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Big news in world of genetics - DrTorch - 01-24-2014 03:12 PM
http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5290/20131213/dna-secret-code-gene-control-researchers.htm
This could be Nobel worthy. I've read some speculation on it's impact on biology, but I haven't been convinced the authors fully understand everything. Anyway, it's pretty interesting, and the amazing amount of information coded in here adds even more credence to ID theory.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - UCF08 - 01-24-2014 03:14 PM
I remember reading this when it came out, if it does show to cause enough differences in gene expression then yeah, it could be a fairly large breakthrough.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - HeartOfDixie - 01-24-2014 03:14 PM
What is "gene control?"
I googled it and found mostly bull****.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - UCF08 - 01-24-2014 03:21 PM
The way it's used in this article just means the researchers have found a second way in which the genome controls which genes are expressed. It's not really a scientific term that's commonly used though, and the stuff you found is probably preying on people who are googling for genetically modified food information, and almost everything about that issue is complete bunk psuedoscience.
You'd be better off reading about gene expression really.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - Bull_In_Exile - 01-24-2014 03:53 PM
(01-24-2014 03:12 PM)DrTorch Wrote: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5290/20131213/dna-secret-code-gene-control-researchers.htm
This could be Nobel worthy. I've read some speculation on it's impact on biology, but I haven't been convinced the authors fully understand everything. Anyway, it's pretty interesting, and the amazing amount of information coded in here adds even more credence to ID theory.
Way over my head..
RE: Big news in world of genetics - UCF08 - 01-24-2014 04:00 PM
It's basically saying they think they might have found a second code within DNA, which might influence how our DNA is expressed.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - DrTorch - 01-24-2014 05:24 PM
(01-24-2014 04:00 PM)UCF08 Wrote: It's basically saying they think they might have found a second code within DNA, which might influence how our DNA is expressed.
Gene expression is a vast area for study. It's nature and nurture and genetics and genomics and prevention and treatment and everything all rolled together.
We'll all be X-Men* by the end of the 21st C.
*Technically, this is more like the Inhumans.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - GoApps70 - 01-25-2014 09:24 PM
Would have thought they would have expected this.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - RobertN - 01-25-2014 10:30 PM
(01-24-2014 03:12 PM)DrTorch Wrote: http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/5290/20131213/dna-secret-code-gene-control-researchers.htmThey figured you aren't human? Took them long enough. I have known this ever since I read your first post.
This could be Nobel worthy. I've read some speculation on it's impact on biology, but I haven't been convinced the authors fully understand everything. Anyway, it's pretty interesting, and the amazing amount of information coded in here adds even more credence to ID theory.
Re: Big news in world of genetics - EverRespect - 01-26-2014 12:39 AM
Not in favor of playing God.
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RE: Big news in world of genetics - UCF08 - 01-26-2014 03:51 PM
(01-26-2014 12:39 AM)EverRespect Wrote: Not in favor of playing God.
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If we were designed by god in his image, then blood supply alone shows he was quite fond of our intellect.
RE: Big news in world of genetics - At Ease - 01-27-2014 03:58 PM
(01-25-2014 09:24 PM)GoApps70 Wrote: Would have thought they would have expected this.
Yes, it's not particularly shocking or groundbreaking. We've known for decades that DNA codes for RNA and subsequent protein synthesis, and we've known for decades that the sequence of DNA specifies the regulation of how its bundled and the aforementioned processes are regulated. So it's of little surprise that some DNA sequences are involved in both.