Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
Millions of GMO Insects Could be Set Loose in Florida Keys
February 8th, 2015Via: AP: Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes could be released in the Florida Keys if British researchers win approval to use the bugs against two extremely painful viral diseases. Never before have insects with modified DNA come so close to being set loose in a residential U.S. neighborhood. “This is essentially using a mosquito as […]
Britain: Three-Person Babies
February 4th, 2015Via: BBC: MPs have voted in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move. The UK is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the creation of babies from three people. In a free vote in the Commons, 382 MPs […]
Scientists Attempt to Create Kill Switch for Genetically Modified Bacteria
January 24th, 2015Pay close attention to the use of unlikely and undetectably small escape rate in the piece below. Wow. Of all the places to encounter weaseleze… I think seeing it in the one about the GMO kill switch has to take the cake. Via: Discovery: As genetically-modified microbes take on ever more tasks – from creating […]
Controversial DNA Startup Wants to Let Customers Create Creatures
January 4th, 2015Not The Onion! Via: San Francisco Chronicle: In Austen Heinz’s vision of the future, customers tinker with the genetic codes of plants and animals and even design new creatures on a computer. Then his startup, Cambrian Genomics, prints that DNA quickly, accurately and cheaply. “Anyone in the world that has a few dollars can make […]
U.S.D.A. Approves Genetically Modified Potato
November 8th, 2014Via: New York Times: A potato genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips has been approved for commercial planting, the Department of Agriculture announced on Friday. The potato’s DNA has been altered so that less of a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of causing […]
Was Ebola Accidentally Released from a Bioweapons Lab In West Africa?
October 24th, 2014Whatever you want to believe or not believe about ebola, this piece contains a lot of information about biowarfare (some of which you’ve seen previously on Cryptogon). Looking for hair on fire insane activities undertaken by governments? You’ve come to the right place. So, was ebola accidentally released from a bioweapons lab in West Africa? […]
Most U.S. Food Labeled ‘Natural’ Contains GMOs
October 10th, 2014Via: Russia Today: Nearly all US packaged food with a “natural” label in fact contains high levels of genetically modified ingredients, tests by the product testing watchdog Consumer Reports reveal. Consumer Reports said its study included more than 80 different processed foods containing corn or soy – the two most prevalent genetically modified crops in […]
Mystery Illness Plagues Girls in Colombia… After They Receive HPV Vaccine
September 21st, 2014Via: AFP: A mystery illness is plaguing girls in this town in northern Colombia, and locals say a vaccine against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, or HPV, is to blame. First their hands and feet feel cold. Then they go pale and cannot move. Some convulse and fall to the floor. In El Carmen de […]
Farmed Artificial Micro Humans
September 13th, 2014Via: IB Times: As an attempt to save millions of animal lives that are lost during laboratory testing, scientists are creating artificial micro humans that would replace these animals. Up to 90 million animal lives are lost each year due to experiments conducted on them. The artificial human machines that are being developed will be […]
Hundreds of Bioterror Lab Mishaps Cloaked in Secrecy
August 17th, 2014I find it remarkable that we know even this much. Via: USA Today: More than 1,100 laboratory incidents involving bacteria, viruses and toxins that pose significant or bioterror risks to people and agriculture were reported to federal regulators during 2008 through 2012, government reports obtained by USA TODAY show. More than half these incidents were […]
