A recent Swiss radio (DRS) podcast had an interesting report, about Golden Rice and the introduction of genetic engineering. Golden Rice was engineered to produce beta-carotene in the endosperm. The background is that Vitamin A deficiency is widespread in tropical developing countries, and that the beta-carotene (precursor of Vitamin A), although naturally produced by rice, is mainly present in the bran and so polished away in the culturally preferred preparation by refining. By engineering the staple crop to produce available vitamin, the researchers potentially neatly solved a major malnutrition problem.…
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