WEEK 15

Question 1

GMO

Answer 1

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs)

Question 2

In 1982, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first GMO - Humulin, an insulin produced by genetically engineered E. coli bacteria on the market.

Answer 2

In 1993, FDA approved Bovine somatotropin (bST), a metabolic protein hormone used to increase milk
production in dairy cows for commercial use.

Question 3

• In 1994, U.S. FDA approved the Flavr Savr tomato for sale on grocery stores; this kind of tomato has a
delayed-ripening effect allowing a longer shelf life than conventional tomatoes

Answer 3

• In 1995, Bt Potatoes and Corn, and Roundup Ready Soybeans were approved safe by the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Question 4

Dolly, the sheep, the first cloned animal was born

Question 5

• In the Philippines in 2000, the first golden rice was
developed to address the vitamin A deficiencies

Answer 5

• a variety of rice (Oryza sativa) modified genetically to
biosynthesize beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A
in the edible parts of rice

Question 6

method just like having GMOs but normally adenovirus are
used to introduce the modified Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)
into a human cell, altering the targeted site

Answer 6

GENE THERAPY

Question 7

conceptualized in 1972, but the first attempt of modifying
human DNA was performed in 1980 by Martin Cline

Answer 7

GENE THERAPY

Question 8

1st approved gene therapy clinical research in the US took place on ________

Answer 8

14 September
1990, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), under the direction of William French
Anderson.

Question 9

In 1993, the first somatic treatment that produced a permanent genetic change was
performed.

Answer 9

The first commercial gene therapy product Gendicine was approved in China in 2003
for the treatment of certain cancers.

Question 10

The first commercial gene therapy product Gendicine was approved in China in 2003
for the treatment of certain cancers.

Answer 10

Due to some clinical successes since 2006 Gene Therapy regained researchers’
attention but still considered as an experimental technique.

Question 11

a study that suggest novel management approaches on farming systems
that may help address the concern on the health of biodiversity and of the consumers
of GMOs.

Answer 11

a study that suggest novel management approaches on farming systems
that may help address the concern on the health of biodiversity and of the consumers
of GMOs.

Question 12

a study that suggest novel management approaches on farming systems
that may help address the concern on the health of biodiversity and of the consumers
of GMOs.

Answer 12

Agroecology