Wednesday, December 18, 2013

BRIEF UPDATES AND FURTHER READING




NEW AGE Genetic Engineering
No More Gene Guns


The floral dip method is used to create transgenic plants. Agrobacteria are able to insert certain DNA sequences on a plasmid into the plant chromosomes just by dipping parts of a plant into a solution of agrobacterium that carries the desired gene on their plasmid (called t-plasmid).  Not all seeds will become transgenic - they are discarded.

Here is a bit of information from the link above:

Step one.  Collect mature seeds.  After they are collected, place them into a micro-centrifuge tube for sterilization.  Next, put them into a Petri plate.  The site tells us the easiest way to sterilize the seeds is by soaking them in an ethanol solution.  I can’t help wonder if they use ethanol made from GE corn and if that would alter the sterilized seeds in mysterious ways.

So, you see, it is even easier to create GE seeds of every kind imaginable in a quick, easy and cost-effective process.  I am afraid they are here to stay as long as man is on this planet.  That is something to think seriously about, isn’t it?  Our bio-tech tampering has opened a Pandora’s box that may very well may destroy all life on earth. 

Oh, and by the way, experiments have been done that show that seeds of any kind are unable to grow near wi-fi routers Sure they are convenient but they have a downside.  There is a popular TV show that has a character named Mr. Gold a/k/a Rumpelstiltskin.  This Grimm creature warns everyone who deals with him that "All magic comes with a price, deary."   Sage advice, indeed.
 
The health ranger writes: “. . . radiation generated by wireless routers is negatively affecting our health. In fact, the British activist website Stop Smart Meters recently published a list of 34 scientific studies  demonstrating the adverse biological effects of Wi-Fi exposure, including studies linking it to headaches, reduced sperm count, oxidative stress and more.  Dear reader, please check out the article and all of the links to learn more.  We all need to be aware of the effects of wi-fi and other ungrounded energies on our health.

XNA

Cooking up Synthetic DNA in a Lab

This is old news but it is still new to me.  After researching Monsanto in depth, I didn't think anything could shock me.  I was wrong.  

Check out this article:  Rethinking Healthcare: XNA, a Synthetic DNA capable of Heredity and Evolution

Capable of Heredity and Evolution?!?!   Man's pride and ego knows no bounds.

The article reads, “Doctors already prescribe biological products such as enzymes and antibodies to treat certain diseases, but these drugs break down quickly in the stomach and the blood stream. Because XNAs are somewhat foreign, Popular Mechanics explains, they’re not broken down as quickly in the body, as it hasn’t evolved enzymes to digest them.”

So, are they telling us that XNA would remain a permanent part of our bodies if ingested?

We are being told that XNA molecules are quite similar to the genetic instructions for life found in every living thing on earth.  The strands of synthetic polymers can store, copy, and pass on genetic information the way DNA does. 

DNA and RNA consist of 4 nucleic acid bases – the chemical letters A, G, C, and T – that run along a backbone of phosphates and sugars. DNA uses deoxyribose sugars, while RNA uses ribose.

However, XNA replaces those natural God-given sugars with one of 6 alternatives, including hexitol, threose, and arabinose. The 6 resulting molecules are known as xeno-nucleic acids.  (”Xeno” is Greek for foreign”). More likealien” from a sci-fi chiller thriller in my opinion.  And oh, man is applauding the fact that XNA can evolve sort of like DNA does in nature.  Don’t you believe it for one minute.

For more articles about XNA, check out this link on National Geographic News.

Christine Dell'Amore.  National Geographic News
http://tinyurl.com/kue9gah   


Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Roundup Ready Plus



Over the past decade, GE/GMO Roundup Ready seeds have created an abundance of super weeds that are resistant to Roundup.

Monsanto’s solution?   Roundup Ready PLUS.

Their Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System is pending regulatory approval.

These seeds will combine the Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield trait technology stacked with a trait that is also tolerant to dicambaAs a double threat, the herbicide sprayed on both weeds and crops will also combine glyphosate with dicamba.

This second generation soybean will also be more aphid resistant.  The first seeds contained the Rag 1 gene but it was discovered that aphids overcame that single gene resistance.  The solution?  Stack  the second generation seeds with more resistant traits.   

 They are doing the same with Root Rot resistant genes and traits.  Why keep putting a bigger band aid on the problem?  Simply put, Monsanto is doing little more than creating super weeds, super bugs and super disease.

But their “in-gene-uity” knows no bounds.  Why not genetically engineer a soybean that has 60% less saturated fat and three times more monounsaturated fat. Yippee!   Think of the uses in food processing  such soybeans could provide.  Oil blends for frying, baking and processing will be sold to unkowledgable consumers as being more healthy.

Not only that, but Monsanto is also working on creating a soybean seed that will contain Omega-3 fatty acids.  I suppose they will insert a salmon gene?  Maybe a salmon gene from genetically engineered salmon?

