Genetically Modified Organism (GMO)

By using modern biotechnology techniques, organisms have been given new features that cannot be acquired through natural processes; It is called Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO).

Another definition is; Plants, animals or microorganisms whose certain characteristics have been changed by transferring genes from a species other than their own species using biotechnological methods; It is called “Genetically Modified Organism” (GMO) or simply “transgenic”.

How it is made?

It can be applications that generally originate from a bacterium or virus, it can be applications that we call fission or microparticle bombardment, it can be applied in the form of bombardment with heavy metal salts or microinjection of electrical charges with high voltage voltage, or it can be applied into the cell with the technique we call shooting technique and can be carried by ribosomes.

So What's the Purpose?

In Crop Production;

• Increasing food production and quality
• Resistance to insecticides and herbicides, disease, stress, biological defense against pathogens
• Tolerance to environmental conditions,
• Improvement of nitrogen fixation and product amount,
• Late maturation,
• Increasing storage time and organoleptic quality,

In Animal Production;

• Meat, milk, eggs, etc. increasing their efficiency,
• Meat-milk production in cattle
• Increasing the amount of casein for cheese production,
• Removing lactose from milk for lactose-sensitive consumers,
• Low cholesterol eggs to poultry
• Carp, catfish, salmon, tilefish etc.

Potential Risks in GMO

• Gene Escape, Wild Pollination Artificial Gene Transfer and Hybridization
•  The Emergence of Super Wild Species
•  Decline of Resilience in Plants
•  Increased Resistance in Pests
•  Risk of Genetic Contamination
•  Risks That May Occur from Interactions in the Genome Structure of Organisms
•  Risks Possible from the Transfer of GMO Genes to the Soil and Water Ecosystem
•  Effects on Biodiversity

Risks That May Occur in Human Health

1. The allergen effect is mostly discussed in terms of health. Increasing allergies today are attributed to this.
2. There are serious debates around the world about the fact that it damages metabolism and causes enzymatic changes, especially triggering diseases such as delirium and Alzheimer's.
3. There are serious doubts that it affects the immune system and breaks the resistance of living things to antibiotics.
4. The questions that future antibiotic treatments will not answer are becoming stronger and discussed today.
5. Apart from this, there are environmental and agricultural impacts in terms of product and risk assurance.
6. Allergic reactions.
7. Toxic (poisonous) effects Research shows that genetically modified potatoes have toxic effects on mice.