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Drug Making Genes Added To Corn Jump To Soya

Posted by Hemos on from the look-over-there dept.

Anonymous Cowdog writes "Google News turned up a scary item today: Apparently, genetically altered corn, designed not to repel pests or withstand bad weather, but rather to grow pharmecuticals (for diabetes and diarrhea) has been accidentally mixed with soy plants in the field, resulting in 500,000 bushels of contaminated soybeans being quarantined by the US FDA. Ooops. Here's the story, and here's another story about the same case. The company who brought us this nice event is called ProdiGene. Looks like they're also working on an edible AIDS vaccine (kinda makes sense, eat Tofu, enjoy free love!) Now, I was thinking, will our government protect us from doom-by-hand-me-down-genes? and on a hunch (honest!) I did this google search for keywords ProdiGene and "george w bush". Result? A not so reassuring article."

5 of 452 comments (clear)

  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    word

  2. Not first post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is not the first post. continue on.

  3. insulting by corrosiv · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I thought it was in very poor taste to post Anonymous Cowdog's remark "eat Tofu, enjoy free love!" AIDS is a horrible disease, and to joke about promiscuity is incredibly insensitive and ignorant.

  4. Re:How is it possible? by Hooya · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Let's just hope we accidentally build God we already did.

  5. great journolism, hemos! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    you fucking retard. at least if it doesnt work out here you can get a job with the UK tabloids.