An interesting article blurb: “A minimal cell is usually defined as a cell in which all genes are essential. This definition is incomplete, because the genetic requirements for survival, and therefore the minimal genome size, depend on the environment in which the cell is grown. The work described here has been conducted in medium that…
Featured
March 25, 2024January 13, 2024December 4, 2023February 23, 2023December 22, 2022Recent Comments
- Feel sorry for scientists?
- Josh S { PZ is exactly like Dave: letting ideology and ego guide their rationale and then throwing a hissy fit when any ... }
- Josh S { Who cares what that coward fake professor thinks about anything? }
- Hunter Glaspell { I wondered how long it would take for professor Dave to target evo2.0, those associated with it, and the third ... }
- Where life came from, according to Richard Dawkins
- Gerald McDonald { The point is, those who believe in the one, are disbelieving the other. Not believing what God says, means you ... }
- Tony Mason { What's the point of discussing creation versus evolution? It is a waste of time because it is a futile exercise. ... }
- What does it mean to truly flourish?
- David Dickenson { Thanks for your response. I look forward to hearing that conversation. }
- Scott McKinstry { Love the sailing metaphor. Thanks for the conversation. }
- David Dickenson { I find it fascinating that I recently arrived at Andrew's "tennis court" metaphor (around 21:00) independently. He describes it as ... }
- The Reasonable Ineffectiveness of Mathematics in The Biological Sciences
- Alexey Tolchinsky { Okay, Perry, makes sense. This is your space. The discussion did deviate from the original topic. You don't need to ... }
- Alexey Tolchinsky { Perry, you replied the following: "You say: “no exchanges there are as pure as telegraph with discrete 0s and 1s ... }
- Alexey Tolchinsky { Perry, as the creator of the company, the inventor of the idea of the prize and its primary funder, you ... }
- Intellectual Cage Match: Perry Marshall vs. Mike Levin
- Alexey Tolchinsky { It could be that we understand Michael differently, or interpret differently. Because of that, I'll be specific. Here is one ... }
- Alexey Tolchinsky { My reading of Michael Levin's work is different from him "demolishing conventional notions of intelligence." First, it is useful to ... }
- What I Really Do Here at Reversing Cancer (August 2024 EVO2 Newsletter)
- Josh Sharp { Indeed, but it sucks that I haven't seen any cancer biologist talk about Stage Negative One as of yet. Do ... }
- Josh Sharp { As someone who wishes to go into the field of medical immunology, perhaps oncology, I'll be keeping an eye out ... }
- Josh Sharp { I really hope this isn’t just more hype like every other “breakthrough” in mainstream oncology }
- Donna Meyers is STILL beating cancer after 35 years
- Izhar shtrom { One of the things that comes up from the hypothesis is that, in Cancer, the observed DNA mutations are not ... }
- Josh Sharp { "We have known for decades that body plans for example are not coded in DNA but reside elsewhere" There are ... }
- Izhar shtrom { Dear Perry Marshall Hopefully, this message will get to you. My name is Izhar Shtrom. I am a computer engineer ... }
- Natural Viral Engineering: New Paradigm
- martin rag { Perry, I don't know where to post this one -- but I came across this article, I know that you ... }
- martin rag { "You don’t even understand why the viruses form polyphyletic clades." Is it correct, that viruses have many evolutionary origins unlike ... }
- R Khan { You don't even understand why the viruses form polyphyletic clades. }
- What's the matter with miracles in science?
- Oxford Professor Denis Noble takes down “The Selfish Gene”
- Amal Mohan { Hi Perry, I've read that Dennis Noble doesn't believe in genetic "codes" or any other programs/codes/ blueprints... could you please clarify ... }
- Courage Fueled by Curiosity = Love
- Marc Wong { Back in the day, my English teacher introduced us to Northrop Frye, who wrote in his book “The Secular Scripture” ... }
- Feel sorry for scientists?