8 posts tagged Frankenscience

Genetically Modified Foods and Monsanto — The Truth Revealed Part I

The Seed Mafia? Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear ‘Farmers call them the “seed police” and use words such as “Gestapo” and “Mafia” to describe their tactics.’ The company that brought you ‘Agent Orange’, Dioxin, and NutraSweet (after buying out Searle in 1985), now wants to control the vegetables on your table and the milk in your fridge.

By SHARON K. GILBERT Mar 25, 2008 IT’S A LITTLE UNSETTLING to see a novel come to life, but the following news article from Reuters is disturbingly similar to the plot of my second book, The Armageddon Strain.

As with most MSM stories about stem cell research, there is much left out of the article. See Wesley J. Smith’s analysis of the research for the missing pieces. — PID Mar 24, 2008 (REUTERS) — Researchers who used cloned embryonic stem cells to treat Parkinson’s disease in mice said on Sunday they worked better than other cells.

Mar 24, 2008 (BBC NEWS) — Leading charities have written to every MP urging them to support the controversial embryo research bill, the BBC has learned. Cancer Research and the British Heart Foundation are among more than 200 charities in favour of the creation of human-animal hybrids for research.

Feb 22, 2008 MUMBAI (ASIA TIMES) — The arrest of “Doctor Kidney” Amit Kumar for running a sizeable racket in live kidneys has highlighted the role that South Asia plays as the hub of an international trade in human organs. Full Report

Do you know what is in your Growth Hormone? HGH is all the rage in Hollywood right now, used as a so-called ‘youth elixir’. Recently, Sly Stallone admitted using HGH and steroids for his new Rambo role. What a crazy world. Ask the families of these 110 children if HGH is cool.

If you think the real reason for this ‘research’ is to find cures for mitochondria-based birth defects, then there’s bridge for sale in Brooklyn that might interest you. — PID Feb 6, 2008 LONDON (AFP) — Scientists in Britain claimed a first Tuesday, saying they have created a human embryo using DNA from one man and two women, which they say could help provide treatment for genetic diseases.