Groups from Greenpeace to the Union of Concerned Scientists fret that Africa is being manipulated by multinational corporations, in effect serving as one big--and potentially dangerous--genetic experiment.

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Groups that include Greenpeace and the Union of Concerned Scientists fret that Africa is being manipulated by multinational corporations, in effect serving as one big--potentially dangerous--genetic experiment.

FORBES: Millions Served

Their original experiment used a genetic switch to regulate production of a particular receptor molecule for serotonin.

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Because a field trial with a genetically engineered plant may be 10 to 20 times more expensive than the same experiment performed with a plant that has identical properties but that was modified with less precise genetic techniques, genetic engineering with the best techniques has been vastly under-used for the past 25 years.

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