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Friends of the Earth: Briefing: Antibiotic Resistance Genes in GM Foods
Antibiotic Resistance Genes in GM Foods Introduction Many genetically modified (GM) plants contain antibiotic resistance marker genes. This briefing shows how these genes might spread, threatening the effectiveness of some of our most important antibiotic drugs. Antibiotic resistance genes ...
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NEHA JEH Position on Antibiotic Feed and Human Health
WHEREAS:     these antibiotic-resistant bacteria can transfer their resistance genes to disease-causing bacteria, resulting in antibiotic-resistant ...
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Traitor Technology. SFR=Swichable fungal resistance genes, an application of Traitor Technology AB= Tests definitely known to contain antibiotic resistance marker genes ...
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Health hazards from Genetically Engineered Food
Plant-Pesticide toxins in GE-food [EL] Dr. Joseph Cummins . Pesticide resistance genes are popular subjects for genetic engineering of crops. They code for substances ... A press release about a report presenting important reasons to suspect that genetically engineered genes may have contributed to the recent appearance of serious infectious diseases. "Genetically Engineered ...
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What is Genetic Engineering? - An elementary introduction for the layman
See e.g.: Antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial resistance to antibiotics [ML] The fate of food genes and the DNA CpG motif and its impact by Professor Joe ... of genetic engineering is that you can "tailor" organisms by adding genes with desirable properties. But science has found that genes don't work as isolated carriers of properties. Instead the effects ...
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In genetic engineering, new genes are added that come from a different kind of living thing. These new genes confer certain desired characteristics, such as resistance to frost or to pesticides. ... exceed toxic levels. New proteins may be produced that were not produced before. Antibiotic resistance genes may transfer into intestinal bacteria or other organisms and contribute to our growing public ...
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Infectious Disease - Antibiotics & Emerging Drug Resistance Page 3
As bacteria evolve resistance to antibiotics, they can spread the genes that confer drug resistance very rapidly through their populations. Resistance emerges where antibiotics are in heavy use ... infection and see the results of your decisions. 1 2 3 4 5 Spreading Resistance Genes [next] Copyright 2008 National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. Terms of Use & ...
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Infectious Disease - Antibiotics & Emerging Drug Resistance Page 4
Resistance Antiretrovirals & The HIV Pandemic Vector Control & Malaria ANTIBIOTICS & EMERGING DRUG RESISTANCE Spreading Resistance Genes 1 2 3 4 5 Bacteria that flourish in the presence of antibiotics can spread resistance ... spreads antibiotic resistance faster than the rate of reproduction. Step 1: Each bacterium carries its essential genes on circular chromosome(s), but additional genes are ...
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Our Stolen Future: Effects on disease resistance
The impact of endocrine disruptors on immune system function and disease resistance is poorly understood... at best we have very ... to suppress tumor growth. Arsenic interferes with glucocorticoid's ability to turn on certain genes important to immune system function and to glucose metabolism. This new research hints at ...
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Brian J Ford - 'Genes' book
Modern science (p 183) pressurises scientists into being dishonest. Liberating ‘resistancegenes into the environment could be disastrous (pp 179-80), for example. The theory of natural ... broke the promise). The ‘selfish gene’ theory is also dismissed (p 9). To pretend that genes are selfish is like claiming that holidays were invented to give passports a break, says ...
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