Which is an advantage of genetic engineering?

Genetic engineering is used to produce vaccines, many immune-therapeutic drugs and other useful things like synthetic human insulin. At present, this technology has proven to be very advantageous as it is being applied to plants to create genetically modified foods which not only possess improved resistance to infections and high nutritional values but may also help to reduce the scarcity of food in the world.

Not only is it the purchase of about 40% of america, it also grounds to on-go our advancement as a civilization.