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DNA From GMO Can Be Transferred to the Person Who Eats Them:Study

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http://www.naturalcuresnotmedicine.com/2014/01/dna-gmo-can-transferred-person-eats.html

In a new study published in the peer reviewed Public Library of Science (PLOS), researchers emphasize that there is sufficient evidence that meal-derived DNA fragments carry complete genes that can enter into the human circulation system through an unknown mechanism...The study was based on the analysis of over 1000 human samples from four independent studies. PLOS is an open access, well respected peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers primary research from disciplines within science and medicine. Our bloodstream is considered to be an environment well separated from the outside world and the digestive tract. According to the standard paradigm large macromolecules consumed with food cannot pass directly to the circulatory system. During digestion proteins and DNA are thought to be degraded into small constituents, amino acids and nucleic acids, respectively, and then absorbed by a complex active process and distributed to various parts of the body through the circulation system. Here, based on the analysis of over 1000 human samples from four independent studies, we report evidence that meal-derived DNA fragments which are large enough to carry complete genes can avoid degradation and through an unknown mechanism enter the human circulation system. In one of the blood samples the relative concentration of plant DNA is higher than the human DNA. The plant DNA concentration shows a surprisingly precise log-normal distribution in the plasma samples while non-plasma (cord blood) control sample was found to be free of plant DNA.
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I only had time to read the blurb in the OP.

Do they specifically measure ability if GMO plant DNA can cross into the bloodstream, or just plant DNA in general? Furthermore, do they state what the consequences of having this plant DNA in the bloodstream? I assume it must be cleaned out by immune cells or in the kidneys. And if there is no evidence of this DNA being absorbed into a human host cell and being incorporated into the host genome, then I imagine it isn't as detrimental as it may sound.

Besides, I wouldn't mind being immune to pesticides. Hell, maybe I could even do photosynthesis! ;)

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You do realize that "Natural Cures Not Medicine" straight up lied about the results of the study, right?

From the abstract of the study in question:

we conclude that gene transfer did not occur during the feeding experiment.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14730317

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You do realize that "Natural Cures Not Medicine" straight up lied about the results of the study, right?

From the abstract of the study in question:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14730317

The article doesn't even say gene transfer occurred. It talks about dna fragments in the blood stream. Nowhere close to the same thing as gene transfer.

I'd rather eat GMO food than the unregulated supplements naturopaths are peddling. So many heavy metals from China.

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The article doesn't even say gene transfer occurred. It talks about dna fragments in the blood stream. Nowhere close to the same thing as gene transfer.

I'd rather eat GMO food than the unregulated supplements naturopaths are peddling. So many heavy metals from China.

You mean the anti-GMO article and not the journal article, right?

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Yes the anti-gmo article makes little sense.

They did say that, though.

What biotechnology and biotech corporations like Monsanto have done, is they have allowed for the transfer of genes from one to the other without any regard for the biological limitations, or constraints

Which is either a collossal misreading of the study, or more likely a lie.
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