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Re: Declaration of Interest

Sciphu — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 16:37:53 -0000

Andrew. Congratulations on your new job :-D

Re: “Genetic Engineering” will not “save” population trends

Sciphu — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 09:11:30 -0000

No, you probably wouldn't have the same life, but that IMO is not the same as not having equal opportunity, a tougher route maybe, but still opportunities are not actively blocked by authorities. I think what you are arguing is a lack of equal possibilities (in the lack of a better word) or maybe a lack of equal access, in which case I agree, equality is an (undesirable ?) utopia.

That said, in contrast to US, Europe (and especially my region) is approaching equal possibilities too.

Re: “Genetic Engineering” will not “save” population trends

Sciphu — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:01:09 -0000

"Face it, the trend in civilized nations is radical non-directed social stratification."

Is it ? I was under the impression that more and more people have access to education, - which means that more and more people have equal opportunities, which is what matters, - we moved away from "everyone created equal" some time ago didn't we ?

Re: Nils Reinton (SciPhu) relaunches site: BIOpinionated

Sciphu — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:15:55 -0000

Thank you sir :-D and ditto on your site and writings. Nils

Re: Announcing The Navigenics and Think Gene Partnership!

Sciphu — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 03:04:35 -0000

I would love to have one of those. Beautiful post !!.

Re: All about aging (or not)

Sciphu — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:45:29 -0000

A quote from Ray Kurzweil (who hopes he will live for ever, - I'm not so sure...): "There is a valuable repository of information stored in our brains. Our memories and skills, although they may appear to be fleeting, do represent information, coded in vast patterns of neurotransmitter concentrations, inter-neural connections and other relevant neural details. This information is the most precious of all, which is one reason death is so tragic" - p. 329 second paragraph in "The singularity is near". One can disagree or agree with Kurzweil, but preserving information is arguably a good reason to try and avoid biological death as we know it today.

Re: Gene Sherpa Reports Systemic Medical Insurance Fraud

Sciphu — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:41:22 -0000

You sometimes add a new dimension to blog-ramblings Andrew :-)

Here's why you need a genetic counselor: http://tinyurl.com/4ccbo6
- and here's why you might not need one: http://tinyurl.com/4a9ytg

Re: Information underload

Sciphu — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:28:02 -0000

Deepak, your post reminds of Paul Nurse's Nature Horizons piece that I read not to long ago. A couple of quotes:

"...comprehensive understanding of many higher-level biological phenomena remains elusive............".

"One reason for this is that our past successes have led us to underestimate the complexity of living organisms. We need to focus more on how information is managed in living systems and how this brings about higher level biological phenomena. There should be a concerted programme to investigate this,....."

Re: FriendFeed takes a interesting step

Sciphu — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:36:10 -0000

Excellent initiative, I've signed up....:)

Re: Ologeez. Is this the paper discussion site we were looking for?

Sciphu — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:39:10 -0000

Yes, it does. Until (if ever) this is a success however, Blogger is a time-effective solution for me. I am nevertheless grateful for any suggestions on other platforms, hosting alternatives, web-design solutions etc.

Re: How Does Breast Cancer and Other 23andMe Four Star-Rated Topics Relate to My DNA, Part 1

Sciphu — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:48:18 -0000

For those that would want to test for colorectal cancer: Laboratory alternatives/additions to colonoscopy are available and new ones are emerging. You can test for blood in feces, do DNA-tests (http://www.nordiag.no/) or ELISA tests (http://www.phical.com/). I am sure there are more alternatives out there as well. Colonoscopy is probably still the safest bet, but this will hopefully change soon.

Re: Ologeez. Is this the paper discussion site we were looking for?

Sciphu — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:56:44 -0000

I have been following your posting on different publishing alternatives (as well as yout other posts). This was a nice site, but for my uses it is kind of an overkill. I am trying out a blog-based publication model with a much simpler set-up. What I've found is that publishing in places like JustScience gives you a reasonable hit-rate from google searches, and I am thinking that maybe publishing through blog-posts could be a permanent alternative/addition to traditional publishing. Please come have a look at www.sciphu.com. If you or your readers can help me with ideas for development of the site I would be very thankful.