date:Dec 07, 2012
Many are hoping the AquAdvantage salmon (AAS), often referred to as a Frankenfish, is not approved by the FDA. The genetically modified salmon, created by Boston-based AquaBounty Technologies, is created togrow twice as fast as wild Atlantic salmon--reaching its full size in 18 months instead of three years.
It wascreated by inserting the coding sequence from a Chinook salmon growth hormone gene under the control ofan antifreeze protein promoter and terminator from ocean pout into wild Atlanti