Some California rice farmers see other countries rejecting US rice because
it is perceived to be GMO altered-such as Japan and the European Union.
Valeries postings on how the breast milk patents are intended to make money
for pharmaceutical company investors is right on target.  Judy Ritchie

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/08/MNGKL61R0T36.
DTL

Ventria Bioscience wants to grow a rice plant with a seed that contains
human proteins usually found in breast milk and tears; the company has been
testing the product in small plots for several years. The proteins developed
in the seed of a rice plant could be used to create a medicine used to
combat anemia and diarrhea, among the world's leading causes of death for
children under 5. 

Because plants can replicate the proteins 30 times cheaper than traditional
laboratory methods, Ventria officials contend that genetically engineered
rice could go a long way toward creating affordable medicines to combat the
worldwide health problem. 

 


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