Tag: lncRNAs

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Author
Daniel Witt

Date
March 28, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, biochemists, biology, Darwinism, DNA, heuristic, junk DNA, junk RNA, lncRNAs, long noncoding RNAs, mRNA, neo-Darwinian paradigm, Nobel Prize, predictions, proteins, RNA, scientific progress, The Catalyst, Thomas Cech, W. W. Norton}

Nobelist Thomas Cech on “Junk RNA”

_{Daniel Witt
March 28, 2025

Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

6}

We can add this prominent biochemist to the ever-growing list of scientists who reject the “junk DNA” paradigm. Or, more pertinently, the junk RNA paradigm. Read More ›

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Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
May 16, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Casey Luskin, cell types, Creation Myths, Daniel Stern Cardinale, debates, Dr. Dan, ENCODE, evolution, function, genome, Hox genes, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, Nature Biotechnology, Nature Methods, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNAs, Paulo Amaral, Richard Sternberg, RNA, Rutgers University, scientific literature, The NonSequitur Show}

Reflections on Casey Luskin’s Debate with “Dr. Dan”

_{Jonathan McLatchie
May 16, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

I commend Dr. Dan for being an amicable dialogue partner and for his good faith attempt to engage substantively with the relevant scientific issues. Read More ›

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Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 29, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, BioEssays, body plans, cancer, chimpanzees, diseases, DNA, evolution, evolutionary biologists, function, functionality, gene expression, genes, humans, immune response, intelligent design, John Mattick, junk RNA, lncRNAs, molecular biologists, mRNAs, mutations, natural selection, protein translation, proteins, proteome, repetitive DNA, retrotransposons, ribozymes, species, transcription}

Roundup of Functions for “Junk DNA” Supports the New RNA Gene Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 29, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

The junk DNA paradigm may have caused us to miss the precise DNA that helps makes a species unique. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
November 27, 2023

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, addiction, alleles, anomalies, Barbara McClintock, BioEssays, circadian rhythms, cognition, DNA, enhancers, epigenetic code, epigenetic inheritance, epigenetics, evolution, genes, genomes, human genome, intelligence, intelligent design, introns, John Mattick, junk DNA, lncRNAs, methylation, molecular biology, mRNAs, neutral evolution, paradigm shift, personality, retroviruses, Ribosome, Scientific American, Short Tandem Repeats, Thomas Kuhn, transposable elements, transposons}

Peer-Reviewed Paper Reviews Ten “Anomalies” that Contradict the Junk DNA Paradigm

_{Casey Luskin
November 27, 2023

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

6}

John Mattick uses the language of historian of science Thomas Kuhn to predict that we are witnessing a “paradigm shift” away from the concept of junk DNA. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 31, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Dan Graur, DNA, evolution, floor plan, genomic distances, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNA, nuclear organization, nucleolus, nucleus, proteins, RD-SPRITE, RNA, spatial organization, speckles, splicing, transcriptional condensates}

#2 Story of 2021: Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

_{Science and Culture
December 31, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

9}

There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›

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post

Date
December 3, 2021

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Caltech, Dan Graur, DNA, evolution, floor plan, genomic distances, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, ncRNAs, non-coding DNA, non-coding RNA, nuclear organization, nucleolus, nucleus, proteins, RD-SPRITE, RNA, spatial organization, speckles, splicing, transcriptional condensates}

Caltech Finds Amazing Role for Noncoding DNA

_{Science and Culture
December 3, 2021

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

There’s more function in the “junk” than imagined. Caltech finds a significant role: maintaining territories and compartments, and guiding components. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
July 9, 2021

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, apes, cancer, common ancestry, DNA, Endogenous retroviruses, enhancers, env, ERVs, evolution, evolutionary mechanism, gag, gene expression, genome, humans, Immune System, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, narrative gloss, pol, promoters, viruses}

Junk No Longer: ERVs Are “Integral” and “Important Components” of Immune Responses

_{Casey Luskin
July 9, 2021

Evolution, Intelligent Design

8}

It’s another example of a paper that sounds like it could have been written by a proponent of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Casey Luskin

Date
May 21, 2021

Categories
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, DNA, genome, Human Genome Project, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, medicine, Nature (journal), non-coding DNA, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}

Noncoding “Junk” DNA Is Important for Limb Formation

_{Casey Luskin
May 21, 2021

Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Some defenders of evolutionary orthodoxy would have us believe that we’ve only found a handful of non-coding DNA sequences that have function. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
March 20, 2017

Categories
Intelligent Design
Life Sciences
Medicine
Tagged
, __k-review, cancer, evolution, Health & Wellness, intelligent design, junk DNA, lncRNAs, prostate cancer, Research}

Broccoli and the Myth of Junk DNA

_{David Klinghoffer
March 20, 2017

Intelligent Design, Life Sciences, Medicine

4}

This brings the question of supposed "Junk DNA" home -- home, literally, to your family's dinner table. Read More ›