tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post7630355789694720766..comments2024-03-27T01:58:22.445-07:00Comments on The Gazetteer: The Google Doodle Lotuslandian Double Rainbow.RossKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-61881837575661702672018-01-13T08:40:13.888-08:002018-01-13T08:40:13.888-08:00Speaking of local genius, apologies for being off ...Speaking of local genius, apologies for being off topic, but here's a summation of Site C. from Dermod Travis.<br /><br />http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/dermod-travis-b-c-hydro-drops-in-to-visit-a-loans-officer-1.23143799Keith.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-32770832785058761762018-01-11T22:10:23.540-08:002018-01-11T22:10:23.540-08:00Very interesting and thanks for telling us the sto...Very interesting and thanks for telling us the story. And please keep up your always excellent work here and at your real job. cfvuanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-53807079453365351082018-01-11T20:13:29.826-08:002018-01-11T20:13:29.826-08:00truly amazing! thanks for the history. Its why...truly amazing! thanks for the history. Its why having people from other countries living in your country is so important. e. a. f.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-1417420516001847012018-01-11T19:45:23.097-08:002018-01-11T19:45:23.097-08:00Thnx, Ross.
Prob’ly asking a lot, but maybe one d...Thnx, Ross.<br /><br />Prob’ly asking a lot, but maybe one day you could tell us what you think of CRISPR. Is it good? Is it dangerous?...that sort of thing.<br /><br />Thnx again.Scotty on Denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-80353722766210404522018-01-10T17:29:13.092-08:002018-01-10T17:29:13.092-08:00Smith's achievement was a different deal Scott...Smith's achievement was a different deal Scotty. <br /><br />He figured out a way to change the sequence of DNA at specific sites (i.e within individual, targeted genes which he called 'site-directed mutagenesis). His method works in a test tube. So what the gene jockeys did throughout the 80's through the 00's was modify a gene in a test tube and then give it to people like me who would stick the modified genes back into cells to figure out what the modifications do to the function of the gene product (i.e. the protein that is coded by the gene - it was this code going from DNA to RNA to protein that Khorana helped figure out earlier)...The more recent big advance in gene modification ('editing') uses a technology called CRISPR that makes it quite easy to do the gene modifications directly in cells (i.e. you cut out the middle man).RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-81301012865951949952018-01-10T13:38:55.523-08:002018-01-10T13:38:55.523-08:00No expert am I, that’s for sure!
Forgive my ignor...No expert am I, that’s for sure!<br /><br />Forgive my ignorance, but when you say “change the genetic code,” is it related or equivalent—I guess in fact and/or importance—to the successful replication of an organism with two man-made bases(?)—or is it two new base-pairs?<br /><br />Anyways, thnx for this: very interesting!Scotty on Denmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-18745078892272274782018-01-09T23:38:00.561-08:002018-01-09T23:38:00.561-08:00Actually, a young undergraduate student told me ab...Actually, a young undergraduate student told me about it awhile back so I went and looked it up. <br /><br />And then, today, this popped up.<br /><br />It's a crazy mixed-up world we live in Kim.<br /><br />.RossKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677239332112652522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7229885.post-791389163154344902018-01-09T22:22:17.905-08:002018-01-09T22:22:17.905-08:00Wow! Imagine! We are surrounded by a stable of gen...Wow! Imagine! We are surrounded by a stable of genius. Who knew?<br /><br />You did, of course.<br /><br />Thanks Ross K.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049617811090781174noreply@blogger.com