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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. TROLL MACSLASH!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please, we need your help! It's like I'm the only MacSlash troll left! http://macslash.org

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  2. So think of me by slycer9 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    When you think of a Beowulf cluster of these....(heh, yeah.....um........ok)

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  3. Re:Heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry, right now I'm more concerned about this...

  4. We're losing sight of what's really important... by HarveyBirdman · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And this helps me get laid more how?

    This gets me closer to a completely immersive VR pr0n experience how?

    I wish the brains of the world would turn their minds to dealing with what is truly important and useful.

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  5. Obligatory response by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Andras Pellionisz and Co. to world:
    - All your intron base pairs are belong to us.

    Whew! Glad that's out of the way...

  6. just questions by lain-of-the-weird · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    QUESTIONS:

    1.) Why can't evolution and mathematics and genetics be a part of God's creation and beauty?

    2.) Which god/goddesses/deities/frogs/religions are you talking about?

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