re: DNA

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re: DNA

Marcia — 4/27/2007 2:25:44 PM (archived)

DNA is tough and definitely being adaptive is it's greatest achievement.

I don't think that there's a cancer gene. I think cancer is everywhere and our DNA has been a saviour for the most part in protecting us from the environment. Just why some are more likely to sucum to cancer more than others is still a mystery, but we're getting close. Heredity has been known to hold some mystery clues. A combination of things that we put into our bodies (healthy ones: antioxidants, vitamins, proteins) may also have a great deal to do with it.

My mother has recently been diagnosed with breast cancer. There is NO history of breast cancer in our family. On the other hand, she is ninety five years old. The oldest member of our family. Her sister died at ninety four by natural causes/no cancer.

Overall, I'm sure our environment/changes in surroundings and climates over thousands(millions?!) of years have had a great deal to do with it all.

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Seasonality may not drive evolution at all... - ER - 4/26/2007 2:14:22 PM
- Evolution is a biofeedback driven process. - Lee - 4/28/2007 7:46:05 AM
- Drive v. influence?? - Bowser - 4/28/2007 2:07:39 AM
- re: Seasonality may not drive evolution at all... - I think it had plenty to do with it. - Marcia - 4/27/2007 7:00:24 PM
- A rocky planet that massive would have alot of volcanism - SDF - 4/26/2007 6:08:29 PM
  - re: A rocky planet that massive would have alot of volcanism - ER - 4/26/2007 8:01:42 PM
- re: Seasonality may not drive evolution at all... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 4/26/2007 3:25:17 PM
  - re: Seasonality may not drive evolution at all... - ER - 4/26/2007 5:16:41 PM
    - I do not know if this even applies, but - Jody - 4/27/2007 2:31:37 AM
      - re: I do not know if this even applies, but - ER - 4/27/2007 11:03:17 AM
      - also: - Jody - 4/27/2007 3:20:22 AM
        
        Big news - ER - 4/27/2007 12:50:48 PM
        
        I do not perceive this as ID or Creationism, at all...on the contrary... (n/t) - Jody - 4/27/2007 2:39:16 PM
        
        I wasn't implying that. - ER - 4/27/2007 3:48:01 PM
        
        1.375 cents' worth - Fox - 4/28/2007 5:21:02 AM
        
        Keep the change. - ER - 4/28/2007 12:49:38 PM
        
        re: I wasn't implying that. - DNA, natural selection, cancer. - Marcia - 4/27/2007 4:20:00 PM
        
        Enzyme breakdown deja vu. - ER - 4/27/2007 5:15:29 PM
        
        re: Repairing first...THEN prevention?(a footnote digression) - Jody - 4/28/2007 9:44:29 PM
        
        Answer - ER - 4/28/2007 10:12:18 PM
        
        re: Enzyme breakdown deja vu. - Marcia - 4/27/2007 5:50:56 PM
        
        re:Not you Marcia...I was responding to ER...thats' all:) (n/t) - Jody - 4/27/2007 4:33:47 PM
        
        re:)..oops...never mind (n/t) - Jody - 4/27/2007 4:35:51 PM
        
        That is why stem cell research is imperative - Jody - 4/27/2007 2:09:23 PM
        
        re: DNA - Marcia - 4/27/2007 2:25:44 PM
        
        re:Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Jody - 4/28/2007 6:56:48 PM
        
        re: re:Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Thank you, Jody. - Marcia - 4/29/2007 9:34:38 PM
        
        re: You are most kindly welcome, Marcia - Jody - 4/30/2007 12:53:31 AM
  - Zipping up and down through the galaxy might, though - . - 4/26/2007 5:15:11 PM
    - I can't get the link to work - ER - 4/29/2007 4:02:19 PM

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