The Benefits of Genetically Modified Foods: GM rice to the rescue
Adam Smith Institute Blog
Aeon McNulty
June 14, 2007
Here is the excerpt of a blog entry posted on the Adam Smith Institute Blog about the benefits of genetically modified foods.
Excerpt…
In a brilliant breakthrough, Tokyo University researchers have modified a rice strain so that it vaccinates against cholera. It can be orally administered – you just eat the rice. It's cheap to mass produce, can be stored at room temperature for over a year, and is completely safe. Since cholera kills millions, mostly children, each year, this GM rice vaccine will be a godsend. Once it has been swallowed, the rice's protein body protects the vaccine from the body's digestive enzymes.…
Full article at Adam Smith Institute Blog.
