Genetically Modified Organisms in Food : Production, Safety, Regulation and Public Health.

Front Cover -- Genetically Modified Organisms in Food -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- SECTION I: DEVELOPMENT, TESTING AND SAFETY OF PLANT AND ANIMAL GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS AS FOODS -- SECTION II: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF GMO FOODS -- SECTION III: GOVERNMENT REGULATION AND LITIGATION FOR GMO FOODS -- SECTION IV: ROLE OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS IN INCREASING THE FOOD SUPPLY IN THE DEVELOPING AND DEVELOPED COUNTRIES -- SECTION V: POTENTIAL HEALTH BENEFITS, ACCEPTANCE AND RISKS DUE TO INCORPORATION OF NOVEL PLANT GENE PRODUCTS INTO THE FOOD SUPPL... -- SECTION VI: SAFETY OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS -- SECTION VII: DEMAND AND USES OF NON-GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOODS, AND GMO'S FOR HUMANS AND ANIMALS -- Acknowledgments -- Section I - Development, Testingand Safety of Plant and Animal GMO foods -- Chapter 1 - Soybean as a Food Source: Comparative Studies Focusing on Transgenic and Nontransgenic Soybean -- INTRODUCTION -- SOME COMMENTS ABOUT TRANSGENIC SOYBEANS -- COMPARATIVE STUDIES INVOLVING TRANSGENIC AND NONTRANSGENIC SOYBEAN SEEDS OR PLANTS -- TRENDS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 - Genetically Modified Crops: Biosafety Regulations and Detection Strategies -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOSAFETY MEASUREMENT -- LABELING ISSUES -- BT GENE AND STACKED TRAITS -- DETECTION STRATEGIES -- PCR AND REAL-TIME PCR -- BIOSENSORS -- PROTEIN-BASED DETECTION -- IMMUNOASSAYS -- IMMUNOSTRIP -- IMMUNO-PCR -- FUTURE PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- WEBSITE REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 - Genetically Modified Food Animals: An Overview -- INTRODUCTION -- GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS -- APPLICATIONS OF TRANSGENIC ANIMALS -- CONCERNS -- FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 - Genetically Modified Aubergine (Also Called Brinjal or Solanum melongena) -- GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF BRINJAL.

BIOCHEMICAL AND NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES -- INSECT PESTS OF BRINJAL -- DEVELOPMENT OF INSECT-RESISTANT BT-BRINJAL -- FRUIT AND SHOOT BORER MANAGEMENT IN BT-BRINJAL -- FUNGAL-RESISTANT DM-AMP1-AUBERGINE PLANTS -- DETECTION OF BT-BRINJAL -- CURRENT REGULATORY FRAMEWORK OF INDIA FOR RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY -- FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF BT-BRINJAL -- ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT OF BT-BRINJAL -- COMMERCIALIZATION OF BT-BRINJAL -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 - Nutritional Assessment of Genetically Modified Crops Using Animal Models -- CROP COMPOSITION, NUTRITIONAL CONTEXT, AND THE SUITABILITY OF ANIMAL STUDIES -- HISTORY OF ANIMAL STUDIES FOR NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS -- REGULATORY ASSESSMENTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 6 - Noncoding RNA-Based Genetically Modified Crops: Concepts and Challenges -- INTRODUCTION -- VARIOUS NCRNA-BASED SILENCING PLATFORMS -- APPREHENSIONS OF NONCODING RNA-BASED GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS -- PERSISTENCE OF NCRNAS -- PREDICTIVE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT -- IMPACT ON PLANT PROTECTION MEASURES -- FOOD AND FEED SAFETY -- NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITION AND EQUIVALENCY -- CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 - Agrobacterium-Mediated Alien Gene Transfer Biofabricates Designer Plants -- THE BIOLOGY OF AGROBACTERIUM -- AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED T-DNA TRANSFER PROCESS -- COMPARISON OF T-DNA TRANSFER TO CONJUGATIVE DNA TRANSFER -- FACTORS INFLUENCING AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION -- ADVANCES IN AGROBACTERIUM-MEDIATED TRANSFORMATION -- APPLICATIONS -- BIOSAFETY ASPECTS -- SUMMARY AND FUTURE PROSPECTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 - Understanding the Factors Influencing Attitudes toward Genetically Modified Rice -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK AND HYPOTHESES DEVELOPMENT -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 9 - Qualitative and Quantitative Diagnostics for EE1 Event of Bt Eggplant -- INTRODUCTION -- SCREENING STRATEGIES FOR BT EGGPLANT -- QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF EE1 EVENT -- DIAGNOSTICS FOR EE1 EVENT: TO ENSURE GM-FREE CONSERVATION OF GERMPLASM -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 10 - Biosensors for Detection of Genetically Modified Organisms in Food and Feed -- INTRODUCTION -- STANDARD APPROACHES FOR DETECTION OF GMO -- GMO BIOSENSORS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 11 - Genetically Modified Organism Analysis as Affected by DNA Degradation -- INTRODUCTION -- DNA QUALITY AND PURITY: FROM EXTRACTION TO PCR ANALYSIS -- EFFECT OF FOOD PROCESSING ON GMO DETECTION -- FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 12 - Novel Strategies for Genetically Modified Organism Detection -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOSENSORS -- MICROARRAYS -- ALTERNATIVE DNA AMPLIFICATION METHODS -- FINAL REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 13 - Targeted Genetic Modification in Crops Using Site-Directed Nucleases -- INTRODUCTION -- DIFFERENT TYPES OF SDNS: FROM MEGANUCLEASES TO CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS (CRISPR) -- THE DIFFERENT USES OF SDNS -- WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE IN PLANTS? -- HOW THE NUCLEASE IS DELIVERED IN PLANT CELLS -- COMPARISON OF SDN-BASED APPROACHES TO CURRENTLY USED TECHNIQUES IN PLANT BREEDING -- SDNS TO OBTAIN NEW PLANTS FOR COMMERCIAL USES: LEGAL FRAMEWORK -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section II - Social and Economic Contextof GMO Foods -- Chapter 14 - Agricultural Biotechnology and Public Attitudes: An Attempt to Explain the Mismatch between Experience and Perception -- INTRODUCTION -- OVERVIEW ON PERCEPTION, POLICIES, AND POLITICS ON GM CROPS IN EUROPE, USA, AND THE REST OF THE WORLD -- PUBLIC ATTITUDES AND TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS -- THE FRAMING OF THE PUBLIC DEBATE.

