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Benefits of GM Products
 * **Crops**
 * Enhanced taste and quality
 * Reduced maturation time
 * Increased nutrients, yields, and stress tolerance
 * Improved resistance to disease, pests, and [|herbicides]
 * New products and growing techniques
 * **Animals**
 * Increased resistance, productivity, hardiness, and feed efficiency
 * Better yields of meat, eggs, and [|milk]
 * Improved animal health and diagnostic methods
 * **Environment**
 * "Friendly" [|bioherbicides] and [|bioinsecticides]
 * Conservation of soil, water, and energy
 * Bioprocessing for forestry products
 * Better natural waste management
 * More efficient processing
 * **Society**
 * Increased food security for growing populations

Genetically modifying is a great way to ration your food intake. For example, say a scientist has a [|average size orange]. If he were to genetically modify that orange so that its twice the size of a regular orange, he could eat one enormous orange instead of eating 2 average size oranges. It will reduce human's daily food input.

What is GM? [|Genetic modification] (GM) occurs where the genetic material of an organism (either DNA or RNA) is altered by use of a method that does not occur in nature and the modification can be replicated and/or transferred to other cells or organisms. Typically, GM involves the removal of DNA, its manipulation outside the cell and reinsertion into the same or another organism. The aim of GM is often to introduce a new or altered characteristic to the target organism.

Genetic Modification may seem like a bad thing, you're mostly changing proteins and DNA inside of a living organism, and the chemicals produced and/or used are mildly harmful, but the benefits outweigh the cons. The list above yields proof of how amazing this new technology is, and, it is done within four steps.
 * 1) Isolate the gene in which to be genetically modified.
 * 2) Insert the gene into a vector (a vector can be defined [|here]).
 * 3) The transformation of cells within the organism being modified.
 * 4) After the transformation process is complete, scientists will run tests to isolate the genetically modified organism.