First Fruit: The Creation of the Flavr Savr Tomato and the Birth of Genetically Engineered FoodMcGraw-Hill, 2001 - 269 páginas In 1994 a little biotech firm called Calgene introduced the Flavr Savr (TM) tomato, the first genetically engineered food ever brought to market. Like most scientists working in agricultural biotechnology, the people who created the Flavr Savr (TM) hoped eventually to develop more important crops, ones that would be higher yielding or insect and disease resistant, thus enabling farmers to feed more people and reduce their dependence on dangerous chemicals. But the people at Calgene knew that before genetic engieering could reform high-tech agriculture, it would first have to achieve acceptance by the public. |
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Scientific Conception amid Misconceptions | 19 |
Plant Genetic Engineering | 55 |
Transition from a ScienceDriven to | 127 |
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