Showing posts with label Genome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Genome. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

The Universe Is Steadily Deteriorating And So Is The Human Race – Why Is This Happening? (VIDEO)

The Universe Is Steadily Deteriorating And So Is The Human Race – Why Is This Happening? (VIDEO) | milky-way-universe-human-race | Multimedia Science & Technology Sleuth Journal Society Special Interests


Did you know that scientists have come to the conclusion that “the universe is slowly dying”?  In fact, they have found that the universe is only producing about half as much energy as it once did, and they have also found that the level of energy is continuing to fade.  Not only that, our sun also appears to be dying.  Solar activity has slowed down to a level not seen for about 100 years, and scientists are not quite sure what to make of it.  Pretty much all scientists agree that the sun will die “one day”, but could it be possible that it is happening faster than any of them ever imagined?  In addition, in this article I will include information about how the human race itself is deteriorating.  There is a common misconception that humanity has been constantly improving and getting better, but scientists have discovered that the exact opposite is actually true.  So why is this happening?  Why is everything steadily decaying and deteriorating?


These are questions that our scientists don’t really have quality answers for.  But what they can see is that things are slowing down all around us.  Just this week, there were headlines in mainstream news sources all over the planet that were proclaiming that “the universe is dying”.  Here is one example



The Universe is slowly dying, according to astronomers who have made a study of the fall in energy levels resulting from the fusion of matter taking place in the nuclear furnaces of the stars of more than 200,000 galaxies.


A wide-spectrum survey of the galaxies has revealed the precise levels of energy generated within an immense segment of space and found that it is only half of what it was 2bn years ago – and that it is continuing to fade.



The scientists involved in the study said that they used “as many space and ground-based telescopes we could get our hands on”, and the data that they were able to accumulate pointed to some pretty stunning conclusions



The universe has basically sat down on the sofa, pulled up a blanket and is about to nod off for an eternal doze,” said astronomer Simon Driver, who led the team.


Death does not mean the universe will go away. It will still be there, but its stars and all else that produces light and stellar fire will fizzle out.


“It will just grow old forever, slowly converting less and less mass into energy as billions of years pass by until eventually, it will become a cold, dark and desolate place, where all of the lights go out,” said astronomer Luke Davies.



What this tells us is that the universe was once a much more vibrant and active place.


At one time, far more energy was being produced than we are currently observing.


This also tells us that whatever process is happening once had a beginning and that it is heading toward an end.


Our sun has also been getting quieter.  The following is from a BBC article that was published a couple years ago



I’ve been a solar physicist for 30 years, and I’ve never seen anything quite like this,” says Richard Harrison, head of space physics at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.


He shows me recent footage captured by spacecraft that have their sights trained on our star. The Sun is revealed in exquisite detail, but its face is strangely featureless.


If you want to go back to see when the Sun was this inactive… you’ve got to go back about 100 years,” he says.


This solar lull is baffling scientists, because right now the Sun should be awash with activity.



Scientists don’t know what to make of the sun’s strange behavior, because according to them it is supposed to act quite predictably.


Could it be possible that we are moving into a period of time when the sun’s behavior will become quite erratic?


Is our sun in the very early stages of shutting down?


A study that was released earlier this year warned that because of the lack of solar activity we could be heading for a “mini ice age”



The Earth could be headed for a ‘mini ice age’ researchers have warned.


A new study claims to have cracked predicting solar cycles – and says that between 2020 and 2030 solar cycles will cancel each other out.


This, they say, will lead to a phenomenon known as the ‘Maunder minimum’ – which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London’s River Thames to freeze over.



Let’s certainly hope that study does not prove to be accurate, because it would likely mean widespread death and famine all over the planet in the not too distant future.


