Genetic Manipulation and Hybridization Update

Genetic Defilement: The five chimeras created by science. What do we know about the number Five (5)?

‘As in the days of Noah.’ Genetic corruption and defilement of flesh.

Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

Genesis 6:9, 11, 12 These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.

Genesis 7:1-4  And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.

Saudi Arabia – Mohammed bin Salman – NEOM; There will also be gene-editing facilities that will be used to make humans stronger and smarter than ever before, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Genetic Defilement: The five chimeras created by science. What do we know about the number Five (5)?

A chimera is an organism with genetic material from two or more sources. Experiments in the field may save lives but are ethically controversial.

Human-monkey; Last week, researchers led by Spanish scientist Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte announced they had created the first human-monkey chimera embryos in China. The purpose of the experiment is to investigate ways of using animals to grow human organs for transplants. The organs could be genetically matched by taking the recipient’s cells and reprogramming them into stem cells.

Human-pig; In 2017, scientists from the Salk Institute in California (led again by Izpisua Belmonte) tried to grow the first embryos containing cells from humans and pigs. The process proved to be more challenging than expected and was very inefficient: from 2,075 implanted embryos, only 186 developed up to the 28-day time limit for the project.

Human-human; Chimeras also exist in the natural world. There have been a number of documented human cases. Most recently, American singer Taylor Muhldiscovered she was carrying genetic material from her fraternal twin sister, whose egg had fused with hers in their mother’s womb. This explains a large section of darker skin on her torso – it comes from her sister’s DNA.

Virus chimera; Chimeras can help to fight diseases. In 2017, Portuguese researchers created a chimera virus, a mouse virus with a human viral gene, which enables them to investigate new ways to treat cancer caused by human herpes virus infection. The team found out that when the cancer-causing virus loses a protein, called LANA, it also loses its ability to cause cancer.

Human-mouse; In March, Japan loosened its guidelines, lifting a two-week limit on the growth of human-animal chimeras and allowing the transplantation of chimeric embryos or hybrids into animals, but not humans. Pending approval, a Japanese stem cell scientist, Hiromitsu Nakauchi, plans to insert human stem cells into mice or rats in an attempt to grow a human pancreas in the animal. As a safeguard, if too many human cells creep into the rat’s brains, the experiment will be stopped.

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