Comments on: Nobel For Telomeres http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/05/nobel-for-telomeres/ A blog about life, past and future. Written by DISCOVER contributing editor and columnist Carl Zimmer. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:00:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Nobel For Telomeres | The Loom | U Reader | Your daily news stop station ... http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/05/nobel-for-telomeres/comment-page-1/#comment-27120 Nobel For Telomeres | The Loom | U Reader | Your daily news stop station ... Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:22:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=1919#comment-27120 [...] the strange post here: Nobel For Telomeres | The Loom Submit this to Script & StyleShare this on BlinklistShare this on del.icio.usDigg this!Post [...] [...] the strange post here: Nobel For Telomeres | The Loom Submit this to Script & StyleShare this on BlinklistShare this on del.icio.usDigg this!Post [...]

]]> By: Lance http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/05/nobel-for-telomeres/comment-page-1/#comment-26579 Lance Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:13:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=1919#comment-26579 Not to be a stickler, but the prize was given not just for "telomeres" (i.e., the DNA at the ends of linear chromosomes) but also for the identification of telomerase, the enzyme that restores and thereby maintains telomeric DNA. Not to be a stickler, but the prize was given not just for “telomeres” (i.e., the DNA at the ends of linear chromosomes) but also for the identification of telomerase, the enzyme that restores and thereby maintains telomeric DNA.

]]> By: Jackal http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/05/nobel-for-telomeres/comment-page-1/#comment-26439 Jackal Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:31:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=1919#comment-26439 Coincidentally, I wrote an blog post about <a href = "http://jackal-eyes.blogspot.com/2009/09/unintelligent-design.html" rel="nofollow">telomeres as evidence against ID</a> a couple of days ago, and updated it today to reflect the news. IDers are claiming telomeres as evidence for ID. As usual, they don't know what they're talking about. Telomeres are a crude hack that evolution cobbled up to cover up for deeper failings in DNA replication. Bacteria have a much simpler fix. Coincidentally, I wrote an blog post about telomeres as evidence against ID a couple of days ago, and updated it today to reflect the news. IDers are claiming telomeres as evidence for ID. As usual, they don’t know what they’re talking about. Telomeres are a crude hack that evolution cobbled up to cover up for deeper failings in DNA replication. Bacteria have a much simpler fix.

]]> By: John Monfries http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/2009/10/05/nobel-for-telomeres/comment-page-1/#comment-26425 John Monfries Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:03:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/loom/?p=1919#comment-26425 Parochial point - Blackburn is Australian, so the Australian press is all over it, one of the rare times science reaches the front page here. She has spent virtually all her professional life in the US and is a dual citizen, but what the heck. We don't have too many Nobel laureates to go around; Blackburn makes a grand total of four living ones. Not nearly as feted or as recognised as the sportsmen and sportswomen, needless to say. Parochial point – Blackburn is Australian, so the Australian press is all over it, one of the rare times science reaches the front page here.

She has spent virtually all her professional life in the US and is a dual citizen, but what the heck. We don’t have too many Nobel laureates to go around; Blackburn makes a grand total of four living ones. Not nearly as feted or as recognised as the sportsmen and sportswomen, needless to say.

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