EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IN FOOD SCIENCE
BIOTECHNOLOGY
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Adding chemicals to foods to preserve them.
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Making synthetic foods using artificial, manmade proteins.
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Inserting a gene with a beneficial trait into a plant cell.
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Taking immature plants and adding steroids to make them grow bigger and stronger.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Transgenic plants are plants that have had their genomes modified through genetic engineering techniques either by the addition of a foreign gene or removal of a certain detrimental gene [1]. A foreign gene inserted into a plant can be of a different species or even kingdom.
Detailed explanation-2: -Gene Transfer: The introduction of new DNA into an existing organism’s cell, usually by vectors such as plasmids and modified viruses. Cells may be modified ex vivo for subsequent administration to humans, or may be altered in vivo by gene therapy given directly to the subject.
Detailed explanation-3: -GM is a technology that involves inserting DNA into the genome of an organism. To produce a GM plant, new DNA is transferred into plant cells. Usually, the cells are then grown in tissue culture where they develop into plants.
Detailed explanation-4: -Transgenic plants are the plants whose DNA is modified through genetic engineering.