Umm, if we are talking nanometer distances... water is, due to naturally h+ and oh - dissasociation, going to have pockets of charge. mighten they not be moving towards each other, but towards the same patch of water?
On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/04/does-dna-have-t.html > > Does DNA Have Telepathic Properties? > > DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, > even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn't be > able to. Explanation: None, at least not yet. > > Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs > about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” > ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a > distance. Somehow they are able to identify one another, and the tiny > bits of genetic material tend to congregate with similar DNA. The > recognition of similar sequences in DNA’s chemical subunits, occurs in > a way unrecognized by science. There is no known reason why the DNA is > able to combine the way it does, and from a current theoretical > standpoint this feat should be chemically impossible. > > Even so, the research published in ACS’ Journal of Physical Chemistry > B, shows very clearly that homology recognition between sequences of > several hundred nucleotides occurs without physical contact or > presence of proteins. Double helixes of DNA can recognize matching > molecules from a distance and then gather together, all seemingly > without help from any other molecules or chemical signals. > > In the study, scientists observed the behavior of fluorescently tagged > DNA strands placed in water that contained no proteins or other > material that could interfere with the experiment. Strands with > identical nucleotide sequences were about twice as likely to gather > together as DNA strands with different sequences. No one knows how > individual DNA strands could possibly be communicating in this way, > yet somehow they do. The “telepathic” effect is a source of wonder and > amazement for scientists. > > “Amazingly, the forces responsible for the sequence recognition can > reach across more than one nanometer of water separating the surfaces > of the nearest neighbor DNA,” said the authors Geoff S. Baldwin, > Sergey Leikin, John M. Seddon, and Alexei A. Kornyshev and colleagues. > > This recognition effect may help increase the accuracy and efficiency > of the homologous recombination of genes, which is a process > responsible for DNA repair, evolution, and genetic diversity. The new > findings may also shed light on ways to avoid recombination errors, > which are factors in cancer, aging, and other health issues. > > <end> > >
