Jacob Diaz

RWS 1302-17424

Research Proposal Outline

September 28, 2017

Research Proposal Outline

Main Research Question:

Can the benefits of genetically modified foods change or support someones ethical

standpoint on the matter?

Potential Supporting Questions:

What are genetically modified foods?

How are they affecting society?

Collecting information

I plan to create a questionnaire made up of a few simple questions on the topic of

genetically modified foods that I will hand out to people I am surveying. After filling out

the questionnaire I will hand them a paper listing some of the benefits and risk of
genetically modifying foods so they can be more informed on the matter. I will then

hand them a survey with a few questions about what their stance, if they had one, was

before the reading the benefits. If it changed after reading the benefits or if it helped

them form an opinion if they had not already. I would like to get at least 30 people to

participate. A possible problem that I may run into are people not being informed on

the matter.
Supporting Sources:

Amofah, G. (2014). RECOMMENDATIONS FROM A MEETING ON HEALTH IMPLICATIONS OF

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM (GMO). Ghana Medical Journal, 48(2), 117-119. D

oi:10.4314/gmj.v48i2.11

Dizon, F., Costa, S., Rock, C., Harris, A., Husk, C., & Mei, J. (2016). Genetically Modified (GM)

Foods and Ethical Eating. Journal Of Food Science, 81(2), R287-R291. doi:10.1111/1750-

3841.13191

Randhawa, G., Singh, M., & Sood, P. (2016). DNA-based methods for detection of genetically

modified events in food and supply chain. Current Science (00113891), 110(6), 1000-

1009. doi:10.18520/cs/v110/i6/1000-1009

Verma, A. K., Misra, A., Subash, S., Das, M., & Dwivedi, P. D. (2011). Computational allergenicity

prediction of transgenic proteins expressed in genetically modified crops.

Immunopharmacology & Immunotoxicology, 33(3), 410-422.

doi:10.3109/08923973.2010.523704

WAKASA, Y; et al. Generation of Transgenic Rice Lines with Reduced Contents of Multiple

Potential Allergens Using a Null Mutant in Combination with an RNA Silencing Method.

Plant & Cell Physiology. 52, 12, 2190-2199, Dec. 2011. ISSN: 00320781.