Natural Science Forum / Biology / Biology / September 2006

Sorry, I meant to start a new thread with the below since the old one
was too long.
a_plutonium wrote:

This happened to me several times and with different constructs:
I insert a fragment into a vector. I conduct a PCR where a fragment is
amplified with a forward primer that starts from the insert, and a
reverse primer that comes from the vector itself. I run the gel and I

For a long time, i've been wondering about this obvious yet intriguing
phenomenon. I have a question for you biology folks....
Q:When a normal person is introduced to sudden physical pain(preferably
sharp), why does he\she shout? We know that it is an involuntary

Are there any metabolic similarities between diabtetes mellitus and
prolonged starvation?
Henry C

The evolutionists’ dream was discovery of a supersimple first living
cell. Molecular biology has turned their dream into a nightmare. Michael
Denton, specialist in molecular biology, sounded its death knell:
“Molecular biology has shown that even the simplest of all living

I noticed that the heart's location on the left side of the human body
seems to violate the body's symmetry.  Are there any other organs that
do this?  Any ideas why?
Thanks.

By the way I made a mistake in another thread of mine talking about
ethanol as a dud fuel. I wrongly reported ABC as the news reporting
that a Consumer Report found E85 yielding 1/2 the distance that
gasoline would produce. It was CBS news of its all night news.

I am interested in several basic questions about
osmotic pressure and salt concentration in both blood
and intracellular fluid in hagfish, sharks, and both
freshwater and marine fishes.

What happens when a blond child has dark hair as an adult?  In the largest
Greek  parish in  the USA  (St Nik,  Flushing, NY)  half the  kids  going for
communion are  blond and both their  parents have black  hair.  Someone (from
Cold Spring, no less) once explained this  to me, ...

I am posting this tonight because I saw a stunning explanation on
Newshour of Alzheimers. A medical doctor on the program was about the
explain what causes Alzheimers when he turned the explanation
completely 180 degrees from what I had been discussing about these 3