{"id":608127,"date":"2009-11-17T19:34:36","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacknorrisrd.com\/?p=704"},"modified":"2009-11-17T19:34:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-18T00:34:36","slug":"omega-3s-in-gmo-plants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/608127","title":{"rendered":"Omega-3s in GMO Plants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an interesting article from New Scientist about some companies that are working on producing EPA, DHA, and STA in plants:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/mg20427324.000-us-fda-says-omega3-oils-from-gm-soya-are-safe-to-eat.html\">US FDA says omega-3 oils from GM soya are safe to eat<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Excerpt:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;BASF has inserted five genes from algae that naturally make EPA and DHA into the canola genome. Its product is still in development.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Monsanto has taken a different approach. It inserted two genes into the soybean genome, one from a plant related to primrose and one from a fungus. The modified soybean produces stearidonic acid, or SDA. Like ALA, SDA is converted into EPA in the body, but in much higher proportions&#8230;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.jacknorrisrd.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?a=xbQvyPZi1Z0:GmDPz6fMZ5s:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.jacknorrisrd.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?a=xbQvyPZi1Z0:GmDPz6fMZ5s:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/jacknorrisrdcom?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/jacknorrisrdcom\/~4\/xbQvyPZi1Z0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an interesting article from New Scientist about some companies that are working on producing EPA, DHA, and STA in plants: US FDA says omega-3 oils from GM soya are safe to eat Excerpt: &#8220;BASF has inserted five genes from algae that naturally make EPA and DHA into the canola genome. Its product is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4821],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-608127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9NivD-2ycv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=608127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/608127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=608127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=608127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=608127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}