Stories tagged GMO   In the movie Jurassic Park, a tale of
genetic engineering gone bad, scientists arrive on an island to
find that an all-female population of resurrected dinosaurs may
have found a way to breed. The following conversation ensues:
Dr. Ian Malcom: No, I’m simply saying that life, uh… finds a
way.Atlantic salmon Atlantic salmonCourtesy Dan Taylor  As we
find out later in the movie, the dinosaurs have indeed been
breeding.  Salmon farmers tell us that a proposed population of
genetically modified "super salmon" will be composed entirely of
sterile females, making it impossible for them to mate, should
they escape to the wild. Some consumers are fighting FDA
approval of the fish as food and say consumers should be alerted
to the fact that they are purchasing the genetically engineered
fish (by way of labeling.)  Advocates of the super salmon claim
the meat from the new super salmon is indistinguishable from
that of their natural cousins. However, critics fear that the
new “frankinfish” may pos