Genetically modified products are not a new concept, not even for Romanian people. The most known and endearing tortoises were “mutant,” meaning genetically modified. The first product obtained through this technique and made for sale, was a genetically modified version of a hormone – BST somatotropina – which stimulated lactation in cows. The term “OMG” is used to refer to live organisms, plants or animals, who have been injected with genes, particles from other species’ DNA, trespassing the species barrier, for it to be able to have new properties.

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