Telepathic DNA

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:20 pm

No, they haven't found the gene for telepathy, they found that our genes themselves are telepathic.

DNA Found to Have "Impossible" Telepathic Properties wrote: DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn't be able to. Explanation: None, at least not yet.

Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. Somehow they are able to identify one another, and the tiny bits of genetic material tend to congregate with similar DNA. The recognition of similar sequences in DNA’s chemical subunits, occurs in a way unrecognized by science. There is no known reason why the DNA is able to combine the way it does, and from a current theoretical standpoint this feat should be chemically impossible.

Even so, the research published in ACS’ Journal of Physical Chemistry B, shows very clearly that homology recognition between sequences of several hundred nucleotides occurs without physical contact or presence of proteins. Double helixes of DNA can recognize matching molecules from a distance and then gather together, all seemingly without help from any other molecules or chemical signals.

In the study, scientists observed the behavior of fluorescently tagged DNA strands placed in water that contained no proteins or other material that could interfere with the experiment. Strands with identical nucleotide sequences were about twice as likely to gather together as DNA strands with different sequences. No one knows how individual DNA strands could possibly be communicating in this way, yet somehow they do. The “telepathic” effect is a source of wonder and amazement for scientists.

“Amazingly, the forces responsible for the sequence recognition can reach across more than one nanometer of water separating the surfaces of the nearest neighbor DNA,” said the authors Geoff S. Baldwin, Sergey Leikin, John M. Seddon, and Alexei A. Kornyshev and colleagues.

This recognition effect may help increase the accuracy and efficiency of the homologous recombination of genes, which is a process responsible for DNA repair, evolution, and genetic diversity. The new findings may also shed light on ways to avoid recombination errors, which are factors in cancer, aging, and other health issues.

KonThaak · Post by **KonThaak** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 11:49 pm

That's...astounding. Science will never cease to amaze me... Maybe that's why I've taken a lot of scientific findings into account when making adjustments to my religious beliefs over the years.

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 12:25 pm

Great, next stop:Immortality elixirs. :roll:

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 10:21 pm

Actually...

GhostSpider · Post by **GhostSpider** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 2:49 pm

Whats with the smile?

You actually want to be immortal?

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:11 pm

It's a thought. Besides, there HAVE been scientific studies into what causes the aging process. It might just be a start, but who WOULDN'T love being really young and good-looking all your life?

Ron Caliburn · Post by **Ron Caliburn** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:29 pm

Assuming some of us were to start with.

Kolya · Post by **Kolya** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 8:40 pm

Ron Caliburn wrote:Assuming some of us were to start with.

That wouldn't be me.

And no I don't want to live forever. I'm tired of this shithole.

concrete_Angel · Post by **concrete_Angel** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:10 am

Probably the most direct suicide note I've ever read. :lol:

Ethan Skinner · Post by **Ethan Skinner** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:27 pm

GhostSpider wrote:Great, next stop:Immortality elixirs.

I've heard rumors of such things in China.