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Cells, Microbes & Viruses / Re: Can I use a virus to cure my haemophilia?
« on: 12/05/2014 06:45:22 »
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... What are the effects of having too much Factor VIII ...
Hypercoagulability ...Quote from: medscape.comExcess Factor VIII: A Common Cause of Hypercoagulabilityhttp://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/502267
How old are you? Could you get into a biology PhD. program with gene therapy research in India?I am actually very young... I am almost 17. This new year I will get into my first year of engineering. And besides I am actually studying subjects related to physics.
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What are the effects of having too much Factor VIII or IX?
For now, transfusion of factor IX seems to be a fairly effective therapy, with supplies derived from blood donations, but genetically-modified yeast may also become a feasible source.yes I know, I am currently on the same therapy. But, it is pretty expensive 2500$ for a single infusion. From where I come (India) only few people can afford it. A more permanent solution would be much better for poor people. That's why I raised this topic. I am planning to do some research on making viruses but these things are not encouraged much in India.
Nitrogen: The dominant gas in the atmosphere, but it is very stable. Turning Nitrogen into bio-available fertiliser is a major energy consumer.
Humans would have trouble surviving on other gases - carbon dioxide, water & nitrogen are too stable, and chlorine/fluorine are too unstable.
Yes, retroviruses can insert extra pieces of DNA into the host cell.Now the thing is, I have hemophilia. Its a blood clotting disorder. The F9 gene responsible for formation of coagulation factor IX is mutated. Is it possible, that through a virus, I can deliver a correct gene to my liver?
The virus would then normally multiply within the cell and kill it. However, researchers are trying to produce disabled viruses that can safely carry extra pieces of DNA into a cell without killing the cell.
Humans do require oxygen to oxidize carbon. However, certain muscles can function for brief periods anaerobically, or without oxygen.
The majority of the oxygen you breathe in is also exhaled. CO2 buildup is one of the issues. There are diving "rebreathers" that scrub the CO2, and allow one to rebreathe the oxygen, thus significantly reducing the amount of oxygen needed to be carried.
Explaining gravitational attraction is not obvious in this model. Is it possible that the potential energy of the object/particle is lowered as an effect of the time dilation--something akin to the frequency decreasing, though I don't know which frame of reference is the best to use.Well... the formula for gravitational time dilation is given by T0= Tf*(1-V/c)^1/2... where T0=slower time frame;Tf=faster time frame; V= gravitational potential; and c=speed of light. So, we currently know the relation between time and gravitational potential. But, the problem is that we treat time as a fundamental quantity... What if, time, itself is composed of other things? may be we can assume that there is a force (not like F=ma) that holds time together. I have tried to explain it through the diagram. please leave your comment..
well, I thought about this theory and I realized that there is a flaw in your theory. You say that we cannot understand the pro until we experience the con. But, have you ever thought about how you are going to experience the con in first place? even if you do experience the con who are you to decide that it's a con. "So to understand and experience what 'good' is, one has to understand and experience what 'bad' is"... this is what you say...but, how can you define something as bad or good. our definitions are flawed. then you say ,"to experience existence we have to be non exisent"..what if I define our current condition as non-existence and vice versa? If you say that I was once non- existent and then I existed but then, how did I experience non-existence with experiencing it's other side?...So, in short your theory is a paradox... there is no pro and neither is there a con.. they are just barriers we create.
The O.M and F.M theory , i would like to elaborate with a different perspective, and with a more 'used to; reality.
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Like we all know, every coin has two sides. Every pro has to have a con. Now here's the glitch in the system we live in. We cannot understand the pro, until we experience the con. So to understand and experience what 'good' is, one has to understand and experience what 'bad' is. Agree? So hang onto it for now. Besides, lets call it the X-theory.
Now the journey gets real hard. So keep up the pace , and try to understand exactly what i want you to.
In the very beginning, there was Everything ( can be termed as god, if u want to) or ' All-That-Is' (ATI) . Now ATI was conceptually aware that it existed, but wasn't aware practically. So in order to experience 'existence', it had to become 'non-existent', i.e. 'All-that-is-NOT' (ATIN) ; according to X-theory. So, ATI, divided itself into two parts - ATI and ATIN .The sole objective behind doing this, was that ATI could experience its magnificence of existing. So, thus began a journey of ATIN to get to ATI, and regain its complete magnificence. This too wasn't easy. In order for the supreme Everything/ God ( consisting of both ATI and ATIN) to experience itself. it again divided the ATI and ATIN into smaller pieces, each less significant, than the previous ( since significant is a relative term, and requires a reference point to be pointed out) .
And then to re-create itself, in order to experience itself, the Supreme everything, like i said, fragmented itself, which is nothing but the matter around, including us. The reason why we exist, acc. to the Supreme everything, who is us, and what we are, ( i.e. we=supreme everything ans supreme everything =us) , was to experience itself, practically this time, and thus to re-discover itself. The whole thing fits if considered to be a cycle. We were the supreme everything, we fragmented, became different souls, wherein the experience of being the supreme everything was deleted, and then as souls, we re-discover the forgotten experience of being the supreme everything, thus regaining the feeling of being and thus being the Supreme everything, which was nothing but the starting point of the circle.
ADVICE TAKEN..! ..Sorry about that I don't know much about the scientific waysthe theory might be too much to take but, one still can't prove it wrong...With a title like InfiniteMind, you should know that challenging someone to prove that your theory "isn't wrong" is not the proper scientific method. The proper scientific method discovers facts thru repeatable observation. You can't claim that something is right just because it can't be disproved.