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Friends of the Earth: Briefing: Antibiotic Resistance Genes in GM Foods
They were particularly concerned that the resistance gene could be transferred to bacteria in the guts ... or animal food chain containing an antibiotic resistance marker gene. The Government should refuse approval for any genetically modified organism containing such a gene and use the powers available to ...
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Mutant Red Herrings? (Do or Die)
Genetically engineered oilseed rape, black mustard, thorn-apple and sweet peas all containing an antibiotic-resistance gene were grown together with the fungus Aspergillus niger or their leaves were added to the soil. The fungus was shown to have incorporated the antibiotic-resistance gene in ...
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Howzat! (Do or Die)
But more specifically these potatoes contain an antibiotic resistance gene. It is because of the antibiotic resistance which Ciba Geigy's (now Novatis) Bt Maize contains, that no ... sites all round the country when there is still so much concern about their safety." Gene Diva meanwhile said of test sites: "Growing genetically manipulated crops releases genetic pollution into ...
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How are genes engineered? A non-technical explanation
Then, most probably, the desired gene also has been inserted. The most common marker so far has been a gene that confers resistance to Kanamycin, an ... for cross resistance. That is resistance to Kanamycin may also confer resistance to its relatives. Another marker, used a/o. in Novartis Basta Corn is a gene that confers resistance to Ampicillin ...
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Environmental Commons: GMO Bentgrass
GM plant... The plant, creeping bentgrass (Agrostis stolonifera), carries a bacterial gene that makes it immune to the potent herbicide glyphosate, better known as Roundup... Jay ... the US with which it can cross-breed or hybridise, potentially passing on the glyphosate-resistance gene to other species - with unpredictable results. "It's a cautionary tale of what could happen ...
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GeneWatch UK - Food Safety - An overview of the food safety concerns surrounding GM foods
GM foods for 'surprise' effects are still in the development stage. Antibiotic resistance - Antibiotic resistance genes are used as 'markers' in GM crops to indicate whether the genetic modification ... and only a small number of cells incorporate the foreign genes. Therefore, an antibiotic resistance gene is included and, if the genetic modification is successful, the plant cell will grow ...
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Scientific studies from India, China and the United States now back up what farmers have found for years, that Bt crops often
An important requirement for the refuge strategy to work effectively is a high level of expression of the toxin, so heterozygous insects (those with one copy of resistance gene) ... The resistance is inherited as an autosomal semi-dominant trait (the heterozygote with one copy of the resistance gene is half as resistant as the homozygotes with two copies of the resistance gene). Bt ...
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Therapeutic Vaccines for Allergy in GM Rice
The gene insert cassette also included a hygromycin  antibiotic resistance gene driven by a CaMV promoter and transcription was ... the rice food crop with genes causing allergy in humans and an antibiotic resistance gene. The report also did not consider detrimental side-effects of the epitope peptides, ...
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Infectious Disease - Antibiotics & Emerging Drug Resistance Page 4
The gene exchange described in this diagram spreads antibiotic resistance faster than the rate of reproduction. Step 1: Each bacterium ... to the antibiotic. Both bacteria will pass the resistance gene to their daughter cells when they divide, and both can also continue passing the gene along to other cells in the process shown ...
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Infectious Disease - Antibiotics & Emerging Drug Resistance Page 5
Diseases Public Health Vaccines & Human Immunity Antibiotics & Emerging Drug Resistance Antiretrovirals & The HIV Pandemic Vector Control & Malaria ANTIBIOTICS & EMERGING DRUG RESISTANCE Where Are New Antibiotics Found? 1 2 3 ... the antibiotic. Both bacteria will pass the resistance gene to their daughter cells when they divide, and both can also continue passing the gene along to other cells in the ...
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