dna

http://www.cryptomundo.com/bigfoot-report/dna-results/ Nothing conclusive - what else is new. Biscardi less than honest - what else is new again. I hate to mention a bear to Huntster when talking about bigfoot, but posters at Cryptomundo are saying this may be a skinned bear paw with the...

The Jesus and Mary DNA Awakening Test uses the electro-magnetic energies of sound to activate the spiritual energies of the “History DNA Gene” in the pineal gland of descendants of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. This unique DNA Awakening Test combines recent discoveries of science with the wisdom...

I have given a lot of thought as to how to start this thread. Last Thursday I learned that I have myeloma. It was picked up pretty much by chance, via a blood test for Raynaud's phenomenon. I then had the full battery of tests - skeletal survey, bone marrow biopsy, urine for Bence Jones protein...

Intelligent Design states, in part, that biological structures are so extraordinarily put together that they could only have been designed that way by some intelligence. However, I think at the DNA level this may be a weak argument. I'm struck by the fact that whenever someone discovers a...

Ok, I'm in a shooting match with creationists, except I really don't know much about DNA, having never studied it at school. So far my basic argument for origins of life has been that organic molecules like hydrocarbons form themselves into long chains from modular pieces. From what I...

An executed man suspected of being innocent is getting a modern DNA review. Only a couple of days left. Place your bets...

Interesting. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/15/AR2005121501728.html But I think it is too early for blacks or asians to be talking about a "cure". :p

I have some questions about DNA and was wondering if someone could help me. Apparently DNA is a highly comlex, ordered structure composed of several compounds. Does anyone know approximately how many lines or 'segments' of code exist for something like the most basic, single celled organisms...

How reliable is DNA testing when it comes to identifying a murderer? I just watched the 48 Hours Mystery episode entitled "Deadly Ride" and it makes me question several aspects of using DNA for identifying purposes. You can read the material from the episode here. To summarize, a murder...

This is an ID angle I hadn't heard before. Dr. Stephen Meyer argued on The Tavis Smiley Show that DNA is evidence of an intelligent designer :jaw-dropp because it's a binary code sequence and we know from working with computers that if we need something coded, we need an intelligent programmer...

Just stumbled upon this load of poo. Worth a read for a laugh. Complete with payment by credit card of course..... http://dnaperfection.com/pages/1/index.htm

I'm hearing alot about people determining your Race by your DNA,and I've heard about how it's done and there just seem to be way too many flaws in it to get an accurate answer as to someone's race. This is how it's done... They go around the world getting different DNA samples from thousands...

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I just read something I find very surprising. It said that approximately 1.5% of all DNA is involved what is normally thought of as genes e.g. creating proteins of various sort. But 3% of DNA is "regulatory", e.g. deciding when and where to turn on/off the production of the protein. I am not...

Does anyone know how much innate behaviour DNA can store? We know about animals being born knowing to avoid certain smells, plants, predators etc. We know about animals being born understanding expressions, feeding behaviours, how to grasp... So has there been any work done that has reached...

I got a flyer in the mail today, advertising a service with which I could save my cat's DNA so that later, when he's shredding God's futon instead of mine, I can clone him. The $295 is just for the basic DNA storage. They also offer package for only $895 and $1395. This of course, does not...

Scientists test system to correct mutations in DNA Washington Post | April 4, 2005 Inspired by the body's system for fixing genetic glitches, scientists at a company in California have made a molecular repair kit that corrects mutations in a cell's DNA. In experiments with human cells...

I heard this on Neal Boortz today. Supposedly a chimp has all but 1 % of our dna. But, a female human is 2% different than a male human. Hmmmmm. Odd, eh? He didn't elaborate though. Would a female chimps dna be different than a male chimp? If, so, then the percentage difference between a male...

This just in from the Weizmann Institute (well, a couple of years ago, anyway): http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021025065902.htm Except that the two chromosomes are not identical. Is this some science writer spacing out? ~~ Paul

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4161983.stm Does this idea bother anyone else? Kinda seems like the govt saying, "Voluntarily give up some of your privacy, or we might take it from you anyway." I think every one of the 790 men ought to refuse. That way the police can "closely check" ( I...

I was shocked when I saw this on the news last nigt. THere was this murder in a small Cape cod town last year. The women had sex before she was killed so they have DNA evidence and they think she was sleeping with a local boy. They just dont know who. So the brilliant Police hatched a plan...

In a recent Scientific American, there is an article about a possible role for junk DNA. Turns out that the amount of junk DNA in a genome relates fairly well to the "complexity" of the organism. This and various other observations have led people to suggest that introns (supposed junk in the...

So I'm reading the book DNA by Watson. In it he describes a process where bacteria gain protection/resistance by sharing plasmids and how elements of that process are used to insert plasmids from other animals.. say a strand of toad DNA into bacteria so they can be copied during regular...

Here's the article, which offers some info from Professor Paul Davies, Australian Centre for Astrobiology at Macquarie University: So. Anybody read New Scientist magazine and/or have an opinion on this? The article isn't very informative, unfortunately.

I meet a lot of New Age nut-jobs here in California. Don't laugh - they're preferable to the bible bashers of the south. Anyway, I heard one recently twittering on about going on some "course" she was going on where you can change your DNA by adding a third strand. All sorts of benefits were...

While I was writing a post in the "Literature and da Arts" forum here, I came across something that's pretty cool. Apparently some painters are now protecting their work from forgers by having some of their DNA added to their paint which is then used to mark a portion of their painting. The...

I came across the above extract in an online article, on a New Age site dealing with angels, the Mayan Prophecies, 2012 and suchlike. I know this stuff about having more than two strands of DNA is total b*ll*cks, but can someone tell me (in simple words please!) just why it's b*ll*cks?

bringing back long-dead plants?

I think the mistake at this website alluded to in Randi's commentary is in the picture which says "half our DNA comes from our parents". That begs the question of where does the other half come from? ;)

In the commentary: This is obviously a parody site of some sort: However it's not clear (to me at least) from the commentary if Randi is laughing at it because he thinks it is a serious site, or a good parody (because I think it's a very poor parody myself).