Energy as information and constrained endogenous RNA interference poster presentation February 15, 2017 KRAS Allelic Imbalance Enhances Fitness and Modulates MAP Kinase Dependence in Cancer February 23, 2017 These studies demonstrate that serial genetic changes at the Kras/KRAS locus are frequent in cancer and modulate competitive fitness and MEK dependency. Reported as: Genetic ‘balance’ may […]
Criticisms of the nutrient-dependent pheromone-controlled evolutionary model Based on his writings, both published and unpublished, James Kohl presents an unsupported challenge to modern evolutionary theory and misrepresentations of established scientific terms and others’ research. — Andrew Jones, BA Editor’s note The 2013 review article by James Vaughn Kohl published in Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology and […]
Life is Quantum Life is energy-dependent. Energy is information. Life is not quantum except in the context of hydrogen-atom energy transfer in DNA base pairs in solution. Claims that do not also address the effects of virus-driven energy theft fail to link what is know about quantum physics from the creation of the sun to […]
See also: Energy as information and constrained endogenous RNA interference (2) The Scope (Febrary 4, 2017) On World Cancer Day, we’re featuring some of the most exciting research developments of the past year. First up? Yoshinori Ohsumi, Nobel laureate, whose research could save your life. 2016 Nobel Prize Winner Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Discoveries Could Change How […]
MicroRNA-34 directly targets pair-rule genes and cytoskeleton component in the honey bee Our findings point to miR-34-5p as novel regulatory component in the complex molecular cascade that governs insect segmentation and to a broader role of miRNAs in the early development due to the detection of mature transcripts from both 5p and 3p arms for […]
See for comparison: How Plant-Soil Feedback Affects Ecological Diversity Researchers examine how underground microbes and nutrients affect plant populations. The link from the physiology of nutrient-dependent pheromone-controlled reproduction in species from microbes to humans was placed into the context of Common crop chemical leaves bees susceptible to deadly viruses The honeybee model organism links the […]
Why Don’t The Amish Get Cancer? …the Amish commitment to simple, productive lives and clean, local food is benefiting their health in ways that the rest of America can only dream about. They exemplify what it means to be an ecologically adapted human population. See also: Past 5,000 years prolific for changes to human genome The […]
Critical Values: is ASCP’s quarterly magazine with news and features covering trends of interest to pathologists and laboratory professionals alike. See for example: Attentive Clinical Laboratory Scientist Discovers First Human Case of Borrelia turicatae Critical Values spoke with technologist Dolli Lane, MLT(ASCP)CMCsCM, and the chief of the hematology section, Chris Boyd, MLT(ASCP)CM, about their findings. […]
See: Re-inventing mutation-driven evolution See also: Temperature regulates splicing efficiency of the cold-inducible RNA-binding protein gene Cirbp … we suspected that splicing efficiency, as defined by the fraction of pre-mRNA converted into mature mRNA, must have contributed to temperature-dependent Cirbp mRNA accumulation Splicing efficiency is energy-dependent in the context of temperature-dependent oscillations that link the […]
Can genetic testing determine antimicrobial susceptibility? EUCAST experts say not yet… (link opens pdf) Reported as: Whole genome sequencing cannot yet be used to determine antimicrobial susceptibility For most bacterial species there is currently insufficient evidence to support the use of WGS-inferred AST to guide clinical decision making. WGS-AST should be a funding priority if […]
