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| location | Berlin, Germany | |
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| visits | member for | 11 months |
| seen | Jun 8 at 9:53 | |
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Nov 8 |
answered | How was the diversity between ethanol fermentation and lactic acid fermentation evolved? |
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Nov 8 |
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Does sour food cause sweating? added detail |
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Nov 8 |
answered | Does sour food cause sweating? |
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Nov 8 |
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HDL- and LDL-cholesterol Just to add that associations of high cholesterol with CVD are still not clearly established and probably never will be, as there is also good evidence against. This doesn't diminish that high fat diets (= probably more calories than you need) will lead to overweight with all associated risks. |
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Nov 6 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Nov 6 |
reviewed | Approve suggested edit on Birds from the Family Columbidae Feed Young “Crop Milk” |
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Nov 5 |
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Are the inverse problems of Systems Biology impossible to solve? The problem is that you need good data to do good sysbio, and you need lab work to produce good data. You can't simply rely on electronic annotation of genes and even manual curation introduces too many errors. Then where do you get your enzymatic constants from. It's all garbage in, garbage out. |
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Nov 5 |
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Are the inverse problems of Systems Biology impossible to solve? Another Brenner quote: "Systems biology is low input, high throughput, no output science" and I fully agree. |
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Nov 5 |
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Does artificial heat (shower/tea) affect diurnal rhythms in humans? Well if temperature follows optical input, then it's not the other way round, is it? With warming up your body, you may get all sorts of psychological effects that obscure the rhythm but you can't simply exchange cause and effect of the diurnal cycle. |
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Nov 2 |
answered | What is the molecular basis of hangovers? |
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Oct 31 |
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What triggers creative thought in humans? But don't you see? Being overly (!) optimistic about anything is a source of illusion that can, in the extreme, get you killed and certainly shortens your lifespan if applied constantly. That's why I said, evolution will select against it. |
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Oct 30 |
awarded | Nice Answer |
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Oct 30 |
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For which types of molecules do repressors exist? I don't agree. With the Gene Ontology, getting a list of such feedback loops appeared possible to me, even as it later turned out to be not so. Such queries on databases are perfect answers to such questions, as well as a good review on the subject. |
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Oct 30 |
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For which types of molecules do repressors exist? Any DNA-binding protein that negatively regulates gene expression is called repressor. What the OP is probably looking for is feedback loops involving repressors. |
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Oct 30 |
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What triggers creative thought in humans? I'm quite sure that, if there is such a system, evolution will select against it. Most people live quite well without being innovative or running after any new idea they come up with. I really think you're overly optimistic about the idea. Einstein also said genius is 5% inspiration and 95% transpiration. |
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Oct 29 |
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What triggers creative thought in humans? Define idea, please. I have no idea what you mean with the term. |
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Oct 29 |
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Is There An Initiative To Sequence The Genomes Of Critically Endangered Species? added 151 characters in body |
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Oct 29 |
answered | Is There An Initiative To Sequence The Genomes Of Critically Endangered Species? |
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Oct 28 |
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Do foods with preservatives become less toxic in the gut? You can only exclude specific effects. And you're right in suspecting that not all is well with food additives. Lots of people have intolerance/allergies to them. In general however, the answer is correct and if it weren't, the food industry would be buried with paper by lawyers. |
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Oct 28 |
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An unexpected mushroom in my garden If you know the german language, another good page is de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Redaktion_Biologie/Bestimmung |
