You too could look like a genetically modified corn cob

Not sure what the point is - the headline reads "Confirmed: DNA From Genetically Modified Crops Can Be Transferred Into Humans Who Eat Them" - well....yeah...you eat a plant het DNA goes inside you....and??:confused:

the abstract from the linked PLOS article reads:

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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so what they are saying is that bits of DNA can get into eth blood stream that are bigger than was previously thought possible, but they don't know why or how.

Presumably this has actually been happening forever, so as you say, we haven't turned into non GMO plants despite having been eating them for 100,000 years - I cant' see much changing in that respect any time soon - even on a geological scale!! :)
 
Perhaps the header is an exaggeration but the following article suggests their is a big problem in that DNA from genetically modified crops can hop over to humans. So how serious a problem is it since even a non-genetically modified vegetable might transfer some unwanted traits?

January 9, 2014 by Arjun Walia
http://www.collective-evolution.com...s-can-be-transfered-to-humans-who-eat-them-2/
If you read the comments section of the article you will see that a number of people take the article apart. Despite the author's protest it is clear that he was disingenuous in his representation of the information in the reports and the significance of the information he chose to build his article around.
 
I bred and showed Irish Setters for years, I am sure I ate quite a few dog hairs. How long does it take for the DNA to 'take hold' so I can have dark red, silky wavy hair?
 
I bred and showed Irish Setters for years, I am sure I ate quite a few dog hairs. How long does it take for the DNA to 'take hold' so I can have dark red, silky wavy hair?
Do you have access to polyjuice potion? That should shave some time off the transformation.
 
Not sure what the point is - the headline reads "Confirmed: DNA From Genetically Modified Crops Can Be Transferred Into Humans Who Eat Them" - well....yeah...you eat a plant het DNA goes inside you....and??:confused:

the abstract from the linked PLOS article reads:

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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so what they are saying is that bits of DNA can get into eth blood stream that are bigger than was previously thought possible, but they don't know why or how.

Presumably this has actually been happening forever, so as you say, we haven't turned into non GMO plants despite having been eating them for 100,000 years - I cant' see much changing in that respect any time soon - even on a geological scale!! :)
Well, there are "couch potatoes".:)
 
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