title: Biological and biomedical aspects of genetically modified food.
abstract: Genetically modified (GM) foods are the product of one of the most progressive fields of science-biotechnology. There are major concerns about GM foods in the public; some of them are reasonable, some of them are not. Biomedical risks of GM foods include problems regarding the potential allergenicity, horizontal gene transfer, but environmental side effects on biodiversity must also be recognized. Numerous methods have been developed to assess the potential risk of every GM food type. Benefits of the first generation of GM foods were oriented towards the production process and companies, the second generation of GM foods offers, on contrary, various advantages and added value for the consumer. This includes improved nutritional composition or even therapeutic effects. Recombinant probiotics and the principle of alternative gene therapy represent the latest approach of using GM organisms for biomedical applications. This article tries to summarize and to explain the problematic topic of GM food.
authors.affiliation: Biomed Research and Publishing Group, Bratislava, Slovakia. petercelec@gmail.com
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Celec
authors.forename: Martina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kukucková
authors.forename: Veronika
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Renczésová
authors.forename: Satheesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Natarajan
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pálffy
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gardlík
authors.forename: Július
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hodosy
authors.forename: Michal
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behuliak
authors.forename: Barbora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Vlková
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Minárik
authors.forename: Tomás
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Szemes
authors.forename: Stanislav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stuchlík
authors.forename: Ján
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Turna
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics*; D001709:Biotechnology; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018556:Crops, Agricultural / Q000235:genetics; D005062:European Union; D005504:Food Analysis / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000379:methods; D005512:Food Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D005527:Food, Fortified; D030841:Food, Genetically Modified / Q000009:adverse effects; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D006801:Humans; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics; D019936:Probiotics; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence