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An agricultural research technician performs a Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) procedure to determine the presence of alleles or genes with known function or importance.
Part of the image collection of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI).
Samples of tropical forages conserved in vitro at CIAT gene bank in Colombia. Seeds of these plants were recently sent for conservation to the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, Norway.
Credit: ©2012CIAT/NeilPalmer
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Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Bean breeding at CIAT in Kawanda, Uganda.
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Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Elida Zgambo has been working with FYF since 2004. She says that the project has brought freedom to her life. "I have confidence to talk to strangers; my family has food; and I am earning money through my agriculture to meet my family's needs"
FYF is working in Malawi to empower farmers as citizens, calling on government to respond to the needs of the rural poor. Visit our website to find out more: www.fyf.org.uk/news/archive/Rumphi.htm
or read our blog post for a reflection on corporate concentration, GM crops and the importance of empowering farmers as citizens: findyourfeet.wordpress.com/category/gm/
In this image: Anopheles coluzzii mosquito with transgenic fungus (green) emerging from its body after death
Almost everywhere humans live on this planet, mosquitoes carry microbes that cause potentially deadly diseases, from West Nile virus to malaria. While chemical insecticides offer a line of defense, mosquito populations often grow resistant to them. So, it’s intriguing to learn that we may now have another ally in this important fight: a genetically engineered fungus.
Reporting in the journal Science, an international research team supported by NIH describes how this new approach might be used to combat malaria. A fungus called Metarhizium pingshaense is a natural enemy of the mosquito, but, by itself, it kills mosquitoes too slowly to control transmission of malaria. To make this fungus an even more efficient mosquito killer, researchers engineered it to carry a gene encoding a toxin, derived from a spider, that is deadly to insects.
Read more: directorsblog.nih.gov/2019/06/11/combating-mosquitoes-wit...
Credit: Brian Lovett, University of Maryland, College Park
NIH support from: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
I couldn't find a Creative Commons picture which would illustrate how some branches of humanity might look in 10,000+ A.D. as we continue to evolve (often rapidly via genetic technology and embryo selection) and also move into space. So I made such a picture. Larger brain case and large frontal lobes, genetically re-engineered skin, tall and thin (less bone calcium needed, since it's lost rapidly in space), vestigial nose (no longer needed to detect food or predators), and big eyes for low-light in space or for living in the clouds of Venus etc (plus a cosmic-ray proof eyelid, which is the thick dark lining around the eyes). Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike. 3800px on the longest side.
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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Plant samples in the gene bank at CIAT's Genetic Resources Unit, at the institution's headquarters in Colombia.
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The Mattson cooker measures the time it takes for beans to cook. This research is screening beans that cook faster -
the ones that cook fastest will be selected for releasing for farmers. CIAT’s bean genebank at Kawanda research station, Uganda, receives new varieties from Colombia and safeguards beans across Africa. Researchers use the beans to breed more resilient varieties which are not only more drought and heat tolerant, but also more resistant to harmful pests and diseases, protecting the important bean staple.
Credit: ©2016CIAT/GeorginaSmith
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Efficient, logical, effective and practical.
Using all resources to the best of our ability
Changing, designing, adapting our mentalities
Improving our abilities for a better way of life
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_Engineering_(song)
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Genetic engineering holds the promise of significant benefits for human and animal health, agriculture, and the environment. This diagram illustrates how the milk from genetically engineered goats can help produce life-saving medicine for humans. In the traditional selective breeding process a number of genes are introduced into a plant or animal. This may include the gene responsible for the desired characteristic, as well as genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. By contrast, genetic engineering enables the introduction into the plant or animal of only the specific gene or genes responsible for the characteristic(s) of interest, without also introducing genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. For more information visit FDA's website, and read these Consumer Updates:
• AquAdvantage GE Salmon is as Safe to Eat as Non-GE Salmon
• Creating Human Drugs From Genetically Engineered Animals
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FDA graphic by Michael J. Ermarth
the baby hairless mice are born bald, like all baby mice - and then at about two weeks they start to lose their hair, beginning around the eyes.
out of about 15 or so babies born, only two survived - and the previous litter i had written about with the murderous mother mice was completely lost.
these are tiny, about half the size of normal two week old mice.
