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Title:
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Nutritionally enhanced crops and food security: scientific achievements versus political expediency
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Author:
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Farré Martinez, Gemma; Twyman, Richard M.; Zhu, Changfu; Capell Capell, Teresa; Christou, Paul
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Genetic engineering (GE) is one of a raft of strategies that can be used to tackle malnutrition. Recent scientific advances have shown that multiple deficiencies can be tackled simultaneously using engineered plant varieties containing high levels of different minerals and organic nutrients. However, the impact of this progress is being diluted by the unwillingness of politicians to see beyond immediate popular support, favoring political expediency over controversial but potentially life-saving decisions based on rational scientific evidence.
Research in our laboratory is supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, Spain (BFU2007-61413 and BIO2007-30738-E); European Research Council Advanced Grant (BIOFORCE) to PC; SmartCell, EU FP7 Integrated Project and COST ACTION FA0804. GF is supported through a PhD fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. |
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-Enginyeria genètica |
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(c) Elsevier, 2011
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Elsevier
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