Anti-inflammatory mechanism of dieting and fasting revealed Summary: Researchers have found that a compound produced by the body when dieting or fasting can block a part of the immune system involved in several inflammatory disorders such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and Alzheimer’s disease. My comment: For the obvious link from nutrition and exercise to … Nutritional epigenetics, exercise, and immune system integrity
In Kohl (2012) I wrote: Among different bacterial species existing in similar environments, DNA uptake (Palchevskiy & Finkel, 2009) appears to have epigenetically ‘fed’ interspecies methylation and speciation via conjugation (Fall et al., 2007; Finkel & Kolter, 2001; Friso & Choi, 2002). This indicates that reproduction began with an active nutrient uptake mechanism in heterospecifics … Atoms to ecosystems is not almost a molecular ecology
TSLive: The Enemy Within (video) How viruses wield tiny molecules of RNA to help them persist in our bodies for years, decades, and sometimes an entire life span By The Scientist Staff | February 1, 2015 This brief video (below) packages an exceptional amount of information. In less than 2 minutes, it links the epigenetic … Epigenetic effects of viruses on cellular homeostasis (2)
I am not quite finished with this blog post, but will update it after posting to protect against piracy of the concept. Experimental simulation of closed timelike curves Abstract excerpt: The study of these systems therefore provides valuable insight into nonlinearities and the emergence of causal structures in quantum mechanics—essential for any formulation of a … Biological energy and a microbiome model of a light-driven time machine
Ideal Negative Measurements in Quantum Walks Disprove Theories Based on Classical Trajectories Reported as: Atoms can be in two places at the same time Excerpt: “This is not yet a proof that quantum mechanics hold for large objects,” cautions Alberti. My comment: I framed my comments and a question in the context of this article … Quantum Superpositions: let there be light
The role of microRNAs in cell type differentiation can be compared in the context of the role of viruses and mutations that cause cancer. Facts provide a basis for explaining the biological basis of epigenetically-effected cell type differentiation in species from microbes to man. But first, those who are biologically uninformed must answer the question: … Are viruses microRNAs? (2)
I’ve been busy following the current research and attempting to discuss it, which led me to not finish this blog post. I started writing it last week. Since then, as I had anticipated, others have tried to sneak up from behind and stake their claims to links from physics to cell type differentiation that I … Sneaking up from behind
Microbiology: Here’s looking at you, squid Margaret McFall-Ngai has dissected the relationship between a beautiful squid and its live-in bacteria — and found lessons for microbiome research on the way. Ed Yong 14 January 2015 Excerpt: “We now know that microbes make up the vast diversity of the biosphere, and that animal biology was shaped … Beneficial microbes kill beneficial mutations
See also: Unconstrained evolutionary innovability Ideas that evolution is not constrained can be compared to experimental evidence of biophysically constrained ecological adaptations. The most recent relevant open access published work from the Jakobsson lab is: TRIM28 Represses Transcription of Endogenous Retroviruses in Neural Progenitor Cells. This is a link to a prior publication (also open … Constrained evolution is ecological adaptation
Rare amino acid influences E. coli infection Excerpt: “They found that E. coli O157 is unable to attach itself to host tissue in high concentrations of D-Serine. Other strains, such as those that cause meningitis, thrive in the presence of the amino-acid.” My comment: Three steps are required to link the amino acid substitution in … A single amino acid substitution differentiates cell types of E. coli
