[cryptical]

We’re really in kindergarten when it comes to our understanding of biology. Exciting times...

Look at the advances in knowledge in the last decade or two, and imagine where we’ll be in another 20 years.

[aruanan]

Most of the molecules produced from DNA may not even be proteins, but another chemical known as RNA.

Duh. I don't think any proteins are produced from DNA except as mediated through RNA.

[Coyoteman]

Sounds more like a kludge than a deliberate design.

[SunkenCiv]

Scientist Reveals Genome Secret: It's Him

Scientist Reveals Genome Secret: It's Him
by Nicholas Wade
April 27, 2002

When scientists at Celera Genomics announced two years ago that they had decoded the human genome, they said the genetic data came from anonymous donors and presented it as a universal human map. But the scientist who led the effort, Dr. J. Craig Venter, now says that the genome decoded was largely his own. Dr. Venter also says that he started taking fat-lowering drugs after analyzing his genes... [M]embers of Celera's scientific advisory board expressed disappointment that Dr. Venter subverted the anonymous selection process that they had approved... Though the five individuals who contributed to Celera's genome are marked by separate codes, Dr. Venter's is recognizable as the largest contribution. He said he had inherited from one parent the variant gene known as apoE4, which is associated with abnormal fat metabolism and the risk of Alzheimer's, and that he was taking fat-lowering drugs to counteract its effects... Dr. Arthur Caplan, a biomedical ethicist at the University of Pennsylvania, said, "Any genome intended to be a landmark should be kept anonymous. It should be a map of all us, not of one, and I am disappointed if it is linked to a person."

Other folks get fired for surfin' the web at work. A little later Venter was forced out as president of Celera.

[SunkenCiv]

How Science Is Rewriting the Book on Genes
The Washington Post | November 12, 2007 | David Brown
Posted on 11/12/2007 1:32:15 AM PST by neverdem
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1924453/posts

[SunkenCiv]

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[SunkenCiv]

Whoops, I forgot again.

[lieutenant columbo]

Why does EVERY thread about anything attached to science turn into a fight about creationism?

Sheesh, people.

If you are having a knee jerk response that science is a threat to your religion, then you need to re-examine your reflexes.