genes

If you suffer from migraine, the culprit could be a gene labelled TRPM8 The researchers: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5688093/Humans-migrated-50-000-years-ago-genetic-mutation-cold-predisposing-headaches.html This is interesting as I know so many people who claim never to...

Disease or not, we can all agree that alcoholism is a serious problem. The idea that alcoholism is a disease was largely popularized by Alcoholics Anonymous, to my understanding. Many doctors and alcohol/drug addiction specialists agree that alcoholism is a disease. However, not everyone agrees...

I was just reading this blog post - addmittedly old, but interesting. http://lesswrong.com/lw/kr/an_alien_god/ But when I got to this sentence: "Your brother or sister shares half your genes," I paused. Is that correct? Is this one of those things I only think I know? (There's probably...

I'm discussing once again the topic of evolution and I have to wonder sometimes if a person I am talking to really knows how advanced genetic research has come? These are skeptics who are fully convinced and knowledgeable about evolution theory, I'm not talking about people who are poorly...

I have had no success to locate a thread on 23 and me. 23andme [ctrl, enter] (Newbie without permissions...) Hence I take the liberty to start a new one, and humbly apologize if there is one already. I read about it recently and had many objections, while at the same time marvelled at the...

The picture of a genetic makeup that fluctuates by the hour and minutes seems at odds with the public perception: That genes determine everything from our physical characteristics all the way to our behaviour. Many scientists seem to think that our geners form an immutable blueprint that our...

I've noticed that an addition that some evolution theorists make to the notion of of survival of the fittest is the survival of the most attractive. A common example used is the peacock. The point raised is that the bigger and more illustrious the peacock's tail is, the more likely he is to...

I have been reading "The Selfish Gene" by Richard Dawkins as of late, so his ideas of genetic survival have been going through my head. He includes a list of behaviors that appear altruistic, but can be explained by gene survival, and this includes living in groups. To carry the idea to...

Something's been bothering me, creationists. We've all been informed by the excellent Creation Science Gurus that random mutation can never lead to positive change in an species, only degradation. Thus, we do indeed see mutations, just as evolution predicts, but we never see the really cool...

"In cell biology, a mitochondrion (plural mitochondria) is a membrane-enclosed organelle that is found in most eukaryotic cells." "Endosymbiotic theory suggests that eukaryotic cells first appeared when a prokaryotic cell (a bacterium) was absorbed into another cell without being digested...

I have started this thread as a platform for discussing of abiogenesis and, and a place to facilitate a raging debate between John Hewitt and I, on the nature of fundamental replicators (which may have a significant impact on abiogenesis). In seeking a compromise between evidence cited for...

Why haven't I heard of this before, and even more importantly, why hadn't I heard that they hold the key to curing cancer? I mean a real cure... changing the genes back to normal so that they become human cells again, doing their jobs. This is amazing! Not really any side effects! That is the...

:confused: Life - the stepwise propagation of information using genetic variation to adapt replicators to their environment. That's all!:cool: Life - the soul. Mysteriously evanescent.:eye-poppi These 2 are incompatible, and rightly so.:) There is not a soul! But if there were, where...

religion tells us that proof is in a "feeling", you just "get it" or you don't... well, here's another something to think about: science is proving that the "feeling" of being "in the know" on religion is all in our minds and in our genes, specifically that the most spiritual people tended to...

A team of Australian scientists have published a new study in the American Journal of Human Genetics that shows that eye colour is determined by a few letters of the DNA sequence and not Genes. A study of 4000 people demonstrated that a change of one letter in a SNP is all it takes to alter eye...

http://http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20061127/sc_space/galacticbabyboominfluencedlifeonearth An interesting article. It seems that studying cosmic rays and their effects on genes will help us go a long way towards understanding how life on Earth made the leap from bacteria and algae into more...

US scientists have cracked the entire genetic code of breast and colon cancers, offering new treatment hopes. The genetic map shows that nearly 200 mutated genes, most previously unknown, help tumours emerge, grow and spread. The discovery could also lead to better ways to diagnose cancer in...

PZ had a few interesting ideas. Anyone have a few of their own to add?

So, I am reading through Talk Origins “Introduction to Evolutionary Biology” paper, and I am having trouble visualizing something. I was hoping someone would be kind enough to explain it to me. The paragraph reads: “Genetic variation has two components: allelic diversity and non- random...

I was browsing my new edition of PopSci, and ran across a little tidbit from the National Cancer Institute, which has isolated a gene called VMAT2. It seems that this gene controls, or is involved in, the transportation of monoamine. People with a variation of this gene are more likely to report...

Maybe someone can explain this to me: I've noticed the intellectual fad that tries to attribute religious belief to "god genes," "god parts of the brain" and so forth, but I have found this conjecture unsatisfactory for a couple reasons: One, it fails to account for the explosive growth of...

Another example of tje interaction between genes and drugs. http://www.economist.com/science/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3738894 CBL

Seems like the only thing I'm good for on the forum is posting articles. So here's another. Link Edit: D'oh. This is a duplicate of this thread.

Dean Hamer, a molecular biologist with the National Cancer Institute, believes he has found the primary gene determinative of a person's religiosity. A study he recently conducted and details in his new book, The God Gene: How Faith is Hardwired into Our Genes, has shown a significant...

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Genetic factors, along with cultural and early experiences, influence male homosexuality, Italian scientists said on Wednesday. Researchers at the University of Padua said the genetic components are linked to the X chromosome which is inherited only from the mother...

Most evolutionary psychologists, at least in my limited experience, are sympathetic to both sociobiology (inspired by Wilson) and memetics (inspired by Dawkins). But reading through Steven Pinker (_How the Mind Works_; _The Blank Slate_) and Robert Wright (_The Moral Animal_) the focus is...