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by pcrh 12y ago
The link below seems to be the pre-existing relationship between The Guardian and Whisper. It's not exactly a business relationship in the terms of investment, for example. http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/
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by pcrh 12y ago
Most beneficial mutations tend to affect things that are not visually apparent, e.g. disease resistance, digestion, etc. A mutation with a strongly visual effect might be discriminated against, but that depends on the situation. You might
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by pcrh 12y ago
It depends on what you are considering. If 1/20 people of a population were 100% Neanderthal, and the rest 0% Neanderthal, over millenia, and assuming random mixing, the whole population would tend towards what it is today. So we are
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by pcrh 12y ago
Have you thought about the children yet? An isolation ward for one or two patients is easy to set up. It takes only a few hours, and doesn't require the President's intervention. Edit: The article linked to by the OP shows how Ebo
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by pcrh 12y ago
Apparently Italians have more Neanderthal DNA than most... http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone...
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by pcrh 12y ago
OK, bromides may be uncalled for. However, declaring a "State of Emergency" is hyperbolic. There have been cases of Ebola in the UK and France, which were contained without causing the national panic that appears to have gripped
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by pcrh 12y ago
Pfft! Also, no tie, how primitive!
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by pcrh 12y ago
This is a model of how a Neanderthal man would look today: http://i.imgur.com/96DCsQt.jpg From the German Neanderthal Museum: http://www.neanderthal.de/en/
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by pcrh 12y ago
5% isn't all that small either, it's 1/20. On a population basis it would be the equivalent of 1/20 people being pure Neanderthal.
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by pcrh 12y ago
Your opinions border on panic. It is clear that the CDC and other agencies have procedures in place to deal with the outbreak of infectious disease, and that you are 1) unaware of these, and how they work, and 2) prepared to agitate for a w
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by pcrh 12y ago
"Eugenics" is actually currently practiced, but described as pre-implantation diagnostics. This allows parents who are carriers of a deleterious mutation, such as that causing Tay Sachs Disease, to avoid having children with the
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by pcrh 12y ago
After searching the news a bit, there appear to be four cases of Ebola in the US. Thomas Eric Duncan arrived from Liberia with Ebola, and before dying passed it to two nurses, Vinson and Pham, who are recovering. A third patient is a docto
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by pcrh 12y ago
Your characterization of the response as inept overlooks what actually was done. The very existence of the CDC is step 1, and the "outbreak" in the US has so far been limited to 1 single person as far as I can tell. Prevention o
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by pcrh 12y ago
I voted because I thought it was hilarious. Who would take this seriously?
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by pcrh 12y ago
It reminds me of this: (´･ω･`) The Saga of Denko and Her Stalker. http://vgperson.tumblr.com/post/21533650696/help-the-girl-i-...
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by pcrh 12y ago
Your own quote still maintains "Africa as a major wellspring of human genetic diversity". The multiregional "hypothesis" merely puts the "out of Africa" hypothesis earlier in time, i.e. puts back the date at wh
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by pcrh 12y ago
*widow's sister The other is even more nonsense :-)
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by pcrh 12y ago
0.125 would be 12.5%...
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by pcrh 12y ago
>the United States unofficially used small nuclear warheads in the post-911 invasion I find that unlikely. Do you have any source for this statement?
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by pcrh 12y ago
If a loud noise was heard there, or nearby, it would likely have been reported...? I didn't get very far searching the web for something like that. One would probably have to go to the Bibliotecas de Bogotá and check newspapers from t
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by pcrh 12y ago
The antipode of Krakatoa is Bogotá, Colombia. I wonder what the news reports from there said at the time?
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by pcrh 12y ago
Recent genetic studies show no link between cholesterol and Alzheimer's disease: Genetic Predisposition to Increased Blood Cholesterol and Triglyceride Lipid Levels and Risk of Alzheimer Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis. 10.
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by pcrh 12y ago
By the way, I see you maintain SNPedia, thanks! The apoE1 snp is Rs121918394
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by pcrh 12y ago
A name is just a name. There are about 20 varieties of apoE, most of which are extremely rare, i.e. found in only a handful of families. ApoE1 is simply rare, and not really relevant to Alzheimer's disease, although it does affect blo
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by pcrh 12y ago
Tau pathology is the best pathological correlate with Alzheimer's disease. What is often overlooked in the study of Alzheimer's disease is the APOE gene. This comes as three forms, each differing from the other by only a few amin
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by pcrh 12y ago
Within fields this is taken into account. Some areas can be very quick to generate data, whereas others take longer and /or more manpower. One would not expect someone doing studies in mice, or clinical studies, to generate the same
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by pcrh 12y ago
A lot of bad science is published. I would guess that more than 50% of published articles in the biomedical field are not worth anything, even as "negative results".
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by pcrh 12y ago
In medical research there is also the additional handicap of career structure. The extremely hierarchical nature of medical careers, and the substantial financial rewards for "playing along", mean that there are strong disincenti
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by pcrh 12y ago
I've linked to an article from a reputable source on the matter below. However, I would say that having lived in Bay Area, France and the UK, despite the fact that the headline figures place France and the UK below California, France
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by pcrh 12y ago
It's a bit gimmicky, but I can imagine a market for it, especially among those who like gadgets. Tailgate parties, frat boys, etc.

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