-nots? is widening.

nanotechnology, with its promise of hope and renewal could be the solution to dramatically improve the quality of life for all, if it is distributed fairly and evenly.

steps nanotechnology to be developed in some Third World countries such as Brazil, India, Thailand and South Africa, where millions of dollars were earmarked to promote the development of research and development of nanotechnology and its promise of the overwhelming progress in the environmental, agricultural - Medical and sustainable management of natural resources. The hope is that the resulting developments will benefit rich and poor alike, thus fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals, as defined by the United Nations in their bid to eliminate, or at least the control of poverty in the poorest nations.

The more powerful scientific communities, such as in the United States, Britain and Japan lead the universal thirst for nanotechnology perfection. But there are those who are the apparent targets of these powerful nations. They say that the nations which are in a position to promote the rapid advances in scientific research in nanotechnology appear to be allocating more efforts in the use of military gains and covert surveillance operations than to benefit the poor and disadvantaged.

It is said that, if you want to see in the future, you need only look to the past. In recent decades, Humanitarian put a lot of faith and hope in the nascent technologies in area of biotechnology and its promise to solve world hunger on genetically modified organisms. However, the proposed benefits for the poorer countries have yet to materialize. It seems that the developed nations are reaping the fruits of the far-grown and easily accessible GMO foods improved, which is currently consumed in the countries which do not have the abject poverty of the under-developed worlds.

The promise of the dramatic improvement in the quality of life for the poor has yet to materialize. We can only hope that Saner heads prevail in the development of nanotechnology and its benefits are both rich and poor throughout the world.

 

Tatiana is the owner of the nanotechnology site http://www.ecophagy.com You could find her marketing articles on http://www.takeyourfortune.com/archives.php?page=archive or visit her celebrities news blog http://www.vidwarp.com.

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