Chimpanzees may have survived an epidemic like AIDS two million years ago, which explains why they are now immune to AIDS. This means that eventually?a long time from now?humans will probably be immune too. Chimpanzees have only half as many variations of certain anti-virus immune system genes as humans, meaning that chimps with immune systems that couldn?t fight off AIDS died out completely, leaving the rest of the species immune. “It was a surgical selection, some genes got streamlined, other types of genes weren’t affected at all,” says Paul Gagneaux of the University of California.
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The FDA has officially announced that cloned animals are safe to eat, but says that products made from genetically-modified animals could be unsafe. They are currently deciding whether to allow the sale of genetically-modified milk. The FDA is worried about how, when and where inserted genes will turn themselves on. New genes inserted into the DNA of genetically-modified animals make proteins which are not normally present in the human diet, and these could produce allergic reactions, or even be poisonous.
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A Reagan administration program provided Iraq with military planning assistance against Iran even though we knew Iraq planned to use chemical weapons, according to senior military officers who wish to remain anonymous. This went on while we were publicly condemning Iraq for using poison gas on the Kurds. One DIA officer says that chemical weapons “were integrated into [Iraq?s] fire plan for any large operation, and it became more and more obvious.”
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If alien craft truly exist, wouldn’t the American astronauts have seen and reported such Thus goes the usual argument by those who would never place faith in UFO sightings or metaphysical experiences. Such science acolytes see high- tech hardware and rocket jets as the only viable means of exploring space. They view our astronauts as men and women operating strictly within the confines of conventional science and engineering. They place unlimited faith in NASAs ability to study the universe by spending taxpayer money solely on traditional technology.
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