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Rylie Shipbaugh
Mrs. Stemen
Bio tech
2 February 2015
Whats in Your Food?

GMOs what are they? What do they do? What it stands for? Well GMO means
Genetically Modified Foods. It also means that the people take food and change its DNA. It also
has to do a lot with protein synthesis Right now the state of California are debating proposition
37 on to have GMO labels on canned foods or not. This issue has got the attention of tons of
states have decided talk about if the state of California should put labels on or not. The people
deserve to know what is in our food. We also deserve to know what exactly GMOs are. The
people also should know if GMO are helping us or if GMOs are harming us.
First of all, what is a protein? A protein is what gives cell nutrients. The DNA helps make
GMOs. It is the A and T, C and G. They make up the code that uses those letterers to make up
DNA. The codes tell the protein where to go and when to move. It all fits like a puzzle. It helps
the genetically modified DNA where it would fit best. The DNA splits and thats how the
genetically modified DNA would go.
Second, what steps are made to make protein synthesis? The first step is to take your
DNA strand and transcript in with the mRNA. Instead of having A, T and G, C it cannot make
the T so it has to change to U which is Uracil. So now the DNA should read A, U and G, C. So
now take a strand AGCTGATGA, its reciprocal should read UCGACUACU. Take that strand

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and break it up every three UCG/ACU/ACU. On an amino wheel it would read a certain protein
in this case it would be serine/threonine/threonine. It would give that protein to that certain area.
In addition, what is one popular method of genetic engineering? One of the methods is
called the plasmid method. This method is the most common method in genetic engineering. You
take plasmid and put it together with restricted enzymes. This helps to cut the plasmid into tiny
small pieces. Then the scientist put in bacteria into the small pieces which make them sticky,
now the plasmid mixes with other enzymes to help make the plasmids more stable. Then, put in
more plasmids to help come together with the bacteria to help get rid of the ones that are no
longer good. Then bacteria plasmid take what is all left and put them back into whatever plant it
was taken.
Lastly, do genetically engineered foods pose a risk to human health? Yes it does. When
scientists were experimenting with GMO tomatoes the scientist feed them to their rats in a
couple of weeks after the rats ate the engineered tomatoes the rats died. Still not convinced GMO
foods are actually less healthy if youre eating the genetically engineered food over eating the
harvest type. They are filled with chemicals.
Finally, now the people know what is being put in your food and how it can harm
yourself. You know what a GMO is. You know what is really going on with your food and whats
going into it. So, wish the best of luck when choosing your food now.

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Works Cited
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Ophardt, Charles E. "Protein Synthesis." Protein Synthesis. Emhurst College, 2010. Web. 06 Feb.
2015.
Pusztai, Arpad. "Genetically Modified Foods: Are They a Risk to Human/Animal Health?"
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"What Is Protein - Protein Synthesis." Protein Synthesis. N.p., 04 Oct. 2013. Web. 06 Feb. 2015.