The human race itself is deteriorating as well.  To end this article, I would like to share with you an extended excerpt from one of my previous articles entitled “Scientists Discover Proof That Humanity Is Getting Dumber, Smaller And Weaker“.  As humans, it is our tendency to believe that we are somehow superior to all generations of humans that have ever come before us.  But the cold, hard scientific evidence actually shows that the exact opposite is true.  Compared to our ancient ancestors, our brains are smaller, our bodies are weaker and from generation to generation the number of errors in our DNA is rapidly growing.  There is a finite limit on the amount of time the human race will be able to survive just based on the pace that we are deteriorating.  Most people have never heard anything about this, and that is why such an extended excerpt from one of my previous articles is required.  I believe that many of you will find this extremely enlightening…


—–


This kind of information comes as a shock to many people.  It is widely assumed by the general public that humanity is “progressing” and that we are better both physically and mentally than our predecessors were.  But that is not the case at all.  In fact, research conducted at Cambridge University shows that we are “weaker than we used to be” and that the most highly trained athletes of today “pale in comparison” to those that lived thousands of years ago…



‘Even our most highly trained athletes pale in comparison to these ancestors of ours,’ Dr Colin Shaw told Outside Magazine. ‘We’re certainly weaker than we used to be.’


The study looked at skeletons dating back to around 5,300 BC with the most recent to 850 AD – a time span of 6,150 years.


It then compared the bones to that of Cambridge University students, and found the leg bones of male farmers 5,300 BC were just as good as those of highly-trained cross-country runners.



In addition, earlier research at Cambridge University showed that our bodies are “significantly smaller” than they were thousands of years ago and that our brains are also smaller…



An earlier study by Cambridge University found that mankind is shrinking in size significantly.


Experts say humans are past their peak and that modern-day people are 10 percent smaller and shorter than their hunter-gatherer ancestors.


And if that’s not depressing enough, our brains are also smaller.


The findings reverse perceived wisdom that humans have grown taller and larger, a belief which has grown from data on more recent physical development.


The decline, said scientists, has happened over the past 10,000 years. They blame agriculture, with restricted diets and urbanisation compromising health and leading to the spread of disease.



Wow.


Most movies and television shows portray our ancestors as short, stupid, hunched-over people that could barely survive in a cold, cruel world.


But the hard science is revealing a very different picture to us.


As I mentioned above, the primary reason for our decline as a species is the systematic deterioration of our genes.  According to Dr. John Sanford of Cornell University, the author of Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome, each one of us already carries tens of thousands of harmful mutations, and each one of us will pass on at least 100 new mutations to future generations.  Many scientists believe that this will ultimately lead to something called “mutational meltdown”.  The following is an excerpt from a paper by Gerald H. McKibben and Everett C. McKibben



Geneticists have long worried about the impact of mutations on the human population, and that at a rate of one deleterious mutation per person per generation, genetic deterioration would result. Earlier reports were based on estimates of mutation rates considerable lower than what we now know to be the case. Findings going back to 2002 show that the human mutation rate is at least 100 mistakes (misspellings) per person per generation. Some scientists believe the rate is closer to 300.


Even a rate of 100 has profound implications, and the mutation rate is itself increasing. Furthermore, most, if not all, mutations in the human genome must be deleterious.  “And nothing can reverse the damage that has been done during our own generation, even if further mutations could be stopped.”  It would appear that the process is an irreversible downward spiral that will end in “mutational meltdown”.



This is incredible stuff with absolutely staggering implications.  For much more on all of this, check out the video interview with Dr. Sanford that I have posted below…



Not only are our brains getting smaller, but humanity is also getting dumber.


This sounds strange to many people, especially considering the technological boom that we have seen in modern times, but it is actually true.  In fact, a Stanford University biology professor recently published two papers in which he expressed his conclusion that humans have been getting dumber for thousands of years



Are humans becoming smarter or more stupid? Comparing our modern lives and technology with that of any preceding generation, one might think we are becoming increasingly smarter. But, in two papers published in Trends in Genetics, Gerald R. Crabtree of Stanford University claims that we are losing mental capacity and have been doing so for 2,000–6,000 years! The reason, Crabtree concludes, is due to genetic mutations—which are the backbone of neo-Darwinian evolution.



