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USA – NEXT IS NUTRIGENOMICS
Nutrigenomics’ – next generation ag biotech trend
10 November 2006.
Source: CropBiotech Update, www.isaaa.org/kc
What future next-generation applications can be expected in agricultural biotechnology? Personalized nutrition based on individual genetics, pharmaceuticals from alfalfa, drought-tolerant plants, and improved bioenergy sources – these were some potential products discussed in a symposium in Minneapolis, USA.
Nutrigenomics or applying genetic science toward human nutrition and health is expected to play a more prominent role in making these future products possible says Chuck Muscoplat, faculty member of the University of Minneapolis College of Medicine and former Dean of the College of Agriculture.
Muscoplat explained that “compounds from food can be studied and developed as modulators of gene expression rather than as simple nutrients for basic nutrition”. Examples include addition of folate in the diet of pregnant women, and genistein, an isoflavone compound in soybeans, that act as antioxidants.
For a PDF of the article go to:
www.isb.vt.edu/news/2006/artspdf/nov0605.pdf
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