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Title: Scientists Create GM Corn Which Prevents Human Conception
Source: [None]
URL Source: http://www.biotech-info.net/conception.html
Published: Sep 9, 2001
Author: Robin McKie
Post Date: 2011-05-30 23:59:22 by CadetD
Keywords: GMO, eugenics
Views: 210
Comments: 5

Scientists have created the ultimate GM crop: contraceptive corn. Waiving fields of maize may one day save the world from overpopulation.

The pregnancy prevention plants are the handiwork of the San Diego biotechnology company Epicyte, where researchers have discovered a rare class of human antibodies that attack sperm.

By isolating the genes that regulate the manufacture of these antibodies, and by putting them in corn plants, the company has created tiny horticultural factories that make contraceptives.

"We have a hothouse filled with corn plants that make anti-sperm antibodies," said Epicyte president Mitch Hein.

"We have also created corn plants that make antibodies against the herpes virus, so we should be able to make a plant-based jelly that not only prevents pregnancy but also blocks the spread of sexual disease."

Contraceptive corn is based on research on the rare condition, immune infertility, in which a woman makes antibodies that attack sperm.

"Essentially, the antibodies are attracted to surface receptors on the sperm," said Hein. "They latch on and make each sperm so heavy it cannot move forward. It just shakes about as if it was doing the lambada."

Normally, biologists use bacteria to grow human proteins. However, Epicyte decided to use corn because plants have cellular structures that are much more like those of humans, making them easier to manipulate.

The company, which says it will not grow the maize near other crops, says it plans to launch clinical trials of the corn in a few months.

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This is not a recent article, but I had not read of the specific program until recieving this from a e-list pal today.

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#1. To: CadetD (#0)

Gee why would they do that? Sounds kind of evil.

A K A Stone  posted on  2011-05-31   0:00:12 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: CadetD (#0)

"We have also created corn plants that make antibodies against the herpes virus, so we should be able to make a plant-based jelly that not only prevents pregnancy but also blocks the spread of sexual disease."

A 2 fer 1. That makes it o.k. then. Nothing to see here!

It is vital to understand that there is no truth without discernment and no wisdom without the truth. What then is “faith” but an effort to confound truth and wisdom?

angK  posted on  2011-05-31   0:42:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: CadetD, *Agriculture-Environment* (#0)

I have thought for a while that one of the reasons GMO's are being pushed is for the population reduction agenda.

Remember The White Rose
"“Believe nothing merely because you have been told it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect for the teacher. But whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings - that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.” ~ Gautama Siddhartha — The Buddha

Original_Intent  posted on  2011-05-31   1:32:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: CadetD (#0)

I don't think this would work by eating it. The acids in the stomach would kill any antibodies in the corn.

God is always good!

RickyJ  posted on  2011-05-31   2:54:45 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: CadetD (#0)

This corn could be used as a genocidal weapon. Secretly dump seeds on enemy farmland, and within a quarter-century the enemy has no rising generation to man its armies or work its factories.

Shoonra  posted on  2011-05-31   8:01:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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