DNA
Mathematics Explains Why Crispr-Cas9 Sometimes Cuts the Wrong DNA
– Mathematics Explains Why Crispr-Cas9 Sometimes Cuts the Wrong DNA:
The discovery of the Cas9 protein has simplified gene editing, and may even make it possible to eliminate many hereditary diseases in the near future. Using Cas9, researchers have the ability to cut DNA in a cell to correct mutated genes, or paste new pieces of genetic material into the newly opened spot. Initially, the Crispr-Cas9 system seemed to be extremely accurate. However, it is now apparent that Cas9 sometimes also cuts other DNA sequences similar to the sequences it was programmed to target. Scientists at Delft University of Technology have developed a mathematical model that explains why Cas9 cuts some DNA sequences while leaving others alone.
Source: phys.org
The Crispr-Cas9 system is a defence mechanism that protects bacteria from viruses. If a virus enters a bacterium but does not take over the cell, the defence system cuts out some genetic material from the virus and stores it in the bacterium’s own genome. The built-in viral DNA acts as a genetic memory. If the same virus attacks the bacterium (or its descendants), it quickly recognises the attacker and can send out Cas9 proteins to track it down. Using viral RNA as a sort of “cheat sheet,” the protein hunts for hostile DNA in the cell. If it finds a match, the Crispr-Cas9 system then cuts the viral DNA, incapacitating the threat.
Harmful effects
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Half of European men share King Tut’s DNA
– Half of European men share King Tut’s DNA:
LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters Life!) – Up to 70 percent of British men and half of all Western European men are related to the Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun, geneticists in Switzerland said.
Scientists at Zurich-based DNA genealogy centre, iGENEA, reconstructed the DNA profile of the boy Pharaoh, who ascended the throne at the age of nine, his father Akhenaten and grandfather Amenhotep III, based on a film that was made for the Discovery Channel.
The results showed that King Tut belonged to a genetic profile group, known as haplogroup R1b1a2, to which more than 50 percent of all men in Western Europe belong, indicating that they share a common ancestor.
China Quietly Builds The World’s Largest DNA Database
– China Quietly Builds The World’s Largest DNA Database:
From kindergartens to high schools, from prisons to anyone who’s simply lost their ID, China is conducting the world’s most aggressive campaign to collect DNA from its population – with or without permission, in what it is calling a “high-tech security blanket” used to better monitor its 1.4 billion citizens, the WSJ reports
Schoolchildren in a bucolic region in western China famed for steam trains and jasmine flowers thought little of it when police interrupted classes and asked all the boys to spit into small plastic boxes.
Chinese authorities are already pointing to the collection techniques as a success – highlighting a case in Qianwei County, in which the murder of two shopkeepers from nearly a decade ago was solved using genetic samples collected from the murderer.
The goal, according to a WSJ’s examination of police documents from across China, is to double China’s current DNA repository to 100 million records by 2020 – which will require that they step up their efforts and collect nearly as many records each year as the United States has in its entire national database built over two years.
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Babies feel touch in their DNA: Infants who were held more have a different molecular profile than children who had a lack of contact
Physical contact between babies and their caregivers doesn’t just foster emotional bonds — it also affects infants on a molecular level. This was the conclusion that researchers from the University of British Columbia and BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute came to in their landmark study. Though far from just impacting children in their infancy, physical contact (or lack thereof) elicit results that remain detectable well into childhood.
For the purposes of their study, the researchers recruited the parents of 94 healthy, five-week-old children. The parents were asked to keep journals of their children’s behavior (things such as crying, feeding, and sleeping), as well as the frequency amount of bodily contact they shared. By the time the children were four-and-a-half years old, the researchers swabbed the inside of their cheeks to attain DNA samples.
Melanoma (skin cancer) found to be easily prevented with low-cost Vitamin B3
More info about the importance of vitamin B3:
– Dr. Andrew Saul: Nutritional Solution To Depression And Mental Illness (Video)
– High Doses of Vitamins Fight Alzheimer’s Disease (Dec 9, 2008):
Researchers at the University of California at Irvine gave the human dose equivalent of 2,000 to 3,000 mg of vitamin B3 to mice with Alzheimer’s. (2) It worked. Kim Green, one of the researchers, is quoted as saying, “Cognitively, they were cured. They performed as if they’d never developed the disease.”
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– Melanoma (skin cancer) found to be easily prevented with low-cost Vitamin B-3:
Researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia believe that nicotinamide (vitamin B3) can be used to prevent the incidence of melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. The study, published in Photodermatology, Photoimmunology, and Photomedicine, demonstrates the efficacy of vitamin B3 in reducing or even reversing DNA damage and inflammation caused by ultraviolet radiation. Authors of the review say that more research into the topic is necessary but conclude that should their data be further verified, it could lead to a cheap and potent solution to skin cancer.
The team noted that nicotinamide costs around $10 per month if taken at the recommended dosage of one gram a day. This is significantly less expensive than conventional cancer therapies, which usually include chemotherapy sessions and various forms of medications.
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HORROR FARMS: Genetically altered pigs to be grown and harvested for human organ transplants
– HORROR FARMS: Genetically altered pigs to be grown and harvested for human organ transplants:
Harvard geneticist Dr. George Church has announced that the first organ transplants from pigs to humans could take place in just two years, after scientists found a way to combine gene editing and cloning to overcome some of the longstanding obstacles to pig organ transplants in an act that takes going against nature to new heights.
In the 1990s, scientists explored using pig organs for human transplants, but they discovered that pig DNA contained hidden genes for viruses that are similar to those that cause leukemia in monkeys. When they grew pig cells alongside human embryonic kidney cells in lab tests, the viruses spread to human cells. Once they were infected with these retroviruses, the human cells could then infect other human cells with them.
Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprint
– Scientists build DNA from scratch to alter life’s blueprint:
At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiff an odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.
But he and his colleagues are cooking up something else altogether: yeast that works with chunks of man-made DNA.
Scientists have long been able to make specific changes in the DNA code. Now, they’re taking the more radical step of starting over, and building redesigned life forms from scratch. Boeke, a researcher at New York University, directs an international team of 11 labs on four continents working to “rewrite” the yeast genome, following a detailed plan they published in March.
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Why did European DNA suddenly change 4,000 years ago? Experts reveal evolutionary mystery – and say the makers of Stonehenge may hold the key
- Researchers found genetic lineage of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4000 years ago
- Bell Beaker culture, which is believed to have been instrumental in building the monoliths at Stonehedge, could hold the key
The genetic makeup of Europe mysteriously transformed about 4,000-5,000 years ago, researchers have discovered.
An Australian team found the unexplained change while analysing several skeletons unearthed in central Europe that were up to 7,500 years old.
They say the rapid expansion of the Bell Beaker culture, which is believed to have been instrumental in building the monoliths at Stonehedge, could hold the key.
Stunning research finds that yoga and meditation literally “repair” your DNA to eliminate disease and depression
Balancing activities like Tai Chi, yoga and meditation are touted for their ability to promote a sense of well-being and reduce stress, but is there more to it than meets the eye? While these exercises are known for being great ways to relax, new research has shown that their benefits extend far past the ephemeral. The relief mind-body interventions can offer isn’t just mental; in fact, these activities can actually bring about physical changes at the molecular level.
A recent study led by scientists from Coventry University and Radboud University have shown that mind-body interventions can turn back molecular reactions within your DNA that cause disease and depression.
Colin Flaherty: Testing DNA rape kits makes the black kids angry in Houston and Detroit (Video)
https://youtu.be/WTHe2tDd3XY
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NASA FUTURE WARFARE: “Smart Dust” Targets DNA in Satanic Transhumanism – #NWO
– NASA FUTURE WARFARE: “Smart Dust” Targets DNA in Satanic Transhumanism:
The PowerPoint presentation Future Warfare was presented by one of NASA’s chief scientists from their Langley Research Center back in July 2001 — a few months before the 9/11 False Flag.
NASA’s Power Point discusses how population control will be achieved by advanced drones, microwave frequency weapons, nano weapons, binary bio-weapons in food, Artificial intelligence, satellites, robotics and more.
This is NOT science fiction. It’s an elitist view of how to manage humanity using technology quietly developed by Black Budget programs where the application of satanic science is a planned agenda to dehumanize and devalue the worth of humanity as traditional “people” are eliminated , re-programmed or replaced with programmable droids
We only need to look at the extinction-level future of the oceans due to the Fukushima apocalypse to realize transhumanism is considered by the elite as a long-term solution to radioactive oceans that no longer provide food for billions of traditional “humans”.
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Zika vaccine: watch out—it will alter your DNA
– Zika vaccine: watch out—it will alter your DNA:
First, I’ll lay out a little background—
In many previous articles, I’ve established there is no convincing evidence the Zika virus causes the birth defect called microcephaly. (Zika archive here)
Basically, Brazilian researchers, in the heart of the purported “microcephaly epidemic,” decided to stop their own investigation and simply assert Zika was the culprit. At that point, they claimed that, out of 854 cases of microcephaly, only 97 showed “some relationship” to Zika.
Longevity – Protect Telomeres And Decelerate Aging With 4 Common Vitamins
Don’t use smartphones/mobile phones & Wi-Fi … if you can.
– Protect telomeres and decelerate aging with 4 common vitamins:
Telomeres, repeating sequences of DNA located at the ends of chromosomes, play a key role in survival and aging. Preserving the length of telomeres has been shown to extend cell lifespan, and many researchers now believe that protecting telomere length holds the key to slowing down the aging process – and sustaining the beneficial qualities of a youthful life.
We can age gracefully with the power of nutrition. There is plenty of scientific evidence that a healthy diet coupled with high-quality supplements can help to maintain our telomere length. Keep reading to see how four common vitamins can reverse the unwanted shortening of telomeres – and prevent the negative effects of aging.
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Dr. Timothy Mousseau: Consequences of Fukushima & Chernobyl
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03.12.2016
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Symposium conducted on Nov/04/2016 about his research and findings of the consequences to the Wildlife at Chernobyl and Fukushima…
Studies Website.
University of South Carolina: Chernobyl Research Initiative & Fukushima Research Initiative.
http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/…
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Consequences of Fukushima Radiation on Wildlife.
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Genetically modified children: Baby born with DNA from three different people
– Genetically modified children: Baby born with DNA from three different people:
U.S. scientists recently announced the birth of a baby containing DNA from three different people in an article in New Scientist. They will present the details of the new procedure they used at the October meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
The procedure, which is illegal in the United States, was performed in Mexico.
It is not the first time that scientists have used biotechnology to produce a child with DNA from three separate people, but the researchers claim that their new technique is significantly more precise, and has major implications for the prevention of genetic disease.
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Dr Larramendy: Glyphosate and Dicamba Formulations Damage Toad Larvae DNA
– Dr Larramendy: Glyphosate and Dicamba Formulations Damage Toad Larvae DNA:
A new study by Argentine researchers (see abstract below) shows that dicamba and glyphosate herbicide formulations cause genetic damage in the larvae of a species of toad, Rhinella arenarum, when used separately.
Genotoxic effect of a binary mixture of dicamba- and glyphosate-based commercial herbicide formulations on Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) (Anura, Bufonidae) late-stage larvae
Full paper: link.springer.com
Authors: Sonia Soloneski, Celeste Ruiz de Arcaute, Marcelo L. Larramendy
Abstract:
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