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Published: March 6, 2007 at 11:17 PM
USDA approves rice with human genes
WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) -- A California biotechnology company has been given preliminary approval by U.S. Agriculture Department to plant rice that contains human genes.
Ventria Bioscience says the rice, which will be planted on 3,000 acres in Kansas, is endowed with human genes that produce human proteins, including bacteria-fighting compounds found in breast milk and saliva, The Washington Post reported.
The newspaper said the proteins would be extracted for use as an anti-diarrhea medicine.
A company-sponsored study in Peru found that children with severe diarrhea recovered faster when the salty fluids they were prescribed contained the proteins.
Critics fear the genes could escape the plants and turn up in other foods, the report said.
© Copyright 2007United Press International, Inc.
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JesusLopezViejo
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 9:32 pm Post subject: |
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| i wonder what the downside would be of the genes escaping to other food...hmm. |
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exton
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 3:39 am Post subject: |
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| I, for one, welcome our new vegetable overlords. |
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JesusLopezViejo
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 4:04 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | I, for one, welcome our new vegetable overlords. |
haha...same here. |
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jusdeadphunky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:30 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | I, for one, welcome our new vegetable overlords. |
hahaha...hahaha
these are the moments that makes my internet addiction seem worth it. |
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jusdeadphunky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:31 am Post subject: |
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| i hate the shits, and do not frown upon the concept, but the reality of it is fucked up. |
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Lester
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:06 am Post subject: |
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| I love this stuff, everytime I hear something like this I cross my fingers and hope it will be used to feed the world. |
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jusdeadphunky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| Lester wrote: | | I love this stuff, everytime I hear something like this I cross my fingers and hope it will be used to feed the world. |
as like to have some sick and twisted thing happen to serve as an example of why not to do shit like make rice that contains human genes? |
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Lester
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| jusdeadphunky wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | I love this stuff, everytime I hear something like this I cross my fingers and hope it will be used to feed the world. |
as like to have some sick and twisted thing happen to serve as an example of why not to do shit like make rice that contains human genes? |
oh boo hoo, when has that ever happened? In the whole history of genetics? (ok so the history isn't very long, but meh) |
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exton
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:24 am Post subject: |
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| jusdeadphunky wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | I love this stuff, everytime I hear something like this I cross my fingers and hope it will be used to feed the world. |
as like to have some sick and twisted thing happen to serve as an example of why not to do shit like make rice that contains human genes? |
Hah. What do you imagine could go wrong? |
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jusdeadphunky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 8:26 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | | jusdeadphunky wrote: | | Lester wrote: | | I love this stuff, everytime I hear something like this I cross my fingers and hope it will be used to feed the world. |
as like to have some sick and twisted thing happen to serve as an example of why not to do shit like make rice that contains human genes? |
Hah. What do you imagine could go wrong? |
the stuff horror movies are made of. haha |
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exton
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Horror movies are notable for being obscenely inaccurate.
Do you actually have any scenarios in mind wherein this could lead to bad things? |
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Anym
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | Horror movies are notable for being obscenely inaccurate.
Do you actually have any scenarios in mind wherein this could lead to bad things? |
Genetically mutated plant people that try to take over our bodies. Did you see invasion of the body snatchers? Dick Cheney is a pod person! |
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Lester
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| Realistically if we create plant matter that is capable of outsmarting us, then we don't deserve to be top of the food chain anyways. |
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jusdeadphunky
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| Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 5:18 pm Post subject: |
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| exton wrote: | Horror movies are notable for being obscenely inaccurate.
Do you actually have any scenarios in mind wherein this could lead to bad things? |
no but the thought of consuming food laced with human genes seems to open a can of worms with potential unimaginable consequences.
i don't know maybe like eating the shit while pregnant and having your baby come out with extra appendages or something, or being born with some other genetic defect. |
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