Which of the following statements are true?
(A) Milk obtained from ‘Rosie’ is nutritionally more balanced for human babies than natural human milk.
(B) Biopiracy refers to the use of bioresources without proper authorisation from MNCs.
(C) GEAC is the decisive body for safety and validity of GMOs and GM research respectively.
(D) Transgenic animals help us to understand the contribution of genes in the development of disease.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (C) and (D) only
(A) Milk obtained from ‘Rosie’ is nutritionally more balanced for human babies than natural human milk. False. Rosie was the first transgenic cow (1997). Her milk carried the human protein alpha-lactalbumin and was more balanced for human babies than natural cow milk, not human milk. NTA swapped just one word, cow for human, and the sentence turned false. Read every word of a statement before you judge it.
(B) Biopiracy refers to the use of bioresources without proper authorisation from MNCs. False. Biopiracy is the use of bio-resources by multinational companies and other organisations without proper authorisation from the countries and people concerned, and without paying them. The statement turns the MNCs into the ones who give permission.
(C) GEAC is the decisive body for safety and validity of GMOs and GM research respectively. True. The Genetic Engineering Approval Committee decides on the validity of GM research and the safety of introducing GM organisms for public services.
(D) Transgenic animals help us to understand the contribution of genes in the development of disease. True. Transgenic animals are made as models of human diseases, such as cancer, cystic fibrosis and Alzheimer’s, so that new treatments can be studied.