SciShow | Spicy Tomatoes and 4 Other GMOs That Could Save Lives

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SciShow: Genetically modifying plants and animals is complicated business, but some scientists think this tool could be used to save lives in a variety of ways. Hosted by: Olivia Gordon SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Bill & Katie Scholl, Adam Brainard, Greg, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: Golden Rice: https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/supplement/beta-carotene https://www.aao.org/eye-health/diseases/vitamin-deficiency https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/104/3/769/4668541 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10634784 https://www.nature.com/articles/nbt0718-559a https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039550 https://irri.org/news-and-events/news/golden-rice-meets-food-safety-standards-three-global-leading-regulatory-0 http://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/applications/Documents/A1138%20Approval%20report.pdf http://www.vib.be/en/news/Documents/vib_fact_GoldenRice_EN.pdf https://www.acsh.org/news/2017/05/18/embrace-golden-rice-globally-remains-frustratingly-slow-11297 https://futurism.com/gmo-golden-rice-allowed-us Spicy tomatoes: https://www.cell.com/trends/plant-science/fulltext/S1360-1385(18)30261-9 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4267963/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2019/01/08/hot-spicy-tomato-capsaicin-genetic- Allergen-free milk: https://www.foodallergy.org/life-with-food-allergies/food-allergy-101/facts-and-statistics https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-32024-x https://www.pnas.org/content/109/42/16811 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-25654-8 Cancer-fighting eggs: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/worldwide-cancer https://www.beltina.org/interferons-alpha-beta-and-cancer-treatment/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-28438-2 https://splice-bio.com/genetically-modified-chickens-lay-cancer-fighting-eggs/ https://www.in-pharmatechnologist.com/Article/2007/01/16/Protein-production-in-chicken-eggs-cracked https://bmcbiotechnol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12896-018-0495-1 Vaccine-delivering bananas: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/97ff/85496c35d1b280d2adf2060b39184080bfd9.pdf http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/07_00/VACCINE_BASE2_5_8.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Advantages-and-disadvantages-of-edible-vaccines_tbl3_228778843 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/edible-vaccines-2006-12/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2000/sep/08/gm.infectiousdiseases https://www.researchgate.net/publication/27800426_Review_Article_-_Edible_vaccines_Current_status_and_future https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Advantages-and-disadvantages-of-edible-vaccines_tbl3_228778843 https://www.cdc.gov/rotavirus/surveillance.html Osteoporosis-fighting carrots: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2234161/ Ebola-fighting tobacco: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/16/12/26122 http://sciencenordic.com/genetically-modified-tobacco-plants-medicine-ebola https://www.scripps.edu/news-and-events/press-room/2014/20141117ebola.html https://www.mdmag.com/medical-news/investigative-ebola-treatment-zmapp-to-undergo-testing Image Sources: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beta-Carotene-3D-spacefill.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Golden_Rice.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Agrobacterium_tumefaciens_Forsythie.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Capsaicin-3D-vdW.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bacterial_leaf_spot_symptoms.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:3blg.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Human-interferon-beta-pdb-1AU1.png
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