Archive for the 'Biotechnology' Category
Dumbing Down Society Part I: Foods, Beverages and Meds
June 30th, 2010Via: Vigilant Citizen: Scientific data has been proving for years that governments around the world are tolerating the selling of many products which have a direct and negative effect on cognitive and physical health.
Genetically Altered Salmon Get Closer to the Table
June 26th, 2010Not my family’s table. Via: New York Times: The Food and Drug Administration is seriously considering whether to approve the first genetically engineered animal that people would eat — salmon that can grow at twice the normal rate. The developer of the salmon has been trying to get approval for a decade. But the company […]
Monsanto Wins as Supreme Court Backs Alfalfa Seed Planting
June 22nd, 2010Via: Bloomberg: The U.S. Supreme Court, ruling in favor of Monsanto Co., overturned a judge’s ban on the planting of alfalfa seeds engineered to be resistant to the company’s Roundup herbicide. The 7-1 ruling shifts the focus of the environmental dispute to the Agriculture Department, which under today’s ruling now can consider allowing limited planting. […]
House Votes to Expand National DNA Arrest Database
May 23rd, 2010Via: CNet: Millions of Americans arrested for but not convicted of crimes will likely have their DNA forcibly extracted and added to a national database, according to a bill approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday. By a 357 to 32 vote, the House approved legislation that will pay state governments to require […]
California Throws Away Enough Food to Fill 35 Stadiums Per Year
May 22nd, 2010Over at Technofascism Blog, Tony writes, “Keep this story in mind next time you hear that nonsense from people like Bill Gates insisting we need GM crops to feed a hungry world.” Besides Atomic Audit, this represents just about the clearest proof that the depth of our society’s madness is infinite. Via: San Francisco Chronicle: […]
‘Artificial Life’
May 20th, 2010Why the Future Doesn’t Need Us Via: BBC: Scientists in the US have succeeded in developing the first synthetic living cell. The researchers constructed a bacterium’s “genetic software” and transplanted it into a host cell. The resulting microbe then looked and behaved like the species “dictated” by the synthetic DNA. The advance, published in Science, […]
UC Berkeley Asking Incoming Students For DNA
May 19th, 2010Oh sure. Via: KTVU: UC Berkeley is adding something a little different this year in its welcome package — cotton swabs for a DNA sample. In the past, incoming freshman and transfer students have received a rather typical welcome book from the College of Letters and Science’s “On the Same Page” program, but this year […]
New Zealand: Scientists Given Permission to Put Human Genes Into Goats, Sheep and Cows
April 16th, 2010Via: New Zealand Herald: Scientists have been given permission to put human genes into goats, sheep and cows for the next 20 years, to see if the animals will produce human proteins in their milk. But people will not be pouring the genetically modified milk on their Weetbix just yet – the milk will be […]
Obama Gives Key Agriculture Post to Agribusiness Goon Who Lobbied for Monsanto, Syngenta, DuPont and Dow
April 2nd, 2010Via: Green Change: Today, President Obama announced that he will recess appoint Islam A. Siddiqui to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Siddiqui is a pesticide lobbyist and Vice President for Science and Regulatory Affairs at CropLife America, an agribusiness lobbying group that represents Monsanto. Following is a letter […]
Judge Invalidates Human Gene Patent
March 30th, 2010This is such good news, I almost fell out of my chair. Via: New York Times: A federal judge on Monday struck down patents on two genes linked to breast and ovarian cancer. The decision, if upheld, could throw into doubt the patents covering thousands of human genes and reshape the law of intellectual property. […]