Professor Crabtree, like Dr. Sanford, is convinced that this loss of mental capacity is due to the accumulation of errors in our genes



Based on data produced by the 1000 Genomes Project Consortium and two recent papers in Nature, Crabtree estimates in the first article that, in the past 3,000 years (approximately 120 generations), about 5,000 new mutations have occurred in the genes governing our intellectual ability. He claims most of these mutations will have no effect, while about 2–5 percent are deleterious and “a vanishingly small fraction will increase fitness.” Crabtree bases his conclusion that humankind is losing mental capacity on the ratio between the deleterious and the beneficial mutations.



And to be honest, we can see the loss of mental capacity all around us.


The post The Universe Is Steadily Deteriorating And So Is The Human Race – Why Is This Happening? (VIDEO) appeared first on The Sleuth Journal.

Friday, August 11, 2017

Scientists Cross Hurdle in Growing Pig Organs for Human Transplant

For many years, some members of the scientific community have been absolutely engrossed in trying to solve one of the biggest health conundrums in the United States: how to get more people to donate their organs. And if that can’t happen on a grand scale, well, scientists are turning to cloned pigs for organs.


In 2016, there were just 33,600 organ transplants, while there were 116,800 patients on transplant waiting lists. Since you can’t force people to become organ donors, scientists figure the only other option is to look elsewhere for organs. Now, through gene-editing and cloned some pigs, scientists have come a step closer to solving the problem, but the process is risky. [1]


You can’t transplant pig organs into humans because the body would assuredly reject them. There is also a concern that pig retroviruses could spread to human cells. With the help of pig cloning and CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing technology, researchers have been able to solve the latter problem. [2]



The CRISPR-Cas9 is a medical and scientific advancement like no other that holds the potential to eradicate genetic diseases and create transplantable organs for humans. However, the technology is still relatively new and hasn’t been around long enough for scientists to know if gene-editing could cause serious, irreversible damage to animals and the environment.


(One recent study by researchers at Columbia University found that while CRISPR-Cas9 did correct blindness in mice, using the technique also resulted in unintentional mutations in more than 1,000 other genes.)


Humans, Organs, and Pigs


Researchers took cells from the pigs, then snipped the viral DNA from their genomes using CRISPR technology. [1]


Each pig cell was restored to its earliest developmental stage and then placed in an egg, giving it the genetic material to allow the egg to develop into an embryo. The embryos, now genetically identical to the pig that supplied the initial cell, were implanted in sows, who eventually gave birth to the piglets.


Read: Scientists Create Human-Pig Embryo for Transplant Research


Most of the cloned piglets died shortly after birth, but 15 of them lived, and the oldest is now 4 months old. Scientists will monitor the genetically-modified piglets throughout their lives looking for any long-term adverse effects from the procedure.


Pigs are considered one of the “best” viable sources for organ transplants for humans because their organs are similar in size. Studies have looked specifically at the possibility of transplanting swine hearts, kidneys, livers, and lungs into human patients. [2]



Dixon Kaufman, president-elect of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons and a transplant surgeon at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, believes kidneys and pancreases will be the first animal organs to be transplanted into humans.

Humans can live without a pancreas and can survive with only 1 working kidney, so if the body were to reject the organs, someone who needs a kidney could still receive dialysis, and someone who needed a pancreas could still receive insulin. [3]


Read: Mouse Pancreas Grown in GMO Rats Reverses Diabetes in Mice


To many patients facing suffering and death, receiving a genetically-modified pig organ probably doesn’t sound much more life-threatening than not finding a human donor.


But it could be.


Kaufman said:



“The field is inherently sort of risky to begin with, and I think a lot of patients have already processed that. I tell patients in the grand design we were not meant to swap body parts between ourselves.”



The pig experiments were conducted by scientists from eGenesis, a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is detailed in the journal Science.



Sources:


[1] The New York Times


[2] Reuters


[3] Newsweek



Storable Food





About Julie Fidler:
Author Image
Julie Fidler is a freelance writer, legal blogger, and the author of Adventures in Holy Matrimony: For Better or the Absolute Worst. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two ridiculously spoiled cats. She occasionally pontificates on her blog.

Friday, July 28, 2017

There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot – And It Affects Everyone

There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot - And It Affects Everyone | microbiology-genes-dna-rna | General Health Medical & Health Science & Technology Special Interests


There’s a revolution in genetics afoot, but it’s not what most people think.


