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Searching for Life's Blueprints

Posted by michael on from the fractals-for-fun-and-profit dept.

Makarand writes "If the claims made by the accomplished biophysicist Andras Pellionisz hold any water, life's blueprints may indeed be in fractal patterns found in the DNA. In a human, genes constitute only around 2-3% of the total DNA (the exons). The rest of the non-genic DNA (called introns) play a role that has not yet been understood and some have even suggested that these may merely be evolutionary leftovers. Removal of this "junk-DNA", however, has been proven to be lethal. The introns, he claims, may have the "building construction blueprints" in the form of fractal patterns that the exons use to build living tissue. A patent application covering attempts to count, measure and compare the fractal properties of introns for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes has been made. He hopes his patent will help him launch his company and make it a key player in this field."

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  1. Another scientist who thinks he knows the answers by Jon+Erikson · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    Gah, every time I read one of these stories I'm rendered speechless by the hubris of these scientists who think that somehow they have a right to own part of the very building blocks of life. And appalled at a government that is happy to let people lock away such vital information for the sake of a few measly dollars in kickbacks, sorry I mean patent applications.

    Now this guy comes along and you can be sure that even before he proves anything he'll have signed up for the 97% of the genome he's talking about, "just in case". And what can anyone else do about it? Nothing.

    There should be no price on scientific advance. People who do this sort of things are not scientists, they are nothing more than minions of Satan out to prevent us from evolving and taking our rightful place at God's side.

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    Jon Erikson, IT guru

  2. You have got to be kidding me.... by dlimona · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does anyone belive in God anymore? Does everyone belive in evolution now? What the hell is this garbage... 'left over' DNA? Sigh, the ignorance is just SCREAMING from this jibberish. Give God some credit...