{"id":5668,"date":"2004-01-27T15:58:29","date_gmt":"2004-01-27T22:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2004\/01\/27\/are-these-frankenflowers-okay.html"},"modified":"2004-01-27T15:58:29","modified_gmt":"2004-01-27T22:58:29","slug":"are_these_frank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2004\/01\/27\/are_these_frank.html","title":{"rendered":"Are these Frankenflowers okay?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are a lot of folks who find Genetically Modified life forms to be abhorrent. Could this change their minds?<\/a><\/p>\n

A Danish biotech company has developed a genetically modified flower that could help detect land mines and it hopes to have a prototype ready for use within a few years.
\n[…] The genetically modified weed has been coded to change color when its roots come in contact with nitrogen-dioxide (NO2) evaporating from explosives buried in soil.
\nWithin three to six weeks from being sowed over land mine infested areas the small plant, a Thale Cress, will turn a warning red whenever close to a land mine.
\n[…] Aresa’s invention, based on research at the Institute of Molecular Biology at Copenhagen University, uses a plant’s normal reaction to turn red or brown when subjected to stressful conditions such as cold or drought, but has genetically coded it to react only to nitrogen-dioxide.
\n[… Aresa] hopes to use the Thale Cress also for detecting and cleaning soil contaminated by heavy metals such as lead, copper, zinc and chromium, a major source of pollution in many industrialized countries.<\/p>\n

The plant has also been genetically modified to be sterile, so it can’t spread beyond where it’s seeded.<\/p>\n

Interesting. And clever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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