METHODOLOGIES TO ASSESS PUBLIC AND CONSUMER ATTITUDES -- WHY CONCRETE EXPERIENCE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY MATTERS -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 15 - Fishy Business: Genetic Engineering and Salmon Aquaculture -- INTRODUCTION -- SALMON DECLINE: FROM WILD TO FARMED FISH -- THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON -- GENETICALLY MODIFIED SALMON: A SMALLER ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT? -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 16 - Consumer Behavior Regarding Genetically Modified Foods: A Mediator Model -- INTRODUCTION -- THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK: A MEDIATOR MODEL -- RESEARCH METHODS -- RESULTS: THE MEDIATOR MODEL -- CONCLUSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 17 - Are Ready for Market Genetically Modified, Conventional and Organic Soybeans Substantially Equivalent as Food and Feed? -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIALS AND METHODS -- RESULTS -- DISCUSSION -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Section III - Government Regulation and Litigation for GMO foods -- Chapter 18 - Consumer Acceptance and Willingness-to-Pay for Genetically Modified Foods with Enhanced Vitamin Levels -- INTRODUCTION -- METHODS -- RESULTS -- CASE STUDY: INFORMATION EFFECTS ON WTP FOR FOLATE BIOFORTIFIED RICE -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 19 - Detection of Genetically Modified Organisms in Feed -- INTRODUCTION -- GMO FEEDS: GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS, REGULATIONS, AND HEALTH ISSUES -- DETECTION METHODS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS IN FEED -- MOLECULAR ANALYSIS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 20 - Development of Molecular Strategies for Gene Containment and Marker-Free Genetically Modified Organisms -- THE CURRENT MARKET SITUATION OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS -- CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PROBLEMS OF GMOS -- GENE CONTAINMENT -- SMG AND SMG PROTEIN FREE IN GMOS -- CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES.

Chapter 21 - Negative Regulators of Messenger RNA and the Role of microRNA for Plant Genetic Engineering -- INTRODUCTION -- BIOGENESIS AND MECHANISMS OF NEGATIVE REGULATORS OF MRNA -- ROLES OF MIRNA IN PLANT GENETIC MODIFICATION -- MIRNA-BASED GENE SILENCING STRATEGIES IN PLANT GENETIC MODIFICATION -- CONCLUDING REMARKS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENT -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 22 - Genetically Modified Organisms and European Journalism -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EUROPEAN CONTEXT AND GMOS -- GMOS AND COMPETING JOURNALISTIC TRADITIONS OF JOURNALISTIC OBJECTIVITY AND INTERPRETATION -- THE CHALLENGE OF REPORTING ON GMOS: FACTS AND SCIENTIFIC DISPUTES -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 23 - Agricultural Biotechnology Regulation and Litigation: Preventing "Contamination" -- REGULATORY BACKGROUND -- LITIGATION OVER BIOTECH CROPS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 24 - The European Union Reference Methods Database and Decision Supporting Tool for the Analysis of Genetically Modified Organisms: GMOMETHODS and JRC GMO-Matrix -- THE "FROM FARM TO FORK" EUROPEAN APPROACH -- HARMONIZED ANALYTICAL APPROACHES FOR GMO DETECTION: ROLE OF EU-RL GMFF AND THE EUROPEAN NETWORK OF GMO LABORATORIES (ENGL) -- GMOMETHODS DATABASE: DATA SOURCE AND SELECTION CRITERIA -- THE GMOMETHODS DATABASE CONTENT -- JOINT RESEARCH CENTER (JRC) GMO-MATRIX -- THE CENTRAL CORE SEQUENCE INFORMATION SYSTEM -- THE IN SILICO PIPELINE SUPPORTING THE JRC GMO-MATRIX -- PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS -- NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING -- CHALLENGES -- FUTURE PROSPECTIVE FOR GMO ANALYSIS -- NGS -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Section IV - Role of GMC (Genetically Modified Crops) in Increasing the Food Supply in the Developing and Developed Countries -- Chapter 25 - Genetically Modified Crops: An Alternative Source of Livestock Feeding -- INTRODUCTION -- HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF GM CROPS -- WHAT IS A GM CROP?.

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