{"id":58,"date":"2013-05-23T22:29:59","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T22:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/?page_id=58"},"modified":"2014-07-07T19:42:00","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T19:42:00","slug":"58-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/?page_id=58","title":{"rendered":"Module 3 &#8211; Genetically Modified Organisms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<font size=\"5\"><b>Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs)<\/b><\/font>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<b style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\">The production of genetically modified foods has become a controversial topic. &nbsp;<span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\">Should we be worried about consuming genetically modified organisms<\/span><\/span><\/b><b style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.6em;\">? &nbsp;And how do you know if you are eating a genetically modified food product?<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nxsfKbx50sY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<h1>\n\t&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Even local food chains like Wegmans have&nbsp;gotten into the conversation.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h1>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"http:\/\/wrvo.org\/post\/wegmans-takes-stance-genetically-modified-food\">http:\/\/wrvo.org\/post\/wegmans-takes-stance-genetically-modified-food<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"><strong>In this module we&nbsp;will test food brought from home. &nbsp;We will isolate the DNA&nbsp;&amp; use&nbsp;a technology call polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify (increase the number of) nucleotides isolated from the plant food.&nbsp; Below is a link to brief video animation of the technique.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 13px;\">\n\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HMC7c2T8fVk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) The production of genetically modified foods has become a controversial topic. &nbsp;Should we be worried about consuming genetically modified organisms? &nbsp;And how do you know if you are eating a genetically modified food product? &nbsp; &nbsp;Even &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/?page_id=58\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58"}],"version-history":[{"count":44,"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":319,"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/58\/revisions\/319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mtsweet.expressions.syr.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}