Tag: topoisomerase

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Author
David Coppedge

Date
August 4, 2025

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, ageing, biowaste, cancer, cells, Darwinism, dendritic cells, disasters, disposal services, DNA, DNA-Protein Crosslinks, electron transport chain, Erika Causa, evolution, Immune System, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, lipids, Mark Fransen, Michael Behe, mitochondria, molecular machines, Nature Immunology, neurodegeneration, Nucleic Acids Research, organelles, Patricia Reis-Rodriguez, proteins, reactive oxygen species, topoisomerase, University of Cambridge, University of Strathclyde}

With Foresight, Cells Prepare for Emergency

_{David Coppedge
August 4, 2025

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Fire departments and rescue operations don’t just appear from nowhere. They require foresight to save entities from trouble. Cells know that. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 19, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, anaphase, ATP hydrolysis, cell death, cell division, centrosomes, chromatids, chromatin, chromosome condensation, chromosomes, clawed frog, condensins, cytokinesis, DNA, Inner Centromere Protein, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, kinase, mice, mislocalization, mitosis, mitotic cell division, mitotic chromosome, mitotic progression, phosphorylation, proteins, RNA interference, Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes, teleology, topoisomerase, topoisomerase IIα, Xenopus}

Irreducible Complexity Nested Within Irreducible Complexity: The Case of Chromosome Condensation

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 19, 2025

Evolution, Intelligent Design

15}

It is highly implausible that such a wonder of engineering arose by means of an unguided evolutionary process. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
January 27, 2025

Categories
Chemistry
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, amino acids, Ann Gauger, bias, causal circularity, cells, circular reasoning, codons, common ancestor, cysteine, DNA, genetic code, helicase, histidine, mind, natural processes, nucleotides, Phys.org, PNAS, proteins, replication, RNA world, topoisomerase, transcription, translation}

Circular Reasoning in Origin of Life Research: Insights from a Recent Study on the Genetic Code

_{Brian Miller
January 27, 2025

Chemistry, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

6}

This study compared sequences of proteins in modern organisms to reconstruct ancestral proteins believed to reside in the last universal common ancestor (LUCA). Read More ›

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post

Date
July 22, 2024

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, bacterial flagellum, centromeres, complex specified information, Dan Stern Cardinale, Discovery Institute, DNA, Dr. Dan, evolution, intelligent design, metabolism, mRNA, organ systems, probabilistic resources, protein translation, proteome, regulatory regions, Rutgers University, sequence specificity, topoisomerase, YouTube videos}

On Intelligent Design, Dr. Dan Appears to Equivocate

_{Science and Culture
July 22, 2024

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

In an ongoing dialogue with ID proponents, Rutgers University biologist Dan Stern Cardinale (aka Dr. Dan) has replied to us with a recent video. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 28, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, "poor design", “backwards retina”, Center for Science and Culture, complexity, designer, DNA, enzymes, evidence, evolutionary processes, fiber optic cables, helicase, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, Müller cells, organisms, replication, replisome, retina, topoisomerase}

Is Complexity an Argument Against Design?

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 28, 2024

Evolution, Intelligent Design

3}

Often these claims that “no designer would have done it that way” dissolve on closer inspection. Read More ›

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post

Author
Jonathan McLatchie

Date
March 21, 2024

Categories
Engineering
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, animations, ATP hydrolysis, bacteriophages, DNA, DNA polymerase, DNA polymerases, DNA replication, Drew Berry, E. coli, early Earth, evolution, helicase, hydrogen bonds, intelligent design, Irreducible Complexity, molecular machines, nanotechnology, naturalism, nucleotides, Oxford University Press, proteins, replisome, RNA, RNA world, Signature in the Cell, Stephen Meyer, topoisomerase}

The DNA Replisome: A Paradigm of Design

_{Jonathan McLatchie
March 21, 2024

Engineering, Evolution, Intelligent Design

10}

One can hardly appeal to natural selection to account for the origins of DNA replication without assuming the existence of the thing one seeks to explain. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
December 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genomes, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase}

#10 Story of 2022: Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

_{Eric H. Anderson
December 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Eric H. Anderson

Date
November 15, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Genetics
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, AlphaFold, alternative genetic codes, Brian Miller, convergent evolution, devolution, discoveries, DNA, Douglas Axe, ENCODE, encoding, Endogenous retroviruses, epigenetics, evolution, Evolution News, frameshifting, genes, genomes, intelligent design, junk DNA, Michael Behe, mutations, neutral evolution, Paul Nelson, predictions, protein folding, protein rarity, RNAs, Scott Minnich, supercoiling, topoisomerase}

Twelve “Shocking” Discoveries for Evolution

_{Eric H. Anderson
November 15, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Intelligent Design

5}

Some discoveries might be surprising from an evolutionary perspective, but not necessarily from a perspective of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Author
Brian Miller

Date
May 23, 2022

Categories
Biology
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Origin of Life
Tagged
, abiogenesis, donor, intelligent design, polymerase, Ribosome, RNA world, RNAs, topoisomerase}

Another Claim by Origin-of-Life Researchers Dissolves on Inspection

_{Brian Miller
May 23, 2022

Biology, Evolution, Intelligent Design, Origin of Life

4}

This experiment, like all previous ones, reinforces the view that life was the product of intelligent design. Read More ›

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post

Date
July 31, 2018

Categories
Biochemistry
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, cryo-electron microscopy, DNA repair, enzymes, evolution, genome, International School of Advanced Studies, molecular machines, Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, Nature Structural & Molecular Biology, nucleus, PNAS, Privileged Species, proteins, RNA, spliceosome, supercoiling, topoisomerase}

Inside the Machine Room of the Nucleus

_{Science and Culture
July 31, 2018

Biochemistry, Intelligent Design

7}

The nucleus is a beehive of activity, where information is not just stored but processed, protected, transcribed, and duplicated by highly complex machines. Read More ›