RATCHABURI, THAILAND - AUGUST 23, 2009 : Aerial view of Rice art at Ratchaburi, Thailand.
© Greenpeace/ Athit Perawongmetha
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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The work of CIAT's Genetic Resources Unit to regenerate bean seeds, at a field site near Popayan, Colombia.
Credit: ©2017CIAT/NeilPalmer
Credit: ©2017 CIAT/Neil Palmer
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Sulaiman Sebuliba, Research Technician, and Brenda Makyanzi, field technician. CIAT’s bean genebank at Kawanda research station, Uganda, receives new varieties from Colombia and safeguards beans across Africa. Researchers use the beans to breed more resilient varieties which are not only more drought and heat tolerant, but also more resistant to harmful pests and diseases, protecting the important bean staple.
Credit: ©2016CIAT/GeorginaSmith
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The traditional plant breeding process introduces a number of genes into the plant. These genes may include the gene responsible for the desired characteristic, as well as genes responsible for unwanted characteristics. By contrast, genetic engineering enables the introduction into the plant of the specific gene or genes responsible for the characteristic(s) of interest. By narrowing the introduction to one or a few identified genes, scientists can introduce the desired characteristic without also introducing genes responsible for unwanted characteristics.
This information graphic is free of all copyright restrictions and available for use and redistribution without permission. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is appreciated but not required. For more privacy and use information visit: www.flickr.com/people/fdaphotos/
FDA infographic by Michael J. Ermarth
There is a revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America -- a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat.
THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade.
From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed by the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.
Shot on location in the U.S., Canada and Mexico, THE FUTURE OF FOOD examines the complex web of market and political forces that are changing what we eat as huge multinational corporations seek to control the world's food system. The film also explores alternatives to large-scale industrial agriculture, placing organic and sustainable agriculture as real solutions to the farm crisis today.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/07/LVG7...
Garcia leads carefully from one point to the next -- showing how the chemical companies have succeeded in first patenting their own GMO seeds, and then slapping patents on a huge number of crop seeds, patenting life forms for the first time without a vote of the people or Congress.
To make the point, Garcia goes to Saskatchewan grain farmer Percy Schmeiser to tell his story. He's one of hundreds of grain farmers sued by Monsanto after the company's Roundup Ready canola drifted into his field.
Monsanto accused Schmeiser of violating its Roundup Ready patent, even though Schmeiser never planted the GMO canola and didn't want it in his field. He fought the suit where many other farmers settled, but lost, and must pay Monsanto to plant his next crop from his own seed.
Garcia travels with UC Berkeley's Ignacio Chapela to Mexico, where hundreds of varieties of corn thrive in different climates and soils, to show how GMO crops threaten such biodiversity. It was here that Chapela found controversial evidence that genes of GMO corn had already jumped the border to contaminate native species.
The uncontrolled spread of genetically engineered plants -- recently proven again with tests of GMO grasses -- far beyond the fields where they were planted is one of the strongest arguments the film makes for introducing safeguards.
The film questions why the U.S. government hasn't required GMO foods to undergo the rigorous testing required of medicines created by recombinant DNA technology, and why it has resisted efforts to require GMO labeling on foods, as Europe does.
Suggesting an answer, the film ticks off all the government officials who have links to Monsanto, including Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and Attorney General John Ashcroft.
It also briefly debunks claims that GMO foods are the answer to world starvation.
Ultimately, the film is a call to action -- for people to think more about the consequences of their food choices and to use their consumer power to push for labeling and regulation.
While some people are seeking to ban GMOs, Garcia thinks labeling would drive GMO foods off the market, as it has in Europe.
