Are 68 Molecules Enough To Understand Diseases?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Monday September 8, 2008 @07:35AM from the enter-the-peer-review dept.

Roland Piquepaille writes "A researcher from the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) claims that 68 molecules can explain the origins of many serious diseases. After reviewing findings from multiple disciplines, he 'realized that only 68 molecular building blocks are used to construct these four fundamental components of cells: the nucleic acids (DNA and RNA), proteins, glycans and lipids,' and he said that 'these 68 building blocks provide the structural basis for the molecular choreography that constitutes the entire life of a cell.'"

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Further Reduction by Pedrito · 2008-09-08 08:18 · Score: 0, Troll

I've managed to reduce all 68 of these molecules to a single commonality: Carbon!
Curing diseases with this information is left as an exercise for the reader. Just send me the Nobel Prize. Thanks. Couldn't have done it without Slashdot.