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Dopamine Imbalance: Technology Or Science?

A. Dopamine imbalance triggers Parkinson's disease and drug addiction, two opposite diseases

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-08/nu-wdf080808.php

"...explained the phenomenon using the analogy of a car..."

B. The genome is an organism, not a contrivance

I suggest, again and again, that effects of cell's environments on its functionality be considered and assessed with comprehension that the OCM, the multifunctional Outer Cell Membrane, is but an evolved organ of the organism that lives and functions within it, the living team, the genome.

The genome is a multigenes organism consisting of a cooperative commune of its interdependent member genes. Each of its members has its own constitutional-functional background history, and its own tolerance-reaction to environments-signals reaching it via the functional membranes around the genome. Decisions are made within the OCM most probably as conjectured in

http://www.the-scientist.com/community/posts/list/122.page#373

Planning and assessment of research work in life sciences, especially in cell level matters, should take this recent comprehension into account...

One day, maybe soon, science will comprehend life and the nature of genes-genome...

Dov Henis

PS:

2008 Updated Life Comprehension:

1. Definitions Of Earth Life, Organism, Gene, Genome And Cellular Organisms.

Earth Life: 1. a format of temporarily constrained energy, retained in temporary constrained genetic energy packages in forms of genes, genomes and organisms 2. a real virtual affair that pops in and out of existence in its matrix, which is the energy constrained in Earth's biosphere.

Earth organism: a temporary self-replicable constrained-energy genetic system that supports and maintains Earth's biosphere by maintenance of genes.

Gene: Primal Earth's organism.

Genome: a multigenes organism consisting of a cooperative commune of its member genes.

Cellular organisms: mono- or multi-celled earth organisms.

2. Update of life sciences conceptions is now feasible and urgently desirable

- Earth's biosphere phenomenon is a distant relative of black holes, a form of constrained
energy pocket.

- First were independent individual genes, Earth's primal organisms.

- Genes aggregated cooperatively into genomes, multigenes organisms, with genomes' organs.

- Simultaneously or consequently genomes evolved protective and functional membranes, organs.

- Then followed cellular organisms, with a variety of outer-cell membranes shapes and
functionalities.

3. Nature, Origin, Function And Purpose Of Life

Nature of Earth life: a replicating construction temporarily constraining and maintaining energy.

Origin of Earth life: serendipitous energy-induced formation of Earth's primal organisms, individual independent genes.

Nature of Earth's organisms: temporary self-replicable constrained-energy genetic systems that support and maintain Earth's biosphere by maintenance of genes.

Function of Earth life: uphold and maintain as much constrained energy as possible by upholding and maintaining Earth's biosphere.

The purpose of OUR life and its promotion is ours to choose and set. It derives solely from our cognition.

Dov Henis

http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-P81pQcU1dLBbHgtjQjxG_Q--?cq=1