Posted on 03/14/2018 5:10:38 PM PDT by goldendelicious
“Scott’s telomeres (endcaps of chromosomes that shorten as one ages) actually became significantly longer in space,” NASA researchers wrote in a statement. The space agency added that Kelly had hundreds of “space genes” activated by the year-long flight which reportedly altered the astronaut’s “immune system, DNA repair, bone formation networks, hypoxia, and hypercapnia.”
While Scott Kelly’s height and 93 percent of his DNA returned to normal after returning to Earth, NASA confirmed that seven percent of his genes have remained changed and may stay that way. “This is thought to be from the stresses of space travel, which can cause changes in a cell’s biological pathways and ejection of DNA and RNA,” researchers added.
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Poor poor Lamarck, finally validated so long after Darwin got all the goodies.
What could go wrong with that? We will all be super human soon! Radiation and chemotherapy be damned !!
This puts a whole new spin on Einstein’s Theory of Realtive-ity.
#20. Michael Moore!
I would think that 2 or 3 days would be fun. Anything more than 7 and you are paying me the big bucks.
shades of “The Astronaut’s Wife”
Latest info might indicate genetic closeness at about 70 to 85 percent. It really depends how they measure similarities...faster and better techniques might show even more variation...Note: I have heard humans and bananas share 50% of their genes...
sea water corrodes, maybe messed up their heads?
That "Junk DNA" is not junk but your body's tool kit for building whatever you need to adapt to your environment.
I’m sure his wife will enjoy his new tenticles. The Japanese say they’re faburous!
There’s a 25-percent chance each he’ll have the power to stretch, turn invisible, flame on, or turn into a pile of rocks, with a 100-percent chance of flopping at the box office.
yes, other than ancient viral dna, we’ve got a lot of backups
“This does prove that WE are a product of our ENVIRONMENT, and that we EVOLVE if our ENVIRONMENT changes.”
“Not over billions of years, but rather quickly.”
Nurture is winning over Nature.... imagine that!
Oh, my. Here we have proof of why Mars is not only a fantasy, but one-way trip, and somehow they found a way to turn this into a feel-good story about twins and “space genes.”
Nice. /s
NASA at work. Neither was he in “space” nor was he in zero-g. Outer space is outside our Van Allen belt and true zero-g is not orbiting at speeds which keep the station from crashing.
At one time I truly believed they were accomplishing something as pioneers, but when NASA started propagandizing and sacrificing astronauts, it was all over for me.
This is more of the same.
He freaks me out too.
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