Though the last two ideas sound promising, they are just a smokescreen to cover the additional poisons that will be released into our environment and into our food supply.  Remove the Roundup and dicamba and all the other herbicides and pesticides and then we will think about supporting and endorsing your frankenseeds.  Maybe.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Some GE Seed Brand Names



Table 1. Transgenic products with molecularly stacked trait genes currently on the market*
Trait developer(s)
Crop
Product name
Transgenic event(s)
Trait genes
Trait targets
Bayer CropScience
Canola
InVigor® SeedLink®
MS8 (DBN230-0028),
RF3 (DBN212-0005)
bar, barnase, barstar
Weeds; Male fertility
Monsanto
Canola
Genuity® Roundup Ready®
GT73 (RT73)
CP4 EPSPS, gox
Weeds
Bayer CropScience
Cotton
FiberMax® LibertyLink®
Bollgar II
®
LLCotton25, MON15985
bar, Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab
Lepidopteran pests;
Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
Cotton
WideStrike®
DAS-21023-5, DAS-
24236-5
pat, Cry1Ac, Cry1Fa
Lepidopteran pests;
Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
Cotton
WideStrike®/Roundup
DAS-21023-5, DAS-
24236-5, MON-01445-2
Ready®Weeds
pat, Cry1Ac, Cry1 Fa, CP4 EPSPS
Lepidopteran pests;
Dow AgroSciences
Cotton
WideStrike®/Roundup
Ready® Flex
DAS-21023-5, DAS-
24236-5, MON-88913-8
pat, Cry1Ac, Cry1 Fa, CP4 EPSPS
Lepidopteran pests;
Weeds
Monsanto
Cotton
Roundup Ready®, Bollgard®
MON531, MON1445-2
Cry1Ac, CP4 EPSPS
Lepidopteran pests;
Weeds
Monsanto
Cotton
Bollgard II/Roundup
Ready® Flex
MON88913-8,
MON15985
CP4 EPSPS, Cry1Ac, Cry2Ab
Lepidopteran pests;
Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
and Pioneer Hi-Bred
Maize
Herculex® CB
TC1507
Cry 1Fa, pat
Lepidopteran pests
(European corn borer);
Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
and Pioneer Hi-Bred
Maize
Herculex® RW
DAS 59122-7
Cry34Ab1/Cry35Ab1, pat
Coleopteran pests
(Corn rootworm);
Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
and Pioneer Hi-Bred
Maize
Herculex® XTRA
TC1 507, DAS-59122-7
Cry 1Fa, Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1,
pat
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds
Dow AgroSciences
and Pioneer Hi-Bred
Maize
Herculex® XTRA/Roundup
Ready® 2
DAS-59122-7, TC1507,
NK603
pat, CP4 EPSPS, Cry34Ab1,
Cry35Ab1, Cry1Fa2
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds
Monsanto
Maize
Yieldgard® VT Pro®
MON89034
Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2
Lepidopteran pests
Monsanto
Maize
Yieldgard® VT
MON88017
CP4 EPSPS, Cry3Bb1
Coleoptera pests (corn
rootworm); Weeds
Monsanto
Maize
Yieldgard® VT Triple
MON81 0, MON88017
Cry1Ab, Cry3Bb1, CP4 EPSPS
Lepidopteran and cole-
optera pests; Weeds
Monsanto
Maize
Genuity® VT Triple Pro®
MON89034, MON88017
Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab2, Cry3Bb
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds
Monsanto and Dow
AgroSciences
Maize
Genuity® SmartStaxTM
MON89034, TC1507,
MON 88017, DAS-
59122-7
PAT, CP4 EPSPS, Cry1 Fa2,
Cry1A.105, Cry2Ab, Cry3Bb1,
Cry34Ab1, Cry35Ab1
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds
Syngenta
Maize
Agrisure® GT/CB/LL
Bt11, GA21
Cry1Ab, pat, mutant maize
EPSPS
Lepidopteran pests
(European corn borer);
Weeds
Syngenta
Maize
Agrisure® CB/LL/RW
Bt1 1, MIR604
Cry1Ab, mCry3Aa, pat
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds
Syngenta
Maize
Agrisure® 3000GT (GT/CB/
LL/RW)
GA21, Bt11, MIR604
pat, Cry1Ab, mCry3Aa, mutant
maize EPSPS
Lepidopteran and cole-
opteran pests; Weeds

information was obtained from the CERA GM Crop database (http://cera-gmc.org/index.php?action=gm_crop_database ), the US Regulatory Agencies United Biotechnology website( http://usbiotechreg.nbii.gov/database_pub.asp), and the Product and/or Services section of the following company websites: www.pioneer.com/; www.monsanto.com/products/seeds_traits.asp; www.syngenta.com/country/us/en/Seeds/Pages/Home.aspx; www.dowagro.com/prod/; www.bayercropscience.com/bcsweb/cropprotection.nsf/id/BioScience.