https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/30/world-dangerously-unprepared-for-next-pandemic-ifrc
A refresher for those who have been reading these posts or an introduction to those who are new here follows:
GRFT, or Griffithsin is an antiviral lectin. It has shown to inhibit infection by a number of viruses while being itself nontoxic. Project GRFT has a goal of producing GRFT by expression of the gene (derived from a red seaweed) in Oryza (rice). As rice is a widely grown food crop in many countries of the world, this method has the potential to empower farming communities with limited resources a means to combat viral outbreaks that will undoubtedly occur in the future. We feel that our efforts support global public health, a basic human right.
It should be noted that both Griffithsin and rice are considered nontoxic and safe.
Project GRFT is a group of friends who are volunteering to develop technology to do large scale global biomanufacturing of GRFT through plant molecular biology.
Project GRFT does not have as its intent to produce pharmaceuticals but rather to provide the raw material for biomanufacturing which we may perhaps call "GRICE"
As a project of Counter Culture Labs we have non-profit status and we always welcome your donations, both of money and in-kind donations such as supplies (petri dishes, reagents, etc.).
We are now working in three fully functional laboratories.
One is located at Counter Culture Labs in Oakland, California
Another is located in Baltimore Maryland at Johns Hopkins University
The newest lab is located near Modesto, California
This is our effort to respond to the challenge described in the Red Cross warning.
