Tag: Cell (journal)

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
September 23, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, A Devil’s Chaplain, biology journals, Cell (journal), cell phones, Christians, Darwinism, Darwinist materialism, debates, detritus, ENCODE project, engineers, evolutionary biologists, expectations, function, genome, genomic function, informational sequences, intelligence, intelligent minds, junk DNA, materialism, mind, New Atheists, paradigm shift, paradigms, Richard Dawkins, scientific discovery, theistic evolutionists, Townhall}

Casey Luskin: A Chasm Between Paradigms

_{David Klinghoffer
September 23, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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To speak of a “paradigm shift” on Junk DNA is another way of saying that the debate is over and ID won. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
June 18, 2026

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __recommended, autoimmune disease, biology, biomarkers, cancer, Cell (journal), disease, dysregulation, evolution, exons, gene enhancers, gene expression, gene regulatory networks, gene silencers, genetics, genome architecture, genome organization, human genome, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, mammalian DNA, methylation, Nature (journal), neurodegeneration, non-coding RNAs, promoters, repetitive DNA, RNA, Science (journal), splicing regulators, transposable elements}

Paper in Cell Reports “Paradigm Shift” Against TEs as “Genomic Parasites or Junk DNA”

_{Casey Luskin
June 18, 2026

Genetics, Intelligent Design

4}

This language is remarkable coming from a journal often considered the third most important in the world for biology. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
May 28, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Zoology
Tagged
, adhesion molecules, barcode, blood, brain, Cell (journal), cells, Charles Darwin, cytoskeletal components, Darwin’s Black Box, Darwinism, design logic, digestive system, dorsoventral, embryonic development, extracellular matrix, fortified foods, genes, gradients, hearing, Irreducible Complexity, lecithin retinol acyltransferase, lymph vessels, mice, Michael Behe, nasal tissue, neurons, nose, nucleus, olfactory bulb, olfactory receptor, olfactory sensory neuron, receptors, retinoic acid, retinoic acid receptor, retinoid X receptor, retinyl esters, Science Daily, teratogen, vision, vitamin A}

Nose Knows Better than Darwinism; Design Logic Explains Why

_{Howard Glicksman
May 28, 2026

Evolution, Intelligent Design, Zoology

11}

"By mapping millions of neurons in mice, researchers discovered that smell receptors in the nose aren’t random at all." Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
April 18, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Medicine
Science Reporting
Tagged
, assisted suicide, bioethics, Cell (journal), cells, embryo research, embryos, ethicists, fertilization, fetal farming, humans, New York Times, organ harvesting, patients, petri dish, redefinition, stem cells, zygote}

“Expedience Bioethics” Busts Moral Limits

_{Wesley J. Smith
April 18, 2025

Bioethics, Medicine, Science Reporting

3}

When embryonic research first started, we were told that there would be a strict 14-day limit on researching embryos in petri dishes. Read More ›

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Author
Howard Glicksman

Date
June 27, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Cell (journal), cell membrane, embryo, Evolution News, father, glycolysis, mother, newborn, oxygen, placenta, potassium, sodium, Steve Laufmann, The Scientist, University of Cambridge, uterus, Your Designed Body, zygote}

Let’s Think About a Zygote Like an Engineer

_{Howard Glicksman
June 27, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

Actually, life is a series of millions of hard problems that have to be solved all the time, or else. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 15, 2024

Categories
Cosmology
Evolution
Fine-tuning
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, antibodies, atheism, beta-lactamase, Big Bang, BioLogos, Brian Miller, Cambrian Explosion, Cell (journal), Christians, COVID-19, Dan Tawfik, Darrel Falk, David Klinghoffer, Douglas Axe, enzymes, evolution, Explore Evolution, fossil record, Graham Budd, Günter Bechly, information, intelligent design, Judeo-Christian tradition, Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, peer-reviewed literature, Piers Morgan, Piers Morgan Uncensored, precambrian fossils, protein evolution, readers, Return of the God Hypothesis, rhetoric, RNA, RNA world, Stephen Meyer, theism, Theistic Evolution (book), universal common ancestry, universe}

From a Theistic Evolutionist, Long-Ago Answered Critiques of Stephen Meyer’s Book

_{Casey Luskin
May 15, 2024

Cosmology, Evolution, Fine-tuning, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

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Scott Buchanan's review is now being recirculated because of the positive attention that Meyer has received from his recent Piers Morgan interview. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
February 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, agency, BioEssays, blueprint, Brian Miller, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), computers, Denis Noble, Dennis Venema, diseases, DNA, Douglas Axe, evolution, factory, genes, genomes, How Life Works, intelligent design, intrinsically disordered proteins, junk DNA, machines, Nature (journal), organisms, paradigm shift, Philip Ball, proteins, purpose}

Denis Noble in Nature: “Time to Admit Genes Are Not the Blueprint For Life”

_{Casey Luskin
February 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

In his review, Noble comes right out and says that “Classic views of evolution should also be questioned.” Read More ›

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Author
Paul Nelson

Date
November 3, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Cell (journal), embryo, embryonic development, evolution, filaments, heuristic, intelligent design, mammals, proteins}

The Best and Worst Heuristics for Biological Discovery

_{Paul Nelson
November 3, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

2}

"We don’t know what this structure does, so it probably does nothing. Remember, evolution produces a lot of non-functional debris." Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
August 8, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Metaphysics
Tagged
, analogy, ATP synthase, Bruce Alberts, Cell (journal), historical sciences, Hubert Yockey, humans, intelligence, intelligent agency, intelligent design, Journal of Theoretical Biology, machines, mutations, natural selection, specified information, theology, U.S. National Academy of Sciences}

No, Intelligent Design Doesn’t Reason by Analogy; Here’s Why

_{Casey Luskin
August 8, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Metaphysics

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We also see machines in living systems. That’s not to say that cells or living systems on the whole are “machines,” but they do contain machines. Read More ›

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
October 4, 2022

Categories
Biology
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Tagged
, Cell (journal), chemotherapy, DNA, enzymes, evolution, Heidelberg University, human genome, intelligent design, North Carolina State University, proofreading, protocols, ribosomes, specialists, sunlight, University of Heidelberg, University of Toronto}

Armed Forces in the Cell Keep DNA Healthy

_{David Coppedge
October 4, 2022

Biology, Intelligent Design, Life Sciences

9}

Science reporters struggle for metaphors to describe the complex operations they see going on in the cell. Read More ›