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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.

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