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The Histone Code (genetic code not the only code?)
USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center ^ | 2007 | Judd C. Rice, Ph.D.

Posted on 01/08/2008 7:28:22 PM PST by GodGunsGuts

It is now clear that genetics won’t be able to answer all of our questions about human development and disease. These basic biological processes rely heavily on epigenetics – the ability to ‘fine-tune’ the expression of specific genes.

This regulation of gene expression is essential for defining cellular identity and the dysregulation of these processes results in a variety of human diseases. Therefore, understanding these mechanisms will not only enhance our basic knowledge but will also lead to the improved detection, therapy and prognoses of several human diseases.

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The histone code hypothesis predicts that the post-translational modifications of histones, alone or in combination, function to direct specific and distinct DNA-templated programs.

(Excerpt) Read more at histonecode.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: creation; epigenetics; evolution; finetuning; geneticcode; histonecode; intelligentdesign; justlooksdesigned
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To: GodGunsGuts

Incredibly.


21 posted on 01/08/2008 8:52:28 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

Thanks for the ping!


22 posted on 01/08/2008 8:53:33 PM PST by Alamo-Girl
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To: Coyoteman

Someone wrote the code.


23 posted on 01/08/2008 8:56:10 PM PST by NonValueAdded ("Hillary ... a product whose sell-by date has passed" (OMG, I'm quoting Shrum))
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To: GodGunsGuts; garjog

What great faith those evos display; to deny the intelligence behind a code when by their own admission it gives the *appearance* of design.

Evos are constantly demanding evidence of intelligence or design and here we have it and they even admit it and still turn around and deny it.

If natural phenomena gives the appearance of design, why make it so complicated? Why try so hard to deny the obvious? Why look for explanations to show that the appearance of design is just happenstance? They’re making it so much more complicated than it is in their desperate attempts to deny a creator.

KISS


24 posted on 01/08/2008 9:04:56 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Coyoteman

It won’t hurt it either.


25 posted on 01/08/2008 9:05:45 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GodGunsGuts

How could I forget. Using unwilling human subjects for human experimentation makes my blood boil.


26 posted on 01/08/2008 9:06:45 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GodGunsGuts
They remind me of Buddhists who seek to convince mankind that all is illusion.

Really.

27 posted on 01/08/2008 9:07:34 PM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GodGunsGuts; garjog

[[I would say, the more we learn how “fine-tuned” life is, the more we should be looking for the possibility of a “fine-tuner.”]]

True, that would be the logical step to take, but unfortunately, that won’t happen- the Design Denialists have the ever obscure “We don’t know how it evolved, but we might one day” mantra to fall back on if explanations are not available- having an unfalsifiable hypothesis covers a multitude of biological sins it seems- and let’s never forget, those of us who look for the logical explanations based on the facts are the psuedoscientists and psuedosciecne followers while those who state time + biological mistakes answers everything (Regardless of a complete lack of evidence to back that pipedream up)- Never question the god of Naturalism- it’s advocates get ugly if you do.

Garjog wrote [[A code is a basic construct of language. Only intelligent beings use language. If biology has built in codes, it implies an intelligent code giver created it all. Seems rather intuitive to me.]]

Tsk Tsk- everyone knows that when 1000 violins are uncovered in an ancient ruins that they must have evolved from raw materials. Never question the god of materialism.


28 posted on 01/08/2008 9:34:35 PM PST by CottShop
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To: CottShop

doh- I meant the god of naturalism- not materialsm lol- carry on


29 posted on 01/08/2008 9:36:40 PM PST by CottShop
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To: garjog
A code is a basic construct of language.

No.

30 posted on 01/08/2008 10:33:05 PM PST by Jeff Gordon ("An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile hoping it will eat him last." Churchill)
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To: metmom

==How could I forget. Using unwilling human subjects for human experimentation makes my blood boil.

http://www.streetinsider.com/Corporate+News/GlaxoSmithKline+(GSK)+Denies+Wrongdoing+In+Russian+Vaccine+Probe/1750668.html


31 posted on 01/09/2008 12:15:14 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: metmom

GlaxoSmithKline = the makers of AZT.


32 posted on 01/09/2008 12:20:59 AM PST by GodGunsGuts
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To: martin_fierro

ping


33 posted on 01/09/2008 12:42:44 AM PST by Cacique (quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat ( Islamia Delenda Est ))
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To: garjog; Coyoteman

“A code is a basic construct of language. Only intelligent beings use language. If biology has built in codes, it implies an intelligent code giver created it all. Seems rather intuitive to me.”

All praise the Flying Spaghetti Monster and His noodly appendage!


34 posted on 01/09/2008 1:09:31 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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To: NonValueAdded

“Someone wrote the code.”

Space aliens?

Sounds like a Kucinich theory.


35 posted on 01/09/2008 1:10:47 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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To: Coyoteman
It will not help creationism one bit.

actually, it does, by exposing the guys who say they know so much as frauds.

36 posted on 01/09/2008 2:23:56 AM PST by gusopol3
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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem; NonValueAdded

So where’d the code come from if nobody wrote it?


37 posted on 01/09/2008 5:10:11 AM PST by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: GodGunsGuts
“It is now clear that genetics won’t be able to answer all of our questions about human development and disease.”

Surprise, surprise (not really). I recommend the Politically Incorrect Guide to Science. One chapter discusses exaggerated claims for genetic engineering, cloning, decoding the genome, and other money absorbing fads in biology that did not live up to their hype.

38 posted on 01/09/2008 5:27:34 AM PST by ChessExpert (Reagan dismantled the Russian empire of 21 conquered nations)
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To: Coyoteman
Very interesting, but the article looks like good basic science. It will not help creationism one bit. Sorry.

Actually, if it's good basic science, this can only help creationism. The more good, basic, non-politicised science we get, the more evolution is falsified and the more the field opens up for reconsideration of alternatives.

39 posted on 01/09/2008 5:30:05 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Fred Head and proud of it! Fear the Fred!)
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To: metmom
So where’d the code come from if nobody wrote it?

Why, just like the code for the computer programs you're using - it magically appeared abiogenetically out of nowhere, due to completely naturalistic forces!

/sarc

40 posted on 01/09/2008 5:32:14 AM PST by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Fred Head and proud of it! Fear the Fred!)
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