Genetically modified plants that can grow in a harsh environment can solve the problem of famine.

解决饥荒问题的其中一个方法是种植经过基因改造后能在环境条件差生长的植物。

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Genetically modified plants can come about by natural means. A research group at Lund University in Sweden has described the details of such an event among higher plants.

转基因植物可以通过自然手段产生，瑞典Lund大学的一个研究小组描述了在高等植物中发生的此类事件的详细情况。

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Success isn't assured, of course. The technologies present difficult engineering challenges, and some require big scientific leaps in lab-created materials or genetically modified plants.

当然，这些技术并不一定能取得成功，它们目前都面临着不少难题，一些技术需要在实验室创造的材料和或转基因植物方面实现一些重大突破。

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At the moment, despite the brouhaha they have created in some countries, genetically modified plants are primitive things.

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Environmentalists had argued that there might be a risk of cross-pollination between genetically modified plants and neighbouring crops.

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While many health advocates say eating genetically-modified plants appears to be safe, some say foods containing such organisms should be labeled as such.

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