Is Crucell's PER.C6® "Immortal Cell" Vaccine Technology Created Using Human Fetal Retinal Cells?

I'm not stating as fact that Crucell created its PER.C6® vaccine technology from human fetal retina cells. I'm just pointing out a PDF document (Investor and Analyst Day March 12th, 2008 London) that exists on Crucell's servers (I found it by a random Google search) (see also: Crucell Investor Day March 12, 2008) where John Lewis, VP Scientific Affairs, mentions that human fetal retinal cells (check out page 5 of the PDF) are most sensitive to transformation with E1. The document also states that the E1 gene was taken from Ad5 and used to transfect primary human retinal cells.

PER.C6® technology
A human designer cell line for the efficient development and large-scale manufacturing of biopharmaceutical products [e.g., vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and gene therapy products]. The PER.C6® cell line is made from a single healthy, human cell that has been purposefully immortalized so that it can grow indefinitely and can be expanded efficiently without the need for materials that allow cell attachment (i.e. microcarriers) or the need for serum derived from non-human sources

Based on the PDF document, I believe the single, healthy, "immortal" cell referred to above may be the one that is created from human retina cells -- particularly fetal retina cells using E1 produced from Ad5. The immortal cell is then used to create a master cell bank for vaccine and biopharmaceutical product production. Per Crucell, "PER.C6® cells can replicate indefinitely..."

Nevertheless, this is where my ignorance in genetics is going to cause me to leave the highway, because I cannot make an educated opinion without that knowledge. However, if you have expertise in that area, I believe that the article Size and location of the transforming region in human adenovirus type 5 DNA gives background on what Ad5 is. Perhaps AD5 is a Crucell proprietary version of the human adenovirus type 5 DNA.

For further reading: The human cell line PER.C6 provides a new manufacturing system for the production of influenza vaccines

Remixx World! briefly discussed vaccines created from human retina cells last year in What Ingredients are in the H1N1 "Swine Flu" Vaccine? (Yes, Intranasal Contains Live H1N1 Virus)(Updated as of 11/30/2009)

Source: Crucell

FLASHBACK: 9/11 Hijack 'Suspects' Turn Up Alive and Well

I wonder why this story never gets much mainstream coverage. I guess it would cause people to ask questions. Namely, if these suspects are still alive, then who was on the 9/11 planes when they crashed?

Another of the men named by the FBI as a hijacker in the suicide attacks on Washington and New York has turned up alive and well.

The identities of four of the 19 suspects accused of having carried out the attacks are now in doubt.

Saudi Arabian pilot Waleed Al Shehri was one of five men that the FBI said had deliberately crashed American Airlines flight 11 into the World Trade Centre on 11 September.

If this link is not available, click this backup link to view the original article.

Source: BBC

Saudi Arabia Imposes Mandatory Vaccinations on Foreign Pilgrims Coming for Haj and Umrah

The mandatory vaccination mandates are picking up steam again just as they did last year in 2009. For all the Haj and Umrah pilgrims, take note.

It is mandatory for foreign pilgrims coming on Haj and Umrah this year to be vaccinated for communicable diseases such as yellow fever, cerebrospinal meningitis fever, polio and influenza, according to Dr. Khalid Al-Marghalani, the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) spokesperson.

Al-Marghalani said the MoH is following instructions from the World Health Organization (WHO) about the latest developments on epidemics, particularly from African, Asian and South American countries.

Source: Saudi Gazette

Man Robs Store in North Carolina While Wearing Obama Mask

Like something out of Point Break 2 and just in time for Halloween comes this story out of North Kakalaki! If you want your very own Obama mask, click the picture above.

Police said a man wearing a mask of President Barack Obama robbed the Sheetz on Somerset Center Drive at about 3:24 a.m. on Wednesday.

Source: WXII-12

Newly Released Video of 9/11 Firefighters Reveals Huge Explosions Before Twin Towers Collapsed

Newly obtained video that was released by NIST after a lawsuit by the International Center for 9/11 Studies.

Virginia Ironside Says She Wants to Smother & Kill Handicapped Babies

If you ever wanted to see what a crazy, murdering eugenicist allegedly looks like, take a look at Ms. Virginia Ironside in the above video for the first exhibit. This lady is calling for the killing of all handicapped babies. This would be almost be funny, but it's not, because a lot of people in government power also feel the same way. Does anyone know how many children Ms. Ironside has, if any?

LAUSD To Biometrically Scan Students Who Participate in Government Free Lunch Program

Henry Kissinger allegedly said, "Control food and you control the people." The LAUSD is putting that quote to test with this new proposal to biometrically scan students who simply want to eat lunch.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is pushing a plan to fingerprint some students before they can get their lunches.

Source: CBS-Los Angeles

Russian Delegates Seek to Learn About Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants in New England

In the olden days, I could have never imagined the United States having joint nuclear interactions except in Amazing Grace & Chuck. Nevertheless, there are indeed interactions between the countries as Russia has visited nuclear facilities here in the United States to learn how to decommission a nuclear facility.

Last year several Russian delegates visited New England to witness what decommissioning a nuclear power plant is all about...

...Among the members visiting Vermont from Oct. 3 through the 10, are environmental experts, Dr. Olga Tsepilova, a Time Magazine Hero in 2007 and deputy chairman of the Green Russian faction and YABLOKO political party, Natalia Mironova, a former legislator and regulator and chairman of the Movement for Nuclear Safety, Lidia Kuryndina, head of the radioactive regulation at the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, Andrey Ivanov, head of the Murmansk Regional Parliament Committee on Environment and Agriculture and Oleg Bodrov, a nuclear engineer who inspected Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the founder and chairman of the Green World Council.

Source: Brattleboro Reformer