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Scientists have created the ultimate GM crop: contraceptive corn. Waiving fields of maize may one day save the world from overpopulation.

The pregnancy prevention plants are the handiwork of the San Diego biotechnology company Epicyte, where researchers have discovered a rare class of human antibodies that attack sperm.

Scientists have created the ultimate GM crop: contraceptive corn. Waiving fields of maize may one day save the world from overpopulation. The pregnancy prevention plants are the handiwork of the San Diego biotechnology company Epicyte, where researchers have discovered a rare class of human antibodies that attack sperm.

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Who's got odds on how long it takes this corn to escape the lab and contaminate our food supply?

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I really doubt these plants can reproduce. It's a lot more likely that they will be used in regular food without people being told about it. Food DNA studies show that most food is technically just corn. It's fed to animal, it's the main sugar, etc.

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The silver lining is that DNA "resets" itself after some generations. Because producing this antibody has no evolutive advantage for the corn, over time it will be replaced.