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Behr said:
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Not sure if they own the vexed people but definitely any children they conceive after vaccination with the altered DNA. I have a friend who participated in a trial to introduce a hybrid Asian/American chestnut tree in the Appalachians. He had to gather and return all the nuts to the company that holds the patent on the hybrid.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Not sure if they own the vexed people but definitely any children they conceive after vaccination with the altered DNA. I have a friend who participated in a trial to introduce a hybrid Asian/American chestnut tree in the Appalachians. He had to gather and return all the nuts to the company that holds the patent on the hybrid.
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Hang onto yore nuts!
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
Not sure if they own the vexed people but definitely any children they conceive after vaccination with the altered DNA. I have a friend who participated in a trial to introduce a hybrid Asian/American chestnut tree in the Appalachians. He had to gather and return all the nuts to the company that holds the patent on the hybrid.
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Are we going to have mutants? Because I would love to have a kid that could fly or teleport us around.
 
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rocytop2624 said:
Um depends what you need Behr?
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I don’t know.

This is why I bought a $90 phone last year when I was in the market for new one. I'm so indecisive these days, I guess it's my age, idk. I can't make up my mind.

Is 6gb ram that big of a difference?
What's the difference in 4g and 5g

I'm comparing Samsung A21 4g 128gb
And Samsung A32 5g 128 gb
 
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Don't tell me to go ahead and go with the S21. I really don't want to spend that much. Just like I didn't want to spend what I ended up spending on a smart watch and earbuds. Lol
 
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rocytop2624 said:
Someone that is a doctor explained this to me but the way he put it I didn't understand but I understand the way Behr put it.
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Roughly: If something changes the overall genetic profile of an organism/person (germline therapy, meaning changing reproductive cells, so that the changes are passed on to/inherited by offspring), the genome has been changed.

If something changes the way a particular tissue or organ functions (somatic therapy, “somatic” meaning body), those changes are limited to a specific body part or function of the organism/person who was treated and aren’t passed on. The genome hasn’t been changed, just the tissue or organ being treated.

There is a lot of research being done on “gene therapy” to cure diabetes and Alzheimer’s. These would be somatic therapy, not germline therapy; genome not changed. Only the actual patient’s pancreas or brain* (if this worked) would be changed, not the entire patient or possible children. I’m pretty sure that those affected by these metabolic diseases would be grateful if this happened.

I’m uneasy about gene therapy and creating the ethical guidelines needed, but it’s important to understand what’s actually happening. Not whatever whoever wrote what Behr’s brother sent him was claiming.

Now, Replicants are a whole ‘nother thing!

*I don’t know if the therapy being researched specifically focuses on the pancreas (diabetes) or brain (Alzheimer’s.) That was just my “for instance.”
 
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rocytop2624 said:
Are we going to have mutants? Because I would love to have a kid that could fly or teleport us around.
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where do you need to go? I don’t travel much so I’d have to think up some other skill for my mutant. Maybe someone with reverse digestive system so they could eat poop and crap steaks/drink pee and piss wine. I’d never have to buy groceries again. Closed loop system.
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
where do you need to go? I don’t travel much so I’d have to think up some other skill for my mutant. Maybe someone with reverse digestive system so they could eat poop and crap steaks/drink pee and piss wine. I’d never have to buy groceries again. Closed loop system.
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I somehow assumed you were already like that.
 
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VolNExile said:
Roughly: If something changes the overall genetic profile of an organism/person (germline therapy, meaning changing reproductive cells, so that the changes are passed on to/inherited by offspring), the genome has been changed.

If something changes the way a particular tissue or organ functions (somatic therapy, “somatic” meaning body), those changes are limited to a specific body part or function of the organism/person who was treated and aren’t passed on. The genome hasn’t been changed, just the tissue or organ being treated.

There is a lot of research being done on “gene therapy” to cure diabetes and Alzheimer’s. These would be somatic therapy, not germline therapy; genome not changed. Only the actual patient’s pancreas or brain* (if this worked) would be changed, not the entire patient or possible children. I’m pretty sure that those affected by these metabolic diseases would be grateful if this happened.

I’m uneasy about gene therapy and creating the ethical guidelines needed, but it’s important to understand what’s actually happening. Not whatever whoever wrote what Behr’s brother sent him was claiming.

Now, Replicants are a whole ‘nother thing!

*I don’t know if the therapy being researched specifically focuses on the pancreas (diabetes) or brain (Alzheimer’s.) That was just my “for instance.”
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It is crazy that you mention this and used the pancreas as a possible example. My doctor talked a little about gene therapy when she explained mRNA to my wife and I re: getting the vaccine. She talked to us and used the pancreas as an example, too. The pancreas is really still a mystery to doctors. I never realized the extent of that until my wife's illness. Her GI doctor talked about how the ancients called it the "black bile" and how in many ways we have not moved forward that much at all, especially in light of how medical research has advanced in so many other directions. Our doctor has no clue how my wife is nowhere close to being diabetic, considering all her pancreas issues.
 
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GordonC said:
It is crazy that you mention this and used the pancreas as a possible example. My doctor talked a little about gene therapy when she explained mRNA to my wife and I re: getting the vaccine. She talked to us and used the pancreas as an example, too. The pancreas is really still a mystery to doctors. I never realized the extent of that until my wife's illness. Her GI doctor talked about how the ancients called it the "black bile" and how in many ways we have not moved forward that much at all, especially in light of how medical research has advanced in so many other directions. Our doctor has no clue how my wife is nowhere close to being diabetic, considering all her pancreas issues.
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And I was amazed to learn that Alzheimer’s can be viewed as a metabolic condition, as there is a strong genetic link between having some forms of AD with a lipoprotein that carries LDL (“bad”) cholesterol (APOE4). Doesn’t mean that we should all start gobbling statins, but it’s strange to think of AD as a cholesterol-related condition.

So much more to learn, and then figure out what if anything to do with what we’ve learned!
 
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VolunteerHillbilly said:
where do you need to go? I don’t travel much so I’d have to think up some other skill for my mutant. Maybe someone with reverse digestive system so they could eat poop and crap steaks/drink pee and piss wine. I’d never have to buy groceries again. Closed loop system.
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Like jump in a bank get money then jump home and then jump to Hawaii then California then Florida then Tennessee all in one day.
 
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I love watching Peyton Manning break down games. He needs to be a coach he has it he knows what they are doing and he is jacked. This is awesome!
 
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