"I want people to watch the film and say we have to stop this," says Garcia.
Long gone are the days when Garcia believed "we could have our healthy foods over here, and they could have their food over there. You do your thing and I do mine."
With genetic engineering, she says, "You can't drop out anymore -- it'll come and get us."
Documenting the impact of improved climbing beans in Rwanda.
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What are they trying to do to the humble Taro/kalo
~ SAVE HALOA! FOUR-DAY, ALL 'OHANA EVENT! ~
NA KAHU O HALOA
~The Mission is to Save Haloa the Kalo from Genetic Modification & Patenting~
~The Method is Pono & Peaceful!~
ALL EVENTS FOR THE PUBLIC!
JANUARY 14th- MONDAY - The Warriors Speak
(WHERE: Kamakakuokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies at UH-Manoa)
- 7:00pm- Winona LaDuke, Louie Hena, Paula Garcia, and Andrea Hanks to speak about their experiences and struggles in perpetuating food soverignty, restoring food systems, and protecting indigenous cultures and food from genetic engineering. Click here to download the flyer. Visit www.HawaiiSEED.org for more info).
JANUARY 15th- TUESDAY - Gather all 'Ohana
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace)
- 11:00am- 'Iolani Palace- Pule, set-up Kalo Camp
Kalo plants arrive, T-shirt & sign making-Bring blank BLACK t-shirt to be printed!
- 1:00pm- Press Conference (tentative)
- 5:00pm- 'Onipa'a Na Hui Kalo OPEN meeting -IMPORTANT- briefing on goals and the next days events.
- 6:30pm- Potluck Dinner, bring a dish!
- 7:00pm- Guest Speakers (Winona LaDuke, local farmers, community organizers)
Viewing of films: "Islands at Risk" & "The Future of Food"
Continue preparation for next day, t-shirt & sign making.
and of course... Ho'o kani pila, wala'au, lomilomi!
- Overnight camping at 'Iolani Palace
JANUARY 16th- WEDNESDAY - Show Solid Support
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace & State Capitol)
- 7:30am- Gather at 'Iolani Palace (if this is too early for you come camp over the night before!)
Pule, light breakfast, briefing, keiki from schools arrive.
- 9:00am- Procession from 'Iolani Palace to State Capitol, rally at Capitol
- 10:00am- Legislative Session Starts
- 10:30am- 'Iolani Palace- Opening of HALOA Session:
Na Kahu o Haloa returns to 'Iolani Palace to talk story and gather the 'ohana: Information available about GMO issues, other Hawaiian issues, testimony table, info on where to visit reps and senators, public education about GMO, street stompers pass out fliers and gather testimony and petition signatures in downtown Honolulu.
Kalo Activities- ku'i 'ai kalo (traditional poi pounding)!
- 12noon- State Capitol- Visit Legislators' Offices...VISIT YOUR REPS/SENATORS and let them know you are from their district and you don't want GMO! Anti-GMO information will be handed out to public in lines to legislator offices.
- 6:00pm- 'Iolani Palace- Pule, Dinner... wala'au, ho'o kani pila!
- Overnight camping at 'Iolani Palace
JANUARY 17th- THURSDAY - Present Pono Purpose
(WHERE: 'Iolani Palace & State Capitol)
- 8:00am- Pule, Breakfast
- 9:00-11:00am- 'Iolani Palace - Pule, briefing, keiki from schools arrive to prepare for presentation of Kalo
- 12noon- State Capitol Rotunda - Procession from 'Iolani Palace to State Capitol
Formal Presentation of Kalo to Legislators, protocol by keiki & kupuna of Na Kahu o Haloa
- 1:30pm- State Capitol, Rm. 309 - Kalo farmers & supporters will brief legislators on their stance against genetic modification & patenting of kalo and explain the importance of hearing & passing bills SB958 & HB704 to protect kalo. Led by Chris Kobayashi, a farmer from Kaua'i.
