The value of transgenic technology in promoting social development by scientific and technological progress should not be underestimated.

The topic of genetically modified technology seems to have never stopped in recent years. Scientific development of agriculture believes that genetically modified technology is only a tool, and how to use it and how much value it can play depends on how human beings control it. This is not much different from the electricity, mobile phones, nuclear power we use.

The development of genetic engineering technology has been successful for only half a century since the in vitro recombination experiment of DNA in the 1970s, but it has shown great potential. Although many people are opposing transgenic technology, there is no doubt that many people are enjoying the achievements brought by transgenic technology. If you want to discuss the value of technology, you can talk about it from the following aspects.

medical and health work

For a long time, the controversial areas of GM have been concentrated in the field of agriculture, but they do not realize that there are already a lot of GM products in the medical and health field. Let's take a look at a few examples. It is well known that diabetes is caused by insufficient insulin secretion by the pancreas, which leads to high blood sugar. At present, there is no good solution for its treatment, which is basically the method of insulin injection. Perhaps some people are not clear, when it comes to insulin, if it is extracted from the human body or other animal bodies, only some rich people in the world can afford to treat diabetes. At present, one of the main reasons why ordinary people can consume diabetes is that through genetic recombination, insulin is expressed in large quantities in the strain and further extracted.

Second, according to a previous report, the United States has treated some patients with amblyopia through gene therapy, because they are unable to express a gene about vision, and scientists use injection therapy to inject the expressed gene into the cells of the patient and express it, but the cost of treatment is still high, but this is a great progress in medicine.

And like many antibiotics, it is also produced by means of transgenic, because only through the trace expression of the strain is difficult to meet a large number of human needs.

Agriculture

Let's not talk about so many conspiracy theories here. As a matter of fact, genetically modified genes are very helpful in improving the quality of crops, increasing yields and improving the ability of crop mechanization. No matter which aspect can promote the development of agricultural industry.

For example, the recent approval of golden rice in the United States involves not only agriculture but also human health. In terms of the yield of golden rice, it is not much higher than ordinary rice, but it is rich in β-carotene, which can eliminate vitamin A deficiency in the human body, which is its greatest value.

And like other improved qualities, such as increasing soybean oil content and wheat protein content, transgenic varieties can also quickly make breakthroughs in breeding and shorten breeding years.

For insect-resistant and herbicide-resistant varieties, it has great application potential to reduce pesticides and improve the food safety of crops.

The value of genetically modified technology can not be simply measured by money, and the technology is constantly updating and improving. Like the latest CRISPR/Cas9, many countries are not genetically modified by definition, but also another breakthrough in the field of gene editing.

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