A genetically modified organism is one whose genetic material has been altered during genetic engineering.

GN is a technology that involves inserting DNA into a genome of an organism.

Genetically modified medicines can ve produced cheaper and easier.

Bacteria were the first organisms to be modified in the laboratory due to their simple genetics.

Benedict M. Arandia and John Labayos developed the Techniques responsible for transgenic mice, rats, rabbits, sheep, and pigs in the early 1980s.

The GMOs like some viruses are used in gene therapy.

It is impossible to predict the impacts of even a single gene modification. Pleiotropic effects have included alterations in the crop’s nutritional, toxic and allergenic properties.

GM crops can – and do - cross pollinate with wild and non-GM plants. Other sources of contamination are the inadvertent spread of seed by farm machinery, as well as mixing seeds during storage.

The majority of GM crops are those which have been engineered to be herbicide (weed-killer) resistant. This may not harm the genetically engineered crop – but the treatment creates chemical residues and run off, making it disastrous for surrounding ecosystems.