From tommyrot's cookbook story.
Japanese researchers have inserted a gene from the human liver into rice to enable it to digest pesticides and industrial chemicals. The gene makes an enzyme, code-named CPY2B6, which is particularly good at breaking down harmful chemicals in the body.
Present GM crops are modified with genes from bacteria to make them tolerate herbicides, so that they are not harmed when fields are sprayed to kill weeds. But most of them are only able to deal with a single herbicide, which means that it has to be used over and over again, allowing weeds to build up resistance to it.
But the researchers at the National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences in Tsukuba, north of Tokyo, have found that adding the human touch gave the rice immunity to 13 different herbicides. This would mean that weeds could be kept down by constantly changing the chemicals used.
Great. Faaaaabulous. "We can only spray one poison at a time all over our crops! We wring our hands in despair!... But, wait! If we infuse our crops with essence of human liver, we can dump metric shitloads of poison all over them! We're brilliant!"
Fiona, that's great news about the baby girl! I am wishing much ~ma your way for a cooperative placenta and baby.
I know it's unusual, but a friend of mine (16 years ago) was all set to have a c-section due to a placenta covering the cervix and in the last 48 hours before she was due to be induced, the placenta moved up the uterine wall. I'm sure it's unusual, but I guess it can happen.
Harry Hamlin interviewed by TV Guide. . . non-spoilery for North American viewers of
Veronica Mars.
Great. Faaaaabulous. "We can only spray one poison at a time all over our crops! We wring our hands in despair!... But, wait! If we infuse our crops with essence of human liver, we can dump metric shitloads of poison all over them! We're brilliant!"
Perhaps one of the researchers is a mad-scientist-in-the-making....
They probably won't realize their mistake until the giant mutant livers attack....
When does
The Inside
premiere?
No official date yet - not even over at Fox.com. Just a "coming soon".
Much, much -ma to you and your wee one and your placenta, Fiona. I'm all worried and happy for you at the same time and channelling it all into big waves of -ma.
JZ, got your package yesterday, you sweetiehead! THANK YOU! Can't wait to get the boy in the boots. (We'll have to wait until this winter to try him on skates ;)
