Safety assessment of genetically modified rice expressing Cry1Ab protein in Sprague–Dawley rats

Abstract Rice is considered one of the most important staple food crops. Genetically modified (GM) Bt rice, harbored cry1Ab gene expressing the insect-resistance protein has been developed to resistance to the insects. In this study, we assessed the safety of the GM Bt rice on Sprague–Dawley rats fo...

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Main Authors: Bahador Hajimohammadi, Gilda Eslami, Hengameh Zandi, Mohammad Hassan Ehrampoush, Azar Naimi, Maryam Derakhshan, Pegah Hedayat, Roozbeh Fallahi, Hossein Fallahzadeh, Mohammad Ebrahim Rezvani, Mahmoud Vakili, Seyed Mohammad Moshtaghioun, Seyyed Shamsadin Athari, Seyedeh Leili Asadi-Yousefabad, Saeedeh Sadat Hosseini, Mehrnoush Shirdeli, Salman Ahmadian, Shirin Mortazavi, Elahe Loni, Vahid Ajamein, Amin Ahmadi, Vahideh Askari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-80958-6