All Stories Tagged With: "genes"
Gene Patenting Causes People to Be Company-Owned Intellectual Property
While science and technology continue to exceed new levels never before reached by humankind, the chance of the human race becoming more of a scientific research project increases along with it. Over the past 30 years, over 40,000 patents were created and accepted on genes alone. As these genes are acquired and patented, it is only a matter of time before large corporations own patents on a large number of human genes and tissues.
Psychiatric Drugs, School Violence, and the Big Pharma Cover-up
It is an unfortunate reality that with so much disinformation being spread by the media, the medical establishment, and the pharmaceutical industries, it is becoming more and more difficult to take at face value anything that comes out of their mouths. Indeed, it is becoming more and more dangerous to do so.
Human Modification: Spider Goat Silk to Make ‘Bulletproof Human Skin’
Following the leaked news that scientists have created 15,000+ experimental animal hybrids, it has now come out that researchers are in the process of developing bulletproof human skin by using the silk of a creature with both spider and goat genes known as a spider goat.
Court Ruling: Your Genes Can be Patented
The biotechnology industry has been attempting to (with great success) patent your genes for quite some time, with a new case springing up over the patenting of two genes tied to an increased risk of breast cancer in women.
Westerners ‘Programmed to Eat Junk Food’
Scientists at Aberdeen University have discovered that those of European origin are more likely to have genes which urge them to gorge on fatty foods, beer and wine, than Asians. Dr Alasdair MacKenzie explained that the genes controlled the strength of a “switch” that helped determine appetite. He said: “The switch controls the areas of the brain which allows us to select which foods we would like to eat and if it is turned on too strongly we are more likely to crave fatty foods and alcohol.”
New Study Implicates Environmental Factors in Autism
A new study of twins suggests that environmental factors, including conditions in the womb, may be at least as important as genes in causing autism. The researchers did not say which environmental influences might be at work. But other experts said the new study, released online on Monday, marked an important shift in thinking about the causes of autism, which is now thought to affect at least 1 percent of the population in the developed world.
