Subject: Re: [permaculture] Crisper gene technology - are there
Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2016 08:52:44 -0400
On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 5:45 AM, scrooge McDuck <declan@planetmail.net>
wrote:
> What often horrifies me is where they get these 'crisper genes' from -
> often from sources we would do more than raise an eyebrow at. I have few
> facts, but I'm not comfortable with what I do know.
>
> Regards
>
> Declan Moriarty.
>
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 03, 2016 at 10:13 PM
> *From:* "Lawrence London" <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
> *To:* permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
> *Subject:* [permaculture] Crisper gene technology - are there
> (John d'Hondt: Will this new powerful gene modification technology have
> implications for permaculture, changing the genetic makeup pf generations
> of organisms, including those in the wild?)
>
> Crisper gene technology - Google Search
>https://www.google.com/search?q=Crisper+gene+technology&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
>
I listened to an interview on public radio last week with an (the?)
inventor of the CRISPR technology currently in intense development.
1) He insisted and will campaign for development and use of CRISPR to be
completely in the public view, interactive with the public and not behind
closed doors. He said that this is the way forward for maximum progress
with and best use of CRISPR.
2) He described it this way. With conventional gene splcing the GMO
organism can eventually shed the modifications to its genetic makeup. With
CRISPR it can not.because it inserts a gene segment plus a tool (spacer)
that keeps it in place and protects it from evolutionary changes. In other
words it makes permanent changes to an organism's genome such that, as any
organism modified with CRISPR reproduces, those changes are retained in any
offspring and for generations forward. [this is my take on what he said
several days ago - I tried to find the interview and name of the researcher
but without luck],