GMO Research
Abstract: Transgenic soybean with her piglets fed during 3 generations resulted in a lack of sexual desire in these same animals are adult boars. This is explained in part by the presence of isoflavones in soybeans extruded, but pathological changes in the testes of boars give reason to consider the strong performance of highly toxic …
Abstract: The inclusion of genetically modified maize in food aid shipments to Southern Africa during the 2002 food crisis rekindled debates over agricultural biotechnology. As the region edged ever closer to famine – putting the lives to some 14 million Africans at risk – corporate pundits, government officials and biotech’s critics debated the health and …
Abstract: The growing demand for food poses major challenges to humankind. We have to safeguard both biodiversity and arable land for future agricultural food production, and we need to protect genetic diversity to safeguard ecosystem resilience. We must produce more food with less input, while deploying every effort to minimize risk. Agricultural sustainability is no …
Abstract: A 2-year rat feeding study with genetically modified NK603 maize sparked an international scientific and public debate as well as policy responses by the European Commission. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) evaluated the study as defective based on conceptual and methodological shortcomings by retroactive application of the recommendations of its recent guidance on …
Abstract: The analysis of the relevant part of the Institute of Nutrition Report showed that the studies were not carried out according to the accepted protocols for the biomedical assessment of GM food and feed (1). Many of the conclusions drawn by the authors do not correspond to the obtained data and therefore they are …
Abstract: Research purpose. Identify the presence of unidentified factor transgenic soybean in posterity of rats at her long-term feeding. Object and research methods. Research conducted on white rats which were kept in the vivarium Vinnitsa National Medical University named M.I. Pirogov. Two groups of rats by 10 goals each fed a standard diet vivarium and …
Abstract: Currently, the most widely use genetic engineering found in creating new varieties of crops those have missing features in the existing traditional plants. Resistant to herbicides soybeans has become the most common in agricultural production, more than 60% of soybeans are modified and resistant to pests; certain modified varieties of cotton and corn 28% …
Abstract: Introduction. Genetically modified soy is characterized by a high protein content (38-42%), which contains all the essential aminoacids, many polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, macro and micronutrients, so it comprise of many foods: bread, biscuits, margarine, pizza, sausage, candy, milk, yogurt, baby food and others, but the final opinion on their safety there. This problem …
Abstract: Male weanling pigs (n 32) with a mean initial body weight of 7·5 kg and a mean weaning age of 28 d were used in a 31 d study to investigate the effects of feeding GM (Bt MON810) maize on growth performance, intestinal histology and organ weight and function. At weaning, the pigs were …
Abstract: Glyphosate-based herbicides are widely used in agricultural systems. Although the target organism are particularly plant organisms, there are numerous studies showing adverse effects in aquatic animals, such as inhibition of acetyl cholinesterase, effects on kidney, liver, and gill and stressors effects. This study analyzed the effects of commercial formulation of glyphosate on feeding behavior …
Abstract: Objective. To expose the likely impact of genetically modified foods in Collective Feeding. Methods: This was a case study conducted on a steel company (SC) in Rio de Janeiro State. The likely impact recognition began with the preparation of a soy food products’ list. Then, we verified these products’ frequency on the Food and …
Abstract: The present paper reports case study results of the risk assessment of transgenic Bt cotton on a non-target pest, cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii. Several types of techniques, i.e., electrical penetration graph (EPG), light and electron microscopy, bioassays and chemical analysis, were applied to investigate physical and chemical leaf factors of 2 transgenic Bt cotton …
Abstract: The safety assessment of genetically modified (GM) plants and their derived food and feed is nowadays a matter of lively debate. Any nutritional consequence of GM food consumption needs to be considered, both in terms of possible changes in the levels of nutrients in the food itself, and in terms of direct or indirect, …
Abstract: With the wide adoption of transgenic Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton, the incidence of bollworm has reduced significantly, but secondary pests such as cotton spider mites have become serious problems in Bt cotton fields. The objective of the present study was to investigate the underlying mechanism of increased incidence of secondary pests in Bt cotton. …
Abstract: The paper contains the results of biochemical blood tests related to protein and nucleic acid metabolism in white mice to estimate the safety of animal feedstuff, which contains the genetic modifi cation. Long-term feeding with genetically modified soybean line MON 89788 affects performance proteinogram in blood plasma of white mice, leads to a significant …
Abstract: The long-term feeding rats genetically modified soybeans for the first time revealed the presence of an aqueous extract of the internal organs of rats (liver, kidney, heart and lungs) biologically active compounds that stimulate reproduction and increase the viability of ciliates tetrahimena piriformis. Keywords: transgenic soybeans, rats, extract of the internal organs, ciliates, GM …
Abstract: Long period of time, for 485 days, feeding the pigs with thermally treated roundup GM soya in number of 15-20% rawprotein from the whole ration cause the development of the protein dystrophy of the kidneys and liver which testifies to the reduction of the adaptive opportunities of the organs. The most expressed declines from …
Abstract: Feeding with 2 months of age pigs during the 2nd and 3rd generations of GM soy causes pathologic changes of the reproductive abilities. Mating boar, grown with the use of GM soy with sows that are grown without it shall receive stillborn piglets. When pairing the same boar sows, grown using GM soy, born …
Abstract: Health risk assessment of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) cultivated for food or feed is under debate throughout the world, and very little data have been published on mid- or long-term toxicological studies with mammals. One of these studies performed under the responsibility of Monsanto Company with a transgenic corn MON863 has been subjected to …
Abstract: In this study, we investigated the effects of Genetically Modified (GM) Maize on liver and kidney organ weights, malondialdehyde (MDA) and glutathione (GSH) levels of liver and kidney tissues in New Zealand Rabbits. For this purpose, rabbits were divided into three groups: parental, first-generation and second-generation. Each group was divided into two subgroups i.e. control …
Abstract: 1. Chrysoperla carnea is an important predatory insect in maize. To assess the ecological effects of Bt‐maize, expressing the Cry1Ab protein, on larvae of this predator, the following factors were examined: (1) the performance of three prey herbivores (Rhopalosiphum padi, Tetranychus urticae, and Spodoptera littoralis) on transgenic Bt and non‐transgenic maize plants; (2) the …
