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Thom Hartmann: Is Monsanto's herbicide causing fatal kidney disease? (Original Post)
thomhartmann
Jul 2014
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DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)1. And a lot more.
- K&R
[center]
Inside the Evil Monsanto
All therein are demento
They make pesticide seeds,
Killing the bugs and the bees
The rest of us to follow them, pronto[/center]
~DeSwiss[/center]
[center]
Inside the Evil Monsanto
All therein are demento
They make pesticide seeds,
Killing the bugs and the bees
The rest of us to follow them, pronto[/center]
~DeSwiss[/center]
polichick
(37,152 posts)3. Yeah, the WH gets an organic garden but the people get...
Monsanto. So fucked up.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)4. The corporate state.
Is this chemical warfare?
polichick
(37,152 posts)5. It absolutely is - and people are such pawns...
Every time I see one of those walks or races for "the cure" I think, what a scam. More money pumped into the treatment industries. If people want to be healthy, we have to demand that our "leaders" stop whoring for the criminals who pour poisons into our water, air, land, food, "health and beauty" products, etc. In many cases the cure will take care of itself.
Civilized countries don't poison their citizens.
(Not to mention chemical warfare on other countries.)
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)6. I'm with you.
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)7. We won't know, until it's too late.
DeSwiss
(27,137 posts)8. We already know it diminishes the ability to get rid of LDL cholesterol:
[font size=3]Exogenous plant MIR168a specifically targets mammalian LDLRAP1: evidence of cross-kingdom regulation by microRNA[/font]
Abstract
Our previous studies have demonstrated that stable microRNAs (miRNAs) in mammalian serum and plasma are actively secreted from tissues and cells and can serve as a novel class of biomarkers for diseases, and act as signaling molecules in intercellular communication. Here, we report the surprising finding that exogenous plant miRNAs are present in the sera and tissues of various animals and that these exogenous plant miRNAs are primarily acquired orally, through food intake. MIR168a is abundant in rice and is one of the most highly enriched exogenous plant miRNAs in the sera of Chinese subjects. Functional studies in vitro and in vivo demonstrated that MIR168a could bind to the human/mouse low-density lipoprotein receptor adapter protein 1 (LDLRAP1) mRNA, inhibit LDLRAP1 expression in liver, and consequently decrease LDL removal from mouse plasma. These findings demonstrate that exogenous plant miRNAs in food can regulate the expression of target genes in mammals.
CELL RESEARCH: Full Study
Abstract
Our previous studies have demonstrated that stable microRNAs (miRNAs) in mammalian serum and plasma are actively secreted from tissues and cells and can serve as a novel class of biomarkers for diseases, and act as signaling molecules in intercellular communication. Here, we report the surprising finding that exogenous plant miRNAs are present in the sera and tissues of various animals and that these exogenous plant miRNAs are primarily acquired orally, through food intake. MIR168a is abundant in rice and is one of the most highly enriched exogenous plant miRNAs in the sera of Chinese subjects. Functional studies in vitro and in vivo demonstrated that MIR168a could bind to the human/mouse low-density lipoprotein receptor adapter protein 1 (LDLRAP1) mRNA, inhibit LDLRAP1 expression in liver, and consequently decrease LDL removal from mouse plasma. These findings demonstrate that exogenous plant miRNAs in food can regulate the expression of target genes in mammals.
CELL RESEARCH: Full Study
And then there's always Seralinni's rats: