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BIOTECHNOLOGY
WHAT IS GMO??
Benefits of GMO
PLANTS ANIMALS
can be used as model organisms to
Transgenic crops study diseases, treatments, vaccines
increases the yield, and the toxicity of chemicals
produces disease- It also improves the quality and
resistant crops, quantity of milk, meat etc., produced
We have the chance to preserve extinct
improves the quality, animals!
simpler to grow, uses Advances human health by breeding
fewer chemicals and animals to carry natural antibodies
conserves water, soil, against common deadly diseases that
and energy. humans face
MICRO ORGANISMS
they can be used to produce insulin, hepatitis B vaccine, growth hormone etc.
Genetically modified microbes can be harnessed as a source of useful
molecules, including enzymes to aid energy retention from animal diets and
insecticidal toxins to control crop pests and vectors of animal disease.