Genetics & Genomics

Antibiotic resistance markers in GM plants are not a risk to human health

Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, October 20th, 2005

Antibiotic-resistance markers in genetically modified (GM) plants do not pose a substantial risk to human health, concludes a review article published in the October issue of The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Antibiotic resistance marker genes are used as a tool to recognize the successful introduction into plant cells of a new gene with beneficial characteristics. The markers are coupled with the new gene, so by selecting those cells that express the resistance marker, the cells that have incorporated the gene of interest into their DNA can be identified. Plants derived from these cells neither contain nor produce antibiotics.

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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2005-10-20)

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