hasn't it been known for awhile that it takes more than one gene to encourage diabetes, etc.?
On 7/1/07, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Greetings Economists, In an interesting development a study on the large scale by the United States National Human Genome Research Institute has challenged the current gene theory of one gene one function. I.e. the gay gene, the gene for diabetes, the patented wheat genes, et al. appear to be scientifically wrong. A complex network theory, interact, and overlap in ways not fully understood. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/01/business/yourmoney/01frame.html? ref=science Juicy tidbits are these theories have been around for a long time about networks rather autonomous genes but until it was applied to Humans there was no mainstream acceptance. Monsanto and the rest of the biotech industry bases their patents on this concept of one gene one function. quoting the article: "Known as the Central Dogma of molecular biology, it stated that each gene in living organisms, from humans to bacteria, carries the information needed to construct one protein." thanks, Doyle Saylor http://www.flickr.com/photos/doyle_saylor/
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