Language: English
Publication Year: 2010
Scientific and technological innovation and a fundamental
understanding of nature are among the major drivers of progress.
The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming in 1928 saved
the lives of countless people battling with the number one cause
of death in the last century – bacterial infections. Today’s
advances in the treatment of human disease have been made
possible by the discovery of the DNA double-helix structure by
Watson and Crick in 1953. And the Green Revolution, a synonym
for advances in the agricultural sciences and plant breeding, has
saved millions of people from starvation.
In 2001 the Directorate-General for Research and Innovation
published the first overview of the accumulated results of ‘EC
Sponsored Research on Safety of Genetically Modified
Organisms (GMOs)1’. This publication included work supported
over the preceding 15 years from the first to the fifth
Framework Programmes for research, technological development
and demonstration activities (FP). It featured 81 projects,
involving over 400 laboratories, and the results covered
a range of subjects: horizontal gene transfer, environmental
impact of transgenic plants, plant-microbe interactions, transgenic
fish, recombinant vaccines, food safety, and other issues.
The 2001 publication attracted the attention not only of the
scientific community but also of regulators, public services,
non-governmental organisations and other stakeholders.
GMO
Climate Change , Food Security
Agricultural Biotechnology , Agriculture , Science Communication
GMO, European Union, Research, Fossil fuel, Global warming, Global
05 Mar 2010
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