The promise of agricultural biotechnology for human health
Li Tian
(Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
Dean DellaPenna
(Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA)
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Abstract
Summarizes the meeting report of the Keystone Symposium “Plant foods for human health: manipulating plant metabolism to enhance nutritional quality”. A number of papers were presented, outlining the various ways in which recombinant DNA technologies are currently being developed to improve the nutritional quality and other health benefits of food crops. The value of such research is emphasized given the high existing levels of human malnutrition and diseases associated with poor diet.
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Citation
Tian, L. and DellaPenna, D. (2001), "The promise of agricultural biotechnology for human health", British Food Journal, Vol. 103 No. 11, pp. 777-779. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700110696832
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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