Genetically Engineered Salmon on the FDA’s Table

LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND POLICY: Genetically Engineered Salmon on the FDA’s Table

Comments of Consumers Union on Genetically Engineered Salmon, Food and Drug

This assessment of a genetically engineered (GE) salmon is the first evaluation of a GE animal and will set a precedent for future approvals of GE animals. FDA should be especially cognizant of the scientific quality of the data and the rigor of the analysis needed to do a proper safety assessment of GE animals in this case. Unfortunately, the evidence of FDA’s evaluation of the AquAdvantage sa...

Genetically Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells Stably Expressing Green Fluorescent Protein

Objective(s) Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are nonhematopoietic stromal cells that are capable of differentiating into and contribute to the regeneration of mesenchymal tissues. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are ideal targets in cell transplantation and tissue engineering. Enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) has been an important reporter gene for gene therapy. The aim of this stu...

"Genetically Engineered" Nanoelectronics

The quantum mechanical functionality of nanoelectronic devices such as resonant tunneling diodes (RTDs), quantum well infrared photodetectors (QWIPs), quantum well lasers, and heterostructure fieM effect transistors (HFETs) is enabled by material variations on an atomic scale. The design and optimization of such devices requires a fundamental understanding of electron transport in such dimensio...

Genetically Engineered ART Architectures

This chapter focuses on the evolution of ARTMAP architectures, using genetic algorithms, with the objective of improving generalization performance and alleviating the ART category proliferation problem. We refer to the resulting architectures as GFAM, GEAM, and GGAM. We demonstrate through extensive experimentation that evolved ARTMAP architectures exhibit good generalization and are of small ...