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16 Apr, 3 tweets, 2 min read
The genetic mistakes that could shape our species bbc.com/future/article… Gene editing’s past is riddled with errors and misunderstandings. #NewGMO via @BBC_Future
@BBC_Future ...From the rabbits altered to be leaner that inexplicably ended up with much longer tongues to the cattle tweaked to lack horns that were inadvertently endowed with a long stretch of bacterial DNA in their genomes (including some genes that confer antibiotic resistance, no less)
@BBC_Future Editing errors are common: Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute in London recently analysed data from previous gene editing experiments and found that approximately 16% had accidental mutations that would not have been picked up via standard tests gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…

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15 Apr
The future of agricultural gene editing: More herbicide-tolerant crops sooner gmwatch.org/en/news/latest… Scientists look forward to crops that can be sprayed with multiple herbicides and evade risk assessment! #NewGMO
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If govts deregulate gene edited crops, then they can be developed faster & more profitably, and be easily hidden from consumers. This will help more *multi*-herbicide tolerant crops hit the market "years earlier", scientists say in a new paper. And they think that's a good thing!
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Study proved #glyphosate disrupts gut microbiome thru same route it kills weeds — inhibition of shikimate pathway. Humans & animals do not have the shikimate pathway, but some strains of gut bacteria do, leading to dramatic biochemical changes & oxidative stress, the study found.
.@careygillam has done a very interesting interview regarding the new gut microbiome study with two of its authors, Dr Michael Antoniou & Dr Robin Mesnage of the Dept of Medical and Molecular Genetics at King’s College London #Roundup #glyphosate
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26 Jan
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Background: @Bayer's embroiled in multiple lawsuits in the US where as well as struggling to settle tens of thousands of Roundup-cancer claims, it's also facing #dicamba lawsuits and PCB lawsuits. It's also being sued by its own shareholders for not foreseeing all these lawsuits!
@Bayer In France Bayer lost a long legal fight involving another #Monsanto herbicide. It's also battling the @sabine_38 family, who are seeking to create a legal precedent to assist families with children that have been harmed by Roundup, like Théo, who was born with major birth defects
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15 Jan
Daszak facing calls to step down from Covid-19 inquiries as WHO team arrives in Wuhan gmwatch.org/en/news/latest… Scientist who channelled cash for risky #coronavirus research still key player in #COVID19 investigations Image
While some scientists say a thorough scientific audit of the Wuhan labs should be routine for investigators, Daszak dismisses that possibility as "anti-China rhetoric" and "not what happens". Here's @R_H_Rbright's comment #COVID19
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4 Jan
The Lab-Leak Hypothesis: For decades scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if ...? asks @nicholsonbaker8 (author of the book 'Baseless' about seeking the truth about US bioweapons) nymag.com/intelligencer/… #COVID19
@nicholsonbaker8 We were warned, repeatedly. The intentional creation of new microbes that combine virulence with heightened transmissibility poses extraordinary risks to the public. In 2012 Lynn Klotz warned there was an 80% chance of a leak of a potential pandemic pathogen in the next 12 years.
@nicholsonbaker8 A lab accident—a dropped flask, a needle prick, a mouse bite, an illegibly labeled bottle—is apolitical. Proposing that something unfortunate happened during a scientific experiment in Wuhan where #COVID19 emerged isn’t a conspiracy theory. It’s just a theory. It merits attention
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19 Oct 20
Zoom Corona Round Table: SARS-CoV-2 and #COVID19: science in the spotlight ensser.org/events/2020/zo… Speakers: Dr. Michael Antoniou, Prof. Ignacio Chapela and Prof. Giuseppe Longo. Dr. Antoniou's talk is titled: “SARS-CoV-2: natural original or laboratory creation? Does it matter?”
Antoniou got interested in the origins of SARS-CoV-2 after reading a paper claiming to show it couldn't be a lab creation, that ignored well-known ways of generating novel viruses in the lab. He wrote to the journal but they didn't want to know. More here gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
Antoniou also came across claims that if SARS-CoV-2 had been engineered it would have left "signatures" or "scars" in its genome. But having manipulated genes for decades he knew that there were commonly used methods that left no "scars" behind. More here gmwatch.org/en/news/latest…
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