http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/24/AR2008012402203.html?hpid=sec-health
Scientists have taken laboratory chemicals and produced synthetic DNA. This DNA should be sufficient to allow a bacteria to live, and reproduce. Shortly, these same scientists will denucleate a bacterium and insert their synthetic DNA and in essence create the first artificial life form. It is akin to cleaning out a computer’s [...]
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As we suffer through the end of cold and flu season here in the great white north (Canada) I’m well aware of the effects of viruses. I’ve often wondered why it is that viruses exist in the first place.
Some may say this question is as naive as asking why do mosquitoes exist? Viruses, after all, can be [...]
First a word on the title. It may seem irresponsible if not correctly explained. The title is exactly so, a THEORECTICAL cure for cancer. This article will discuss, why, in theory, a combination of alternative cancer treatments SHOULD work.
DCA: Dichloroacetic acid is a simple chemical discovered at the University of Alberta in 2007. It has [...]
(DNA Methylation)
Our bodies have had long and sordid encounters with viruses over the eons we’ve evolved. One special class of viruses is called a retrovirus. A retrovirus incorporates its genetic material back into the host.
HIV and Herpes are good examples of retroviruses. it’s also commonly thought that retroviruses of various types can [...]
