Overview on Genetically Modified Foods

Document Type : Promotion Article

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Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Since the biotechnology as a science came to our world induced many changes. A new route has been created and this new field open the new way to us. The biotechnology helped us to design new things like new drugs and many other useful things which one of them was genetically modified foods (GMO ) Since this product has made, may cause some problems for animals and human. In this review try to clear up how GMO may cause the problems for us. The results show the GMO foods induced unfavorable effect on animals but for human should wait until a few decades and new generation for any commenting.

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