Consumers everywhere are clamouring for natural foods free from genetic modification (GM), but what about a GM potato that could save your life? Altering the properties of crops is not a new phenomenon. Our ancestors chose the best crops with the best yields to breed the "super crops" which we rely on for foods today but now biotech companies are taking things a step further by using genetic modification (manipulating the genetic make-up of a plant) to short-circuit the breeding process and add desirable traits that can even turn plants into "vaccine factories".
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