Genetically modified foods: safety, risks and public concerns—a review
December 2013 | Authors:A. S. Bawa
and K. R. Anilakumar|US National Library of Medicine|
“Genetic modification is a special set of gene technology that alters the genetic machinery of such living organisms as animals, plants or microorganisms. Combining genes from different organisms is known as recombinant DNA technology and the resulting organism is said to be ‘Genetically modified (GM)’, ‘Genetically engineered’ or ‘Transgenic’.”