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Biotech / Medical : Ebola Outbreak 2014 - News, Updates and Related Investments
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To: sense who wrote (595)2/1/2016 10:39:45 PM
From: madmax123  Read Replies (2) of 608
 
Very interesting, I guess I do need to give it a closer read. I have a chemical background myself, and I've never come across any indication that GMO was anything other than knocking genes out or adding them. But for all of the "scary" things people say, I'm not aware of an instance where something could be proven true.

Isn't a plausible that with the exposure of them were a larger population, these effects can now be seen? When is the last time you ever heard about microencephaly on a Polynesian island or in the jungles in Uganda? I am reasonably well read and pay attention to the news, and the stuff is never came across my radar. Which doesn't mean it's not out there, statistics about the brain deformities being in whatever low probability obviously exist everywhere. It's just not talked about. But in large Brazilian population centers, and an up-and-coming country, that's when people start to talk.

I know I'm not going to change your opinion, that's fine. But I don't believe that knocking out a gene that allows a viable offspring from a mosquito population could somehow change a virus that can infect said mosquito to cause brain deformities in fetuses. I do believe with more than 1 million people infected, you might start to see something like 700 or 800 brain deformities.

Cheers,

Max
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