Researchers recently found that a type of corn genetically modified to be tolerant to the herbicide glyphosate has significant molecular differences from conventional corn. The findings of the research team, led by Dr. Michael Antoniou at King’s College London, were published in the scientific journal Nature.
The study assessed whether the genetically modified (GM) corn known as NK603 is equivalent to traditional corn on a molecular basis. They found that “a total of 117 proteins and 91 metabolites have been altered in maize by the genetic transformation process.” They concluded NK603 corn is “not substantially equivalent” to conventional corn. In other words, the GM corn is not the same on a molecular level as non-GM corn.
They found that "a total of 117 proteins and 91 metabolites have been altered in maize by the genetic transformation process."
