Warning Over GM Plants With Human Genes

Farmers could soon be growing GM crops that contain human genes and can produce insulin. The Canadian firm Sembiosys is growing insulin in the seeds of safflower, a seed oil plant, in trials in Chile, the U.S. and Canada. The company claims it will be able to sell a plant-based form of insulin within three years. The GM industry see this as part of a new wave of plants which could help change public opinion in its favour. Experts already claim to have modified tobacco so it produces a vaccine for cervical cancer.