These days everything from your food and clothes to the medicines you take may well come from genetically modified plants or bacteria. (newscientist.com)
Although there is no evidence indicating genetically modified foods are unsafe, there are signs that the genes from modified plants can leak out and find their way into other species. (discovermagazine.com)
Still, some scientists maintain their faith in plant - produced vaccines, saying that the plants could be grown in a greenhouse to make sure modified plant material remains separate from wildlife. (discovermagazine.com)