April 17, 2004: Biotechnology Developments - Michael Fumento
Podcast: The Art Bell ArchivePublished On: Mon Aug 11 2025
Description: Art Bell speaks with journalist and attorney Michael Fumento about the biotechnology revolution transforming medicine and agriculture. Fumento details breakthroughs in biotech drugs like Enbrel for rheumatoid arthritis, anti-angiogenic cancer treatments that starve tumors by blocking blood vessel growth, and cancer vaccines now entering advanced clinical trials. He explains how gene therapy has already cured children with severe immune deficiency disorders.The conversation turns to genetic longevity research, where Fumento reports at least eight different techniques are being tested in laboratory animals, with some showing the equivalent of 136 human years of life extension. He predicts an FDA-approved genetic therapy that dramatically extends human lifespan within ten years. The discussion also covers biotech crops, gene splicing across species, and the regulatory differences between the United States and China, where Fumento suspects many approvals are fabricated.Art steers the conversation toward quantum computing and artificial intelligence, where Fumento raises both utopian and dystopian possibilities. He speculates that computers powerful enough to achieve consciousness could either solve every human problem or view humans as carbon-based infestations worth displacing.
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