Tag: gain of function

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
January 3, 2024

Categories
Bioethics
Ethics
Medicine
Scientific Freedom
Tagged
, COVID-19, disinformation, experts, Francis Collins, gain of function, geneticists, George W. Bush, Great Barrington Declaration, Human Genome Project, Jay Bhattacharya, Martin Kulldorff, morality, pathogens, public health, Wuhan, Wuhan Institute of Virology}

Francis Collins Disappointed as a Public-Health Leader

_{Wesley J. Smith
January 3, 2024

Bioethics, Ethics, Medicine, Scientific Freedom

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Many Christians looked to Collins, an Evangelical Christian who was also a brilliant scientist, to bring a greater sense of morality to the research pursuit. Read More ›

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Author
Michael Behe

Date
March 29, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, APOB, bacteria, citrate, Darwin Devolves, E. coli, evolution, First Rule of Adaptive Evolution, flexibility, Functional-Coded-elemenT, gain of function, genes, genetic information, hemoglobin, high fat diet, Long Term Evolution Experiment, loss of function, LTEE, MacArthur Fellow, mice, Michigan State University, mutations, National Academy of Sciences, polar bears, proteins, ribose operon, Richard Lenski, Telliamed Revisited, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Yersinia pestis}

Thanks, Professor Lenski, the LTEE Is Doing Great!

_{Michael Behe
March 29, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Lenski agrees that the beneficial mutations seen in his Long Term Evolution Experiment are overwhelmingly degradative or loss-of-function ones. Read More ›

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Date
August 27, 2018

Categories
Intelligent Design
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, C.S. Lewis, cancer, Douglas Axe, evolution, gain of function, intelligent design, John Cairns, Jonathan Wells, Michael Behe, Michael Lynch, mutations, Nature Genetics, pathogens, Peaceful Science, S. Joshua Swamidass, The Edge of Evolution, theistic evolution, TP53 gene, tumor}

Swamidass: Cancer “Can Innovate”

_{Science and Culture
August 27, 2018

Intelligent Design, Medicine

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Cancer proves evolution only insofar as one forgets, or pretends not to know, what evolution is supposed to explain. Read More ›

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Date
September 19, 2017

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, bacteria, Casey Luskin, evolution, gain of function, ID the Future, intelligent design, loss of function, Michael Behe, molecular evolution, Quarterly Review of Biology, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines (film), viruses}

Michael Behe, Revolutionary: Challenging Darwin, One Peer-Reviewed Paper at a Time

_{Science and Culture
September 19, 2017

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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We are currently celebrating the online release of a new documentary, Revolutionary: Michael Behe and the Mystery of Molecular Machines. Read More ›

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Author
Lee M. Spetner

Date
June 21, 2016

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Tagged
, __tedited, absence of evidence, common descent, epigenetics, evolutionary mechanisms, gain of function, genetic mutations, heritability, mutation rate, natural selection, scientific theories, speciation, transposable elements}

Common Descent: An Obituary

_{Lee M. Spetner
June 21, 2016

Evolution, Genetics

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Common Descent (CD) has been offered as a scientific theory and must therefore be judged as such. Read More ›