Genetically modified organisms are not new. According to the
USDA, in 2009, 93 percent of soy, 93 percent of cotton and 86
perfect of corn grown in the United States was GMO. However, in
2010, life on earth as we currently understand it, changed. By
inserting computer-designed genetic material into a bacterial cell,
scientist created an entirely new strain of bacteria, a new life
form, the world's first synthetic cell. In annoucing his creation,
scientist Craig Venter called if the...