Is Genetically Modified Wheat the Solution to Celiac Disease?

I don't care who thinks GMO's are the way to 'cure' anything! They are destructive and I refuse to ever eat Frankenfood. I support certified organic and the environment the way it's meant to be not this fake food!

Noo! This is awful. Where do you think celiac came from?! Genetically modifying our foods!

Awesome! Science rules.

I wouldn't like to put my faith in any GMO.

What other medical conditions will genetically engineered wheat bring on? Leave nature to nature and just cut out foods with gluten from your diet. It's not the end of the world! There is still plenty left to eat!

This sounds great!

Let's ask the people wit celiac disease what they think. This sounds like it is still in the early stages of development, but sounds like it could be a breakthrough. In the long run, if we ban all GM Foods, we will starve.

I think the article is right on. Perhaps this modification will work out, perhaps not. But it looks potentially promising and it would irresponsible not to pursue the matter further. It dismays me when others (three of the previous four comments above) irrationally dismiss this topic out of hand merely because it uses the technique "GMO." Luddenites! I don't know of any DOCUMENTED case where the consumption of a GM food has ever caused damage to the person. If you know of such a case, and it is DOCUMENTED (not simply your impression or an offhand comment from your aunt Suzy), please let me know. Science largely supports the development of GM foods (i.e., Scientific American and Technology Review [MIT]) much the same way it also almost universally acknowledges the fact that global warning is actually occurring in the face of ridiculous political (Fox News, Tea Party) denials.

Noo! This is awful. Where do you think celiac came from?! Genetically modifying our foods!

Actually, no, GMOs have nothing to do with celiac disease. The increased gluten concentration found in today's wheat is ENTIRELY due to conventional cross-breeding of strains to select for the desired trait - in this case, the better bread texture that gluten provides.

This is absurd. Certainly people with celiacs are looking for gluten free options, but taking the gluten out of wheat does not make sense. The properties of wheat based products that we love (the chewiness of bread, the texture of cake and cookies) comes from gluten. Removing the gluten from wheat will not give you a product with similar properties to regular wheat, it will give you a product with the properties of other gluten-free wheat replacement options (rice flour, bean flour). We do not need gluten-free wheat. People with celiacs need gluten alternatives. This GMO effort is a waste of research money. We don't even need to discuss how GMOs are bad for farming methods, bad for natural cross pollination, bad for organic farmers, and bad for your health. This is a short sighted idea by someone who doesn't seem to understand exactly what gluten is and what it's properties are.

Let's ask the people wit celiac disease what they think. This sounds like it is still in the early stages of development, but sounds like it could be a breakthrough. In the long run, if we ban all GM Foods, we will starve.

My MD routinely checked me for allergies, general, food, etc. This was in 1973-4 and the approx. 70 scratches on my arm were filled with small rub-on products that a person could be allergic to. I was highly allergic to wheat, nicotine, peas, less allergic to salmon, codfish, tomatoes, etc. I've had 5 vocal cord strippings in the past 15 years and may need 1 more. It is called 'severe dysplasia', next door to cancer. I will be 68 in Nov. 2014 and am in superb condition, other than allergies and things they cause. I get sleepy when I eat certain foods and that's annoying. Etc. Don't see much helping. I don't want GMO's of any kind unless I really need it. Bye!

Genetically modified strains of wheat, no matter how they are developed, will eventually be the answer. You can't just lump all GMOs together and say they're all bad.