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The breakthrough may lead one day to new supplies of animal organs for transplant into human patients.

Source: In a First, Man Receives a Heart From a Genetically Altered Pig

Oh my this is not good! I remember a few years ago when the US was all upset about Chinese “peasants” living with their animals, primarily chickens and _pigs_, and how all the amazing geniuses in the US were horrified that this would promote the exchange of animal viruses and humans. Well let me tell you as a microbiologist that living with your animals is nothing, _nothing_ at all compared to having their living cells implanted in you. And then given immunosuppressant drugs. Our medical establishment couldn’t design a better method for creating a pig virus that can infect humans if they tried.
Oh well it’s all good! The best can be made from the biggest mistakes and the worst can be made from the best intentions.

Be well all of you!

Molnupiravir is an orally available antiviral drug candidate currently in phase III trials for the treatment of patients with COVID-19. Molnupiravir increases the frequency of viral RNA mutations and impairs SARS-CoV-2 replication in animal models and in humans. Here, we establish the molecular mech …

Source: Mechanism of molnupiravir-induced SARS-CoV-2 mutagenesis – PubMed

Biochemical assays show that the RdRp uses the active form of molnupiravir, β-D-N4-hydroxycytidine (NHC) triphosphate, as a substrate instead of cytidine triphosphate or uridine triphosphate. When the RdRp uses the resulting RNA as a template, NHC directs incorporation of either G or A, leading to mutated RNA products.

It not only mutates the viral genome RNA but it also mutates your own human cells RNA.

1) The very cells in your body that are working the hardest to express new RNA are your immune system cells trying to generate templates for antibody production to fight the virus. This drug cannot be good for your immune system.

2) covid-19 is obviously an RNA virus. Because of the chemical nature of RNA and proofreading factors, RNA viruses already mutate approximately 10 times faster than DNA organisms. This high rate of mutation allows them to generate potential variants more quickly. I definitely question trying to increase their rate of mutagenesis. Especially with the likelihood of missed dosages and other factors of the real world.

And in one of my other posts http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/report-says-monsanto-linked-pesticide-is-to-blame-for-microcephaly-outbreak-not-zika/ I speculated that one of the unforeseen problems with the real world versus scientific research was the issue of chlorination. I would bet very few scientific labs research the reaction of chlorinated tap water with the drug products they are working on.

A chronic wasting disease expert warns allowing infected facilities to continue operating poses a ‘clear, persistent and likely escalating risk’ to wild deer herd

Source: CWD spreads on deer and elk farms as Wisconsin’s control efforts stumble

For many years now this has been going on. The root cause was feeding wild deer in the winter time to benefit the deer hunters. The feed was cattle feed that was contaminated with mad cow disease. I just want to put out there that wild deer and elk meat may not be safe to eat anymore. I don’t know what the answer is but please be careful. The best to everyone.

Jennie-O Turkey Store Sales, LLC, a Barron, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 91,388 pounds of raw ground turkey products that may be associated with an illness outbreak of Salmonella Reading.

Source: https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-112-2018-release

I’m wondering what they do with all this recalled material. And I wonder how many turkeys gave their lives to ultimately be thrown in the trash.

Source: Genome damage from CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing higher than thought

These results create safety implications for gene therapies using CRISPR/Cas9 in the future as the unexpected damage could lead to dangerous changes in some cells.

Oh my, this is significant! So GMOs are a delicate subject. But GMOs as a whole may not be the evil that many people think of them as being.
In some respects they are safer than classical genetic techniques because in theory you know exactly what you want to change and exactly where. One of the classic examples of breeding for a trait is an issue with celery. After careful classic pollination and seed production trying to breed for insect herbivory resistance the plants were unmarketable as they simply increased production of a phototoxin. This would not have happened with an attempt at a GMO. The major problem I have with GMOs is that 90% of them in plants are produced simply to increase pesticide resistance so that more pesticides can be sprayed on the fields. This is not a good outcome. But the main benefit is the idea of knowing exactly what you want to change and exactly what you have ultimately done. And realize this is about more than creating plant GMOs. This is about changing bacteria and pets and human beings. If this paper is correct then that main benefit is untrue.

Learn about your environment learn about what the scientific community is doing to your world. And don’t believe something just because “science says” any more than you would believe “Simon says” — to go jump in a lake.
The best to you all.

Source: Monsanto Roundup Attacks Healthy Gut Bacteria, Lawsuit…

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According to the suit — which names three consumers as plaintiffs seeking unspecified monetary damages and class action status — Roundup’s active ingredient glyphosate attacks an enzyme also found in the beneficial intestinal bacteria of humans and some animals.

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Glyphosate was originally described as an antibiotic. It is likely to be a significant part of the obesity epidemic. http://www.puravidaaquatic.com/wordpress/3-reasons-no-4-reasons-why-were-fatter-than-30-years-ago/. If you feed low levels of antibiotic to cattle (a mammal just like we are) they gain weight faster.

Eat organic and grow as much of your own food as you can without putting pesticides on it! Even green pesticides are, in most cases, bad for the environment.

In my opinion this has a lot of real biological value! Her points about biodiversity! Her points about speciation in general I think are some of the best biological thinking I’ve seen in a while (and also apply to viruses) :-) even though of course viruses don’t mate. But they do recombine in your cells. Happy New year to everyone!!! https://youtu.be/L7kClV8j7-k

This is very intriguing!
phys.org/news/2021-12-scientists-minimized-synthetic-carbon-fixation.html

Source: $86M to California couple upheld in Monsanto pesticide case

Bayer, announced that it would stop selling the current version of Roundup for home and garden use in U.S. stores, starting in 2023.

Bayer said it would replace the herbicide’s main ingredient, glyphosate, with an unspecified active ingredient, subject to federal and state approval, while continuing to sell Roundup with glyphosate for farm use.

1 “Unspecified active ingredient” Thank you _so_ much Bayer.
2 “continuing to sell Roundup with glyphosate for farm use”
Thank you _so_ much Bayer.
3 “unspecified active ingredient, subject to federal and state approval”
Wait: isn’t that what got us glyphosate in the first place?
4 “U.S. stores, starting in 2023”
Wow 2 years to _stop_ selling something. Thank you _so_ much Bayer.

Sigh!

But I did just get two new clients that want to get the chlorine out of their backyards. And are really excited about contributing to the habitat for native wetland animals such as dragonflies, damselflies, Pacific chorus frogs, ducks, etc, etc.

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is a nonprofit health organization that promotes preventive medicine, conducts clinical research, and encourages higher standards for ethics and effectiveness in research and medical training.

Source: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

I believe that anybody who calls themselves a permaculturist should watch this.:-)

Most of his opinions and interpretations are in my opinion scientifically correct and I understand if you can’t stand to watch it :-)