【背景】
近日,網(wǎng)上傳出美國科研機(jī)構(gòu)利用中國兒童進(jìn)行轉(zhuǎn)基因大米試驗,引發(fā)了高度關(guān)注和爭議。試驗領(lǐng)導(dǎo)者、美國塔夫茨大學(xué)華裔教授唐廣文通過校方發(fā)言人對此事給予了書面回應(yīng),承認(rèn)對湖南72名兒童試吃“黃金大米”,強(qiáng)調(diào)試驗經(jīng)過中美雙方有關(guān)機(jī)構(gòu)批準(zhǔn)。
唐廣文論文還提到,實驗中,中國疾病預(yù)防控制中心營養(yǎng)與食品安全所婦幼營養(yǎng)室組織研究和收集樣品。直到昨天,中國疾控中心仍未回應(yīng)。
【新聞】
我們來看一段相關(guān)的英文報道
The parents of children in Hunan province who took part in a study allegedly involving genetically modified rice have expressed concerns over possible health hazards.
The move comes as one of the authors of the study, Yin Shi'an, denied that the project used GM food.
Yin, a researcher with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention's Nutrition and Food Safety Institute, was listed as the third author of the study in a paper published on Aug 1 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
The paper said that in 2008, 68 children in Hengyang, Hunan province, were fed golden rice — a GM variety of rice — to test if it could help children with vitamin A deficiencies. The study was led by Tufts University in the US.
參加轉(zhuǎn)基因大米研究的孩子家長已經(jīng)表示了對可能存在的健康風(fēng)險的擔(dān)心,而與此同時這一研究的作者之一蔭士安否認(rèn)該試驗使用了轉(zhuǎn)基因食品。蔭士安是中國疾病預(yù)防控制中心營養(yǎng)與食品安全研究所的研究員,8月1日發(fā)表在《美國臨床營養(yǎng)學(xué)雜志》上的此項研究論文將蔭列為第三作者。論文中稱,在2008年,湖南衡陽的68名兒童食用了黃金大米——一種轉(zhuǎn)基因大米,目的是研究黃金大米是否有助于兒童補(bǔ)充維生素A。此項研究是由美國塔夫茨大學(xué)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的。
【講解】
genetically modified rice 即為轉(zhuǎn)基因大米(也稱黃金大米 golden rice),可以縮寫成 GM rice,轉(zhuǎn)基因食品則可以說成 GM food。genetically modified 就是指“轉(zhuǎn)基因的”,另外transgenic也可以表示轉(zhuǎn)基因的,如 transgenic animals 轉(zhuǎn)基因動物,transgenic technology 轉(zhuǎn)基因技術(shù)。