GMO apples

This article is about a genetically modified apple that will now turn brown once you cut it. The apple is modified by adding more genes that make the enzyme that produces the browning. By adding more genes that make the enzyme, the genes all get turned off, and the enzyme is not made, and thus, no browning occurs. A lot of the article is about how the Canadian company that produced this apple is trying to get this apple approved for the general use. The main idea is that companies that sell pre-sliced packaged apples will not have to pay for chemicals that stop the browning process.

Connection: We learned about GMOs in our GMO food lab. This article relates because we also researched about the marketing troubles that companies are having, and the consumers not consuming the product because it has GMOs.

Link:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/01/08/260782518/this-gmo-apple-wont-brown-will-that-sour-the-fruits-image

Dan Charles
Jan 8, 2014