Sixteen years ago, scientists completed the first draft of the human genome, and contrary to predictions that they would find as many as 100,000 genes, they only found about 25,000. Since then, the estimate has been revised downward several times to its present day estimate of 19,000 (Ezkurdia et al. 2014). Compare that to a water flea which has 31,000 genes!


And so, today, scientists are forced to admit that the key to understanding our complexity is not in our protein-coding genes but in the so-called “dark matter” of our genome: the about ~98% of our DNA that doesn’t code for proteins at all (they used to call it “junk DNA”), which includes these very important and powerful things called small, non-coding RNAs.



This is why RNAs have been a primary interest of mine over the past few years, and this, I believe, is the heart of the revolution in genetics today. 


Just a little background on these RNA’s and their implications…


A particular class of small, non-coding RNA called microRNA have been identified as “master regulators” of the genome of individuals, and can be passed between individuals, and circulated throughout an entire species. There is even evidence that they may function as cross-kingdom regulators (for instance, enabling plants and animals to affect the expression of one another’s genomes), making it possible to link together the entire web of life in a manner that validates the biotic aspects of the Gaia hypothesis which looks at the entire Earth as a meta-organism. To learn more about this fascinating subject you can read my article entitled, Genetic Dark Matter, Return of the Goddess, and the Post-Science Era, or listen to my lecture at the 2016 Functional Forum event in Boulder, CO.


I’ve also reported on how these RNAs undermine key elements of germ theory by explaining how RNA viruses like influenza are not truly “other,” as well as how RNA-replete foods “talk to our cells” making it possible to heal our bodies nutrigenomically, if you will.


Finally, huge biotech and agrochemical interests know all too well the power of these RNAs because the newest GMO Frankenfood threat on the market is based on RNA interference technology, the consequences of which I believe could be horrifically unhealthy. In fact, the EPA just surreptitiously approved Monsanto/Dow’s RNAi corn which is slated to be on your dinner table by the end of the decade. Read more here: The GMO Agenda Takes a Menacing Leap Forward with EPA’s Silent Approval of Monsanto/Dow’s RNAi Corn.


Meet My Father, and Join Us Online…


Now you have a better sense for why I believe we are standing in the midst of a revolution in biology, medicine, and nutrition. And this revolution — thanks to companies like Monsanto/Dow — will affect every aspect of our lives, whether we like it or not.


This is also why I believe we all need to become genetically/epigenetically literate on the topic. And what better way than to take part in an online summit on the topic: Interpreting Your Genetics Summit (August 21-28), which is being made available at no cost, and which gives you immediate access to Jeffrey Bland’s brilliant talk, “The Current State of Genetics,” when you register for access here.


I’m also extremely excited to announce that not only will I be speaking on “RNA and Our Interconnected World,” but my own father, Sungchul Ji, PhD, a molecular biologist from Rutgers University, will be speaking at this summit as well on “Particles, Waves and Cellular Mechanisms.” This will be his first online appearance.


There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot - And It Affects Everyone | Sayer-And-Father | General Health Medical & Health Science & Technology Special Interests My father and I overlooking the Flatirons in Boulder, CO, a few months ago.

My father has almost half a century of research under his belt on the topic, and will be sharing a revolutionary new way to understand the cell, our genes, and life as a whole (Warning: my Dad is uber-abstract at times; I’ve had a lifetime of trying to understand him, and can’t say I do entirely yet!)


You’ll be hearing more about my father and his work in the future because we co-founded a company called Systome Biomed, which I have been working on behind the scenes this past year, and which I believe will make major contributions to the field of biology, medicine, and nutrition in the coming years.


Are you excited yet? Please join us at this event and share this with friends, family, and colleagues. Again, you can register here for the upcoming online event if you haven’t already.



© July 28, 2017 GreenMedInfo LLC. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of GreenMedInfo LLC. Want to learn more from GreenMedInfo? Sign up for the newsletter here http://www.greenmedinfo.com/greenmed/newsletter.

There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot – And It Affects Everyone

There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot - And It Affects Everyone | microbiology-genes-dna-rna | General Health Medical & Health Science & Technology Special Interests


There’s a revolution in genetics afoot, but it’s not what most people think.


