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GMO’s are becoming an increasingly large topic in many places including the US. But first we need to understand what a GMO is, they stand for genetically modified organism, it can be any kind of organism but in this instant we are talking about GMO’s in our food supply. They weren’t discovered all at once it was more of a chain of discoveries that lead them to say “hey let’s use this to enhance our food.” The way it started was Andrei Nikolaevitch Belozersky a russian scientist isolated DNA. Then in 1973 Professor Herbert Boyer had the thought about man-made DNA and then in 1980 the first GMO patent is issued. There are many different reasons GMO’s are used a big one is for fighting against pests that eat crops. Instead of spraying a pesticide …show more content…

In order to make a GMO you need three main components, you will need the gene you want to transfer, the organism you wish to put that trait into ( target organism), and a vector to carry the selected gene into the target species cells. The steps in making a GMO are straightforward but can be technically difficult to do things like isolate the desired gene. Usually when you want to isolate that gene you will use restriction enzymes. Restriction enzymes are enzymes that cut out strands of DNA at a specific point. It scans the DNA for a specific sequence, and when it finds that target sequence it cuts it out. Target sequences are pretty short, for example most targets generally only have a 6 base pair target sequence. Now in order to see whether GMO’s are good or bad in nutritional value we need to understand our body’s …show more content…

These nutrients are protein, carbohydrates, fiber, fat, vitamins, and minerals. Proteins are broken up into 21 amino acids, with 9 essential ones, and 11 non essential amino acids. The 9 essential ones are histidine which is needed for growth and repair of tissue, lysine is important for calcium absorption, it also helps produce a whole list of things, Phenylalanine stimulates the nerve system, methionine assists the break down and use of fats, Leucine regulates blood sugar levels and helps growth and repair if tissue in the skin and bones,Isoleucine basically the same as leucine, Valine helps growth and repair of muscle tissue, threonine helps proper protein balance. Carbohydrates are the most important source of energy for our bodies. Your digestive system changes carbs into glucose. There are two different types of carbs, simple and complex. Simple carbohydrates come from one or two sugar molecules making them a faster source of energy because they digest rabidly.Foods such as table sugar, brown sugar, corn syrup, and soft drink are examples of simple carbs. Complex carbohydrates are made of sugar molecules that are coiled together or are strung together like a necklace.They are generally in whole starchy foods like potatoes, bread, pasta all of these are high in fiber making them take longer to digest giving you energy slower. Since we already briefly mentioned fiber so let’s talk about that. Fiber is also a

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