Other uses in genetic technology

Medical Treatment
There has been many advances in genetic technology. Such advances include the creation of vaccines.  All vaccines are genetically engineered in some way. Genetically modified virus's are being developed so that it still contains the toxins that will trigger the human's immune system, but not as strong to make the human sick.

Agricultural Yield
Along with genetic technology used in humans, there have been other applications of gene modifications in plants such as corn and soybeans. Modifying corn was meant to make it herbicide resistant and produce its own insecticide, saving more labor from the farmers and reaching bumper crop. However, it has not been tested to be fully safe for human consumption, and may contain substances that can affect human health such as allergies and antibiotic resistant germs. Many suggest not to mess around with what human have been eating for thousands of years that has been proven to be safe and refrain genetic modification for economic purposes only.

Biofuel 

While concern looms over GMO crops for human consumption and usage as feedstock that is part of human food chain, GMO technology and biofuel can seem a match made in the human quest for energy solution to environmental protection and breaking from fossil fuel dependency. In fact, research has been done to use genetically modified yeast to enhance the production of biofuel from waste material, namely using straw instead of edible crop for making bioethanol. To address the outcry of wasting food for fuel, deriving biomass from GMO crop for biofuel such as ethanol nullifies the objection. For example, the European Union currently is against the import of GMO crops and livestock feeds, but the concern is with human consumption and not towards its usage for biofuel. However, GMO derived biomass can make the EU biofuel industry more competitive. The desire to take the economic advantage calls for regulating the identification of GMO products and is stirring GMO labelling movement, which can be an expensive but inaccurate endeavor.


Sources:
https://www.boundless.com/microbiology/textbooks/boundless-microbiology-textbook/microbial-genetics-7/transgenic-organisms-94/genetically-engineered-vaccines-502-10778/
http://www.healthline.com/health/gmos-pros-and-cons
http://www.ethanolproducer.com/articles/4462/gm-crops-and-biofuels/
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24489800
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jon-entine/gmo-labeling-science-and-_b_8871680.html

Pictures:
http://revolutionofthemind.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Vaccine.png
http://www.efoodsdirect.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/gmocorn1.jpg
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/files/2013/04/bacteria.jpg