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First genetically modified food!
First genetically modified plant
GMO has been a slowly creeping threat for a while, but it’s ramped up lately. (Rosebud Magazine)
GMO foods are such an embedded part of our food system these days, but it's not difficult to think back to a time when food was simpler and healthier.
How did we get to the point that genetically modified organisms infiltrate so much of what we eat? In a recent issue of Rosebud Magazine, GMO expert GL Woolsey took a look at the history of GMOs. We present that for you here now.
1935 - DNA Discovered
Russian scientist Andrei Nikolaevitch Belozersky isolates pure DNA.
1973 - Recombinant DNA Created
The idea for man-made DNA, or rDNA, comes from a grad student at Stanford University Medical School.
Professor Herbert Boyer and a few of his biologist colleagues run with it.
1975 - Asilomar Conference
A group of biologists get together with a few lawyers and doctors to create guidelines for the safe use of genetically engineered DNA.
1980 - First GMO Patent Issued
A 1980 court case between a genetics engineer at General Electric and the U.S.
Patent Office is settled by a 5-t
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