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Biotechnology breakthrough: Scientists created a recombiant organism for the first time by moving viral DNA into a bacteria./ This is important because this marks the major beginning of genetically modifying things.
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The first purposely released experiment, conducted by the Genetic Sciences, was injecting genetically-modified microbes into trees./ This is important because we have got to changing things that play a important role in life.
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The Us Enviroment Protection Authority gives their approval to the test of the first genetically modified crop, a GM virus resistant tobacco plant./ This is a test whether genetically modified foods can used in life.
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In the Uk, potato plants have been modified, by adding more genes, to have more protein and nutritional value. Also research has inlude removing the proteins that cause allergies from peanuts./ This is important because it shoes that the plants can be changed to suit our lives.
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The FlavrSavr tomato gets approved by Us Food and Drug Administration. / This shows that we can use these for eating and making a longer shelf life.
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Austalia has its first Consensus Conference on gene technology in the food chain./ This is important because this shows other parts of the world is now beggining to work with GM products.
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Researchers have the coding for the DNA of rice, 2/3 of the worlds food source./ This is important because this is 2/3 of the foods source then if we modify it to grow more and die less we can feed ourselves more
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CSIRO runs tests to find a virus strand as a forewarning for where the lethal strand will hit in chickens./ This is important because we can find things early, like a forecast. If we find it early we can prepare and prevent it.
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Scottish resaerchers genetically modify chickens for eggs that can produce a resistor to cancer and other dieases./ This is important because we need drugs to help save people from sickness.
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GM wheat, modified to resist droughts, is 20% more than non gm plants./ This is important because it shows GM foods are becoming important to everyday life.
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The restaurants will begin using GM foods to cut costs./ This is important because non- GM foods may become extinct.
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The world will be relying only on GM foods. / This is important because it will solve food shortanges problem.
