Are bananas genetically altered with any animal DNA?
2007-11-29 13:46:38 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
About 10-12 years ago,
A particular line of bananas were genetically engineered with
virus coat proteins or human antiviral antibody proteins.
I believe it was the small pox.
So children in third world countries can get immunized/be protected just by eating bananas readily available in their home countries.
Bananas are very susceptible to a particular deadly fungus.
Purhaps bananas can/have been transformed with an anti-fungal protein as well.
The bananas you get from your store are likely wild-type, non-engineered
2007-11-29 14:57:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first GM banana was with attenuated Norwalk virus (that virus causes diarrhea) coat protein in 2000.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/harvest/interviews/arntzen.html
Since then they have begun testing for resistance to bacterial wilt and various fungal diseases that affect the crops. 2006
GM bananas
http://www.scidev.net/editorletters/index.cfm?fuseaction=readeditorletter&itemid=104&language=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/2664373.stm
http://www.afaa.com.au/news/n_news-1901.asp
2007-11-29 18:14:00 · answer #2 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