Tag: ENCODE
Merry Christmas! #8 Story of 2021: An ID Prediction for CRISPR Gene Editing
From an design perspective, there is no compelling reason to think that CRISPR gene editing will constitute an enhancement tool for building superior humans.
The Tragedy of Francis Collins’s Model for Science-Faith Integration
The depiction of Francis Collins as someone who has developed a good model for integrating faith and science is in many respects a tragic myth.
Recalling Francis Collins’s The Language of God
President Bill Clinton announced, in a speech Collins helped to write, “we are learning the language in which God created life.”
Oxford Journal: “The Days of ‘Junk DNA’ Are Over ”
Since project ENCODE provoked outrage among evolutionary biologists over a decade ago, there has been a concerted campaign to defend the notion of junk DNA.
Why Systems Biologists Now Assume Life Is Optimally Designed
Purported examples of poor design usually represent opinions resulting from armchair critics’ limited understanding of the technical literature.