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The tipping point (revisited): 98K (4)

Word-games and claims about beneficial mutations obfuscate the fact that light-activated carbon fixation is the link to microRNA-mediated viral latency and biophysically constrained ecological adaptations….

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Bruce McEwen’s legacy: sympatric speciation (4)

Bruce S. McEwen’s retrovirus legacy (1)  Conclusion: The light-activated assembly of the microRNA-RNA-peptide nanocomplex is required to link viral latency to healthy longevity across kingdoms…

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The Darwin Code: Resurrected after 20 years (3)

“We recently identified RNAi-based 6mer seed toxicity as an ancient kill code embedded in the genome….” They claim that viruses evolved the kill code during…

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Light-activated PTEN-dependent viral latency (1)

See: Dependence of RNA synthesis in isolated thymus nuclei on glycolysis, oxidative carbohydrate catabolism and a type of “oxidative phosphorylation” (1964) The synthesis of RNA…

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Eugene Koonin refutes theistic evolution

MicroRNA-Based Combinatorial Cancer Therapy: Effects of MicroRNAs on the Efficacy of Anti-Cancer Therapies 12/20/19 The combination of miRNA-based therapy with other anti-cancer therapies (miRNA-based combinatorial…

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Geobiology vs Geovirology (2)

Earlier today, Semour ‘Sy’ Garte wrote: “I generally don’t like it when people talk about books they haven’t read, and inevitably get everything wrong. But…

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Patented Creation vs Evolution of Disease (7)

Insights into the ecological roles and evolution of methyl-coenzyme M reductase-containing hot spring Archaea 10/8/19 To unwind the evolutionary history of mcr-containing microorganisms, we used…

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Weaponized health information (7)

Optogenomic Interfaces: Bridging Biological Networks With the Electronic Digital World 6/11/19 Fig. 1. Parallelism between the eukaryotic cell and general-purpose computer.  (Note: Both require energy.)…

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