- 4:00pm- State Capitol, Rm. 229 - "Public Advocacy 101" A Training in the Legislative Process for Citizens, by Senator Gary Hooser (D-Kauai). How we can make a difference!
THE EVENT DOES NOT END HERE...
We will need to monitor these bills and be there to support when needed throughout the legislative session, until we know our bills have been HEARD and PASSED!
What you should know about Genetic Modification of Kalo: check www.kahea.org & www.hawaiiseed.org
Well Manicured Man explains parts of the alien conspiracy to FBI Agent Mulder:
The Well-Manicured Man walks towards them.)
WELL-MANICURED MAN(secret government member holding power by the understanding of secret information about power(XFPP)): Hello again, young lady.
SCULLY: Where's Victor Klemper?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Oh, poor Klemper. .........
.......( Mulder holds up the photograph.)
You're one of the men in this photo. You knew my father.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Yes. Since we were young men.
MULDER: You were involved in this project. You know why the medical data was being collected.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Yes, I do, indeed. In 1947, a spacecraft was reportedly recovered in New Mexico. No doubt you know of this and of the reported recovery of a body at the site. These incidents not only coincided with the end of World War II, but an ignominious project which brought Nazi scientists and war criminals to this country to exploit their knowledge.
SCULLY: Operation Paper Clip.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Yes, you know of it already. And you must also know the work of Doctor Joseph Mengele, the Nazi angel of death.
SCULLY: Mengele thought that he could produce a super-race through genetic engineering.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: As did many of his colleagues at the Institute of Hereditary Biology and Racial Hygiene.
SCULLY: Like Victor Klemper?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Poor Victor. He loved his orchids. Did you know that he was able to create some of the most beautiful hybrids?
MULDER: Klemper was trying to create an alien-human hybrid. That's what I saw in the boxcar. He was using human test subjects.
SCULLY: Mulder, wait.
MULDER: My father was involved in this?
SCULLY: The technology wasn't there, Mulder. DNA wasn't even identified until 1944. This is all a lie.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: When your father realized what the medical data was being used for, he objected strenuously.
MULDER: He collected those files?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: With the threat of nuc..le.ar hol..oca..ust in the 1950s, the government instructed men like your father to gather genetic data on the general populous for the purpose of post-apocalyptic identification.
MULDER: The vaccination records. They took tissue from everyone who received a small pox inoculation.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Hundreds of millions of Americans.
MULDER: So that Victor Klemper had access to a DNA database of nearly everyone who was born since 1950.
SCULLY: Mulder, this man is telling you everything that you want to hear but it's a fabrication, it is pure science fiction. There were no experiments with aliens.
WELL-MANICURED MAN: Why would I lie to you?
SCULLY: Like you said before, to protect yourself and the continuation of the Nazi agenda... human tests.
MULDER: Why was your file there, Scully?
(She looks back at him in shock that Mulder is going against her on this issue.)
SCULLY: I don't know.
MULDER: There were current records on file.
SCULLY: Yes, but records of what, Mulder?
MULDER: Of abductions! Of abductees.
(She glares at him and storms off.)
They took my sister. Why?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: They took her as insurance because your father threatened to expose the project.
MULDER: Why her? Why not me?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: It's not for me to say but your life in danger now too. You also threaten to expose the project. You have become your father.
MULDER: Why are you telling me this?
WELL-MANICURED MAN: It's what you want to know... isn't it?
(He starts off.)
MULDER: Is there more?
(The Well-Manicured Man looks back at him.)
WELL-MANICURED MAN: More than you'll ever know.
(He walks off.)
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Posted by "X-files-physics-pittsburgh" group not as truth but as a way to introduce topics discussed at our meetings. I produce these blogs/websites for the purpose of getting in contact with interested parties, otherwise if it is not understood by any one then I have wasted a lot of time with the internet and should have just stayed in the Laboratory??