Researchers discovered 95 percent of all chromosomes they once thought to be "junk DNA" had actually been busy at work all along, they just didn’t realize it.
One of the reasons researchers thought the genes were non-functioning was because the genes didn’t follow a pattern similar to the classic genetic theory. In the past there had been a general acceptance of two types of genes, structural and regulatory genes. The function of the structural genes was to produce the raw materials essential to cells and regulatory genes functioned by monitoring the actions of other genes.
The genes work by first replicating copies of themselves in a process also known as messenger RNA. The RNA then makes the proteins and enzymes that are responsible for building and regulation.
Scientists found that a gene contained in yeast called SRG1 monitored its next-door neighbor by inhibiting its neighbor from performing any functions such as releasing its individual RNA messages. This was done by sending out a consistent wave of messengers that physically wouldn’t allow its neighbor from releasing its own individual RNA messengers. Scientists found blocking the SRG1 gene from generating RNA was the answer to reactivating the silenced gene.
Scientists also noted the possibility that the missing RNA was being churned out by the silenced genes.
Nature June 3, 2004;429(6991):571-4
USA Today June 3, 2004
Previously, up to 95 percent of all chromosomes were apparently non-functioning and were otherwise known as "junk" DNA in the scientific community.
Imagine the audacity of humans. Just because we can't figure it out, it is junk, superfluous tissue that was a mistake by God.
I have seen similar arrogance in the medical community when surgeons remove a non-infected appendix during a routine abdominal surgery "just because they are in there and the "body doesn't need it."
Nearly every surgeon I know has the same attitude for gallbladders and that is one of the reasons so many are removed on a regular basis. Well nothing could be further from the truth. The gallbladder is absolutely essential for emulsifying fats and helping your body absorb fat that is necessary for ideal health.
It is very difficult to absorb essential nutrients such as fish oil or cod liver oil without a gallbladder and will nearly always require the use of enzymatic lipases or bile acid salts.
Well, with respect to DNA, it appears researchers are beginning to understand that some of that DNA has been busily working all along, but they didn't realize it. The less professional arrogance and judgment and more humility we bring to the table when we start to explain the functions of the body the closer to the truth we will come.
This is especially true for genetics. Scientists believe they have uncovered the Holy Grail by defining the human genome but they haven't even begun to fathom the complex interactions of the expression of the genetic code, which reaches into the mystifying and enigmatic area of energetic biology.
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