http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/ Discoveries and advances in the field of epigenetics Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9266 Epigenetics Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:36:46 +0000 http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/2008/01/15/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9266 None, but the meat is super-cheap. None, but the meat is super-cheap.

]]> http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9261 Trevor Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:22:45 +0000 http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/2008/01/15/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9261 I think the key issue here is risk vs. benefit. Are there any for the consumer? I think the key issue here is risk vs. benefit. Are there any for the consumer?

]]> http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9259 Christian Hesketh Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:35:34 +0000 http://www.epigeneticsnews.com/2008/01/15/epigenetic-abnormalities-in-animal-clones-downplayed-in-report-on-food-safety-from-fda/#comment-9259 Interesting, but the whole exercise was only to assess food safety, not the repercussions with regards to animal health. It's hard to imagine millions of methylated base pairs having any effects after meat has been cooked, digested, and absorbed. Even if DNA entered the bloodstream unmodified, I don't see how it would be anything but a poor source of nitrogen and phosphorous. I never really understood the whole objection to the eating of GMOs. Interesting, but the whole exercise was only to assess food safety, not the repercussions with regards to animal health. It’s hard to imagine millions of methylated base pairs having any effects after meat has been cooked, digested, and absorbed. Even if DNA entered the bloodstream unmodified, I don’t see how it would be anything but a poor source of nitrogen and phosphorous. I never really understood the whole objection to the eating of GMOs.

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