Earlier today I mentioned AT&T’s DNA being faulty and it seems a four year study on DNA published in Nature has scientists challenging the notion that “junk” DNA is valueless.

In a departure from traditional thinking, the four-year study says that genes can no longer be considered the only active parts of DNA and that huge segments thought to be “junk” may play a significant role in such individual traits as susceptibility to diseases.

This makes me wonder about the true possibility of the whole Jurassic Park thing when here we are still learning new things about DNA. There are lots of ethical concerns over cloning and it disturbs me that we’re cloning when we are learning new things about what our greatest scientific minds believed to be junk. Sure, this is human DNA, not an animal, but if it was believe this DNA is junk then what else wouldn’t we know?

I’m sure someday full human being cloning will occur. It’s inevitable. Ever see the movie The 6th Day? Perhaps not one of Arnold’s best movies, but it makes you stop and think about the ethical challenges with human cloning. You could see some cases where people cannot let go of loved ones due to tragic loss, so they are compelled to have a clone made. The slippery slope starts with pets which isn’t as offensive a prospect as cloning humans. Rent the DVD if you haven’t seen it.

The blueprint of our DNA shows that there is a limited cycle and our time is short on Earth. If scientists find a way to stop the cell breakdown and growth we better have another planet to inhabit because overpopulation will become a very real problem.

One thing we can conclude: this is further proof that the human body still remains a huge mystery.

Did this post make you go hmm?

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