Tag: genetics
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Geneticaly modified mazel in Mexico. Argument against ecology.
A heated debate is conducted regarding the planting of a vast area of Mexico with Geneticaly Modified crops of mazel. In particular, seeds from DuPont and Monsanto are to be planted in an area of about 2,500,500 hectares – an area about the size of El Salvador. [1] Should we change the nature of plants…
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First gene therapy approved… First? Nuh…
World media celebrate the first gene therapy approved by the European Medicines Agency, a decision which will open the way for more personalized treatments adjusted to each patient’s needs. [1, 2, 3] However reading below the headlines reveals another truth. This is not the first gene therapy approved after all: the Chinese had approved a…
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Genetics – A product of Faith…
Darwin started a revolution in thought with his theory of Natural Selection, but without a clear understanding of how variation arises and is inherited (implying that Faith! played a major role in his formulating a theory which could not be founded properly). This changed with Mendel in the early 1900s… It was a clergyman who…
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