Scared of GMO and GM food

 Detecting Genetically Modified Organisms with Microarrays

Is Genetically modified Food a health Hazard ? according to many it seems so. European union has always taken a stringent rules against GM food. A microarray was developed for detecting the presence of Genetically modified organisms some time back a pdf of the article can be downlaoded from http://www.springerlink.com/index/C888146870511P6U.pdf

For example U-Vision Biotech offers a DNA microarray based GMO detection system for detecting

• Brassica napus

• Zea mays L.

• Gossypium hirsutum L.

• Linum usitatissimum L.

• Carica papaya L.

• Solanum tuberosum L.

• Oryza sativa

• Glycine max L.

• Cucurbita pepo

• Beta vulgaris

• Lycopersicon esculentum

• Triticum aestivum

similar products are also offered by Eppendorf   through its dual chip GMO  kit allowing the detection of the EU-approved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) by identifying their genetic elements