Sixteen years ago, scientists completed the first draft of the human genome, and contrary to predictions that they would find as many as 100,000 genes, they only found about 25,000. Since then, the estimate has been revised downward several times to its present day estimate of 19,000 (Ezkurdia et al. 2014). Compare that to a water flea which has 31,000 genes!


And so, today, scientists are forced to admit that the key to understanding our complexity is not in our protein-coding genes but in the so-called “dark matter” of our genome: the about ~98% of our DNA that doesn’t code for proteins at all (they used to call it “junk DNA”), which includes these very important and powerful things called small, non-coding RNAs.



This is why RNAs have been a primary interest of mine over the past few years, and this, I believe, is the heart of the revolution in genetics today. 


Just a little background on these RNA’s and their implications…


A particular class of small, non-coding RNA called microRNA have been identified as “master regulators” of the genome of individuals, and can be passed between individuals, and circulated throughout an entire species. There is even evidence that they may function as cross-kingdom regulators (for instance, enabling plants and animals to affect the expression of one another’s genomes), making it possible to link together the entire web of life in a manner that validates the biotic aspects of the Gaia hypothesis which looks at the entire Earth as a meta-organism. To learn more about this fascinating subject you can read my article entitled, Genetic Dark Matter, Return of the Goddess, and the Post-Science Era, or listen to my lecture at the 2016 Functional Forum event in Boulder, CO.


I’ve also reported on how these RNAs undermine key elements of germ theory by explaining how RNA viruses like influenza are not truly “other,” as well as how RNA-replete foods “talk to our cells” making it possible to heal our bodies nutrigenomically, if you will.


Finally, huge biotech and agrochemical interests know all too well the power of these RNAs because the newest GMO Frankenfood threat on the market is based on RNA interference technology, the consequences of which I believe could be horrifically unhealthy. In fact, the EPA just surreptitiously approved Monsanto/Dow’s RNAi corn which is slated to be on your dinner table by the end of the decade. Read more here: The GMO Agenda Takes a Menacing Leap Forward with EPA’s Silent Approval of Monsanto/Dow’s RNAi Corn.


Meet My Father, and Join Us Online…


Now you have a better sense for why I believe we are standing in the midst of a revolution in biology, medicine, and nutrition. And this revolution — thanks to companies like Monsanto/Dow — will affect every aspect of our lives, whether we like it or not.


This is also why I believe we all need to become genetically/epigenetically literate on the topic. And what better way than to take part in an online summit on the topic: Interpreting Your Genetics Summit (August 21-28), which is being made available at no cost, and which gives you immediate access to Jeffrey Bland’s brilliant talk, “The Current State of Genetics,” when you register for access here.


I’m also extremely excited to announce that not only will I be speaking on “RNA and Our Interconnected World,” but my own father, Sungchul Ji, PhD, a molecular biologist from Rutgers University, will be speaking at this summit as well on “Particles, Waves and Cellular Mechanisms.” This will be his first online appearance.


There is a Revolution in Genetics Afoot - And It Affects Everyone | Sayer-And-Father | General Health Medical & Health Science & Technology Special Interests My father and I overlooking the Flatirons in Boulder, CO, a few months ago.

My father has almost half a century of research under his belt on the topic, and will be sharing a revolutionary new way to understand the cell, our genes, and life as a whole (Warning: my Dad is uber-abstract at times; I’ve had a lifetime of trying to understand him, and can’t say I do entirely yet!)


You’ll be hearing more about my father and his work in the future because we co-founded a company called Systome Biomed, which I have been working on behind the scenes this past year, and which I believe will make major contributions to the field of biology, medicine, and nutrition in the coming years.


Are you excited yet? Please join us at this event and share this with friends, family, and colleagues. Again, you can register here for the upcoming online event if you haven’t already.



© July 28, 2017 GreenMedInfo LLC. This work is reproduced and distributed with the permission of GreenMedInfo LLC. Want to learn more from GreenMedInfo? Sign up for the newsletter here http://www.greenmedinfo.com/greenmed/newsletter.