date:Dec 26, 2012
The Obama administration is prepared to approve shortly the first genetically engineered (GE) animal intended for human consumption with the release of an Environmental Assessment (EA) on the controversial transgenic salmon.
AquaBounty Technologies, Inc.s AquAdvantage salmon is genetically engineered by inserting a Chinook salmon growth-hormone gene, as well as a gene sequence from an ocean pout, which causes the salmon to reach market size in half the normal time.
The Maynard, Mass.-based com