Truth about GMO

In many developing countries around the world, small farmers often exclusively on poultry farming for their livelihood. Unfortunately, for many of these farmers, this livelihood has been through the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV), a contagious and fatal viral disease which infects a wide range of domestic and wild birds, including chickens. NDV also has a devastating effect on commercial poultry production. As for poultry vaccines are too expensive for the farmers who eke a meager living, a cost-effective solution to be developed. Fortunately, researchers in Mexico have shown that only.

Researchers in Mexico have been genetically modified corn plants to edible vaccine for poultry against Newcastle Disease virus. The researchers, including Octavio Guerrero-Andrade of the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) in Guanajuato, created a gene from the Newcastle disease virus into maize plants? DNA. Chickens, which eat the genetically modified (GM) maize produced antibodies against the virus. The maize also provide protection against infection, with the commercial vaccines.

The researchers? Results were published in Transgenic Research earlier this month. She hoped that these genetically modified corn plants, small poultry farmers protect their flocks of NDV.

? The disease is important and a big killer? Frands Dolberg said the Network for smallholder poultry development, dealing with partners in developing countries to promote poultry farming as a way to improve livelihoods.

According to the findings, vaccines against diseases that affect poultry food already exist, but are not usually in small quantities, often by individual families or villages.

? It is a big problem in the provision of the vaccine to many millions of poor poultry farmers throughout the world, and the genetically modified (GM) maize could be a possibility? Frands Dolberg said.

farmers in developing countries are fighting every day for a living against adverse conditions. They are fighting for access to new technologies that can help their lives better, even more crucial that vaccines can their poultry farms. Using this genetically modified maize that the researchers in Mexico have developed, these vaccines are needed, easily accessible, less costly, and won? T cooled as conventional vaccines do not. It will ultimately help save and protect the peasants? Futures.

Alisa Baumer is a life sciences grant researcher and has first-hand knowledge of the latest trends in genetically modified food. To read more about Alisa go to http://www.gmofoodforthought.com.

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