Is The DNA Molecule Life?

[suchandra]

There are lately more and more striking broadcasts all over the EU - "science channels" - fooling people that modern science is able to create simple forms of life.

 

So called scientists explaining that they have full control over the DNA and are about to increase life up to 200 years.

 

Since modern science cannot analyze all the data stored in the subtle body it seems they only know things concerning the gross body.

 

And this also cannot be complete because many functions of the gross body depend upon the talents stored in the subtle body, subtle talents which are nowhere to be found within the gross DNA molecules.

 

 

HH Svarupa Damodara Goswami: No matter how complex they may be, all molecules or collections of molecules, including DNA and RNA, are simply dead matter. What scientists know and agree upon is that the majority of the molecules playing vital roles in living systems are extremely complex. This much is correct. We question only their further conclusion that if complex molecules can somehow be made from simple molecules, then life will arise from these complex molecules by virtue of their proper combinations. Let us briefly examine the chemistry of the cellular DNA molecule. It consists of tow intertwined strands of complementary structures forming a rectangular double helix. From X-ray crystallographic studies, the diameter of the helix is found to be approximately 20 Å, and each strand makes a complete turn every 34 Å (or every 10 nucleotides). Strings made of alternate groups of phosphate and sugar (deoxyribose) form the backbone of the two strands. Each phosphate group links to deoxyribose, a five-carbon chain sugar. The sugar in turn links to one of two possible bases of purine (guanine or adenine) or two possible bases of pyramiding (thymine or cytosine) through hydrogen bonds. Adenine (A) is always paired with thymine (T), and guanine (G) with cytosine ©, for conformational reasons and because of the donor acceptor natures of the hydrogen bonding groups. As a stereo chemical consequence of this strict base pairing, the two polynucleotide chains run in opposite directions. Although hydrogen bonding between other base pairs is possible, it leads to nucleotide pairs which have the wrong external geometry and do not fit into the regular double-helical structure. This article is an excerpt from Dr. T.D. Singh’s book Life, Matter and Their Interactions. Tune in next month for more.

 

source: Bhaktivedanta Institute, Online Publications

[theist]

 

So called scientists explaining that they have full control over the DNA and are about to increase life up to 200 years.

 

Here lies their basic misunderstanding. The life span of life cannot be increased or decreased. Life is already eternal.

[chandu_69]

 

So called scientists explaining that they have full control over the DNA and are about to increase life up to 200 years.Since modern science cannot analyze all the data stored in the subtle body it seems they only know things concerning the gross body.

 

 

What exactly is your objection?.They are called scientists for a good reason.They do what they set out to do.

[suchandra]

 

What exactly is your objection?.They are called scientists for a good reason.They do what they set out to do.

Thanks Chandu, good point, many scientists believe that the DNA molecule holds the ultimate key to life.

 

It is their genuine hope that once this DNA molecule, the so-called master molecule, is assembled step by step from its constituent atomic elements -- carbon ©, hydrogen (H), nitrogen (N), oxygen (O) and phosphorus (P) -- their goal of synthesizing life in the test tube will be achieved.

 

This will finally prove that life is, after all, nothing but a complex system of chemicals. Now we know the DNA molecule and the mapping of the human genome is done. But have we known life? Is DNA life?

[chandu_69]

Scientists, in most of the cases set out to FIND something.And science is ever evolving.And Scientitsts go wrong many times , but spiritual minded people need not jump in everytime and comment on something which they dont understand.

 

Let the scientists create life out of chemicals and then we will comment.Why do u want to rob them of their right to speculate??