Posted on 09/09/2019 10:51:37 AM PDT by Mount Athos
Food and Drug Administration scientists who had a closer look at the genome sequence of one of the edited animals, a bull named Buri, have discovered its genome contains a stretch of bacterial DNA including a gene conferring antibiotic resistance.
The unintended addition of DNA from a different species occurred during the gene-editing process itself, the government says. It went undetected by the company even as it touted the animals as 100% bovine and assailed the FDA for saying the animals needed to be regulated at all.
It was not something expected, and we didnt look for it says Tad Sontesgard, CEO of Acceligen, a subsidiary of Recombinetics that owns the animals. He says a more complete check should have been done.
We know exactly where the gene should go, and we put it in its exact location, Recombinetics executives told Bloomberg in 2017. We have all the scientific data that proves that there are no off-target effects.
Van Eenennaam says since the FDA discovery, UC Davis has incinerated three of the five males who were living at its farms. The animal who posed for the cover of Wired is pregnant and will be spared for the time being.
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Lol. Have they not seen the Fly movies?
It may be scary that my mind instantly thought of the movie “The Fly” and hypothesized a cow fly hybrid.
But someone else had already produced the art!
Bacteria, apparently.
When I say we aren’t smart enough to play God, I really mean it.
WE AREN’T SMART ENOUGH TO PLAY GOD!!!
Frankenbeef for sure.
I have steak once a week. Always buy grassfed beef from. my wonderful butcher who gets it from ranchers in Oregon and Montana. I really don’t even want feedlot beef because feedlots are filthy, with cattle standing around up to their knees in poop.
Somebody really screwed up.
That is why additional checks are needed.
CC
*** “I sure wouldnt want to cross paths with a Pit bull with the personality of a Chihuahua” ***
My EX Wife now lives in Florida, re-married and now identifies as a Honey Badger... swing wide at Ft Lauderdale and you could possibly avoid her (still might hear her, that just means you didn’t swing out wide enough)
I’d hate to come down with bacterial endotoxin poisoning after chowing down on a big ribeye.
I doubt if a cow’s biochemistry matches E. coli’s close enough to do that, but who knows?
What other unexpected malignancies remain hidden in GMO products?
According to Darwinism, the genes take care of themselves through natural selection. Some genes die out, and others propagate. Toying with genes is not natural selection. Will this tampering result in long term harm to the species?
I found a great butcher here that I get my meats from, I just don’t trust supermarket meat anymore.
Sure we are.
We just aren't smart enough to win at playing God...
‘win’ should be ‘succeed’
Brundle-Fly unavailable for comment.
When I say we arent smart enough to play God, I really mean it.
When scientists are clever enough to create their own matter, they should feel free to manipulate it freely.
Until then, leave God’s matter alone.
Oh sorry. I thought it was your creation :)
If you can think of it, there’s a good chance someone has already uploaded an image somewhere.
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