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Biotechnology: Enhancing human nutrition in developing and developed worlds
Pages 5968-5972

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... Biotechnology and other emerging life sciences technologies offer valuable tools to help meet these multidimensional challenges. This paper explores the possibilities afforded through biotechnology in providing improved agronomic "input" traits, differentiated crops that impart more desirable "output" traits, and using plants as green factories to fortify foods with valuable nutrients naturally rather than externally during food processing.
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From page 5969...
... Every major crop can be subject to precise genetic modifications based on our ability to introduce and express genes in crops. Plant biotechnology therefore should substantially augment plant breeding, which in many respects was based on our ability to harness genes into plants either by sexual crossing or laboratory techniques such as cell fusion.
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From page 5970...
... A vast majority of the grains in the Western Hemisphere are used for feeding animals, and it is not surprising that a significant activity in the differentiated crop arena is focused on improving the feed quality of crops. Two types of products now are being created-one focused on increasing caloric density of the grain by increasing its oil content and another on nutrient density, particularly the levels of protein, essential amino acids, and other micronutrients.
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From page 5971...
... The cost to society in the United States is estimated to be $260 billion annually from cardiovascular-related disorders, including heart disease, coronary artery disease, stroke, hypertensive disease, and congestive heart failure. As described earlier, total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol are important biomarkers of cardiovascular health and are routinely monitored to assess the health status of individuals (15~.
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From page 5972...
... 5972 Colloquium Paper: Kishore and Shewmaker WHO (1995) Global Prevalence of Vitamin A Deficiency (WHO, Geneva', Micronutrient Deficiency Information Systems Working Paper No.
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