Understanding molecular motors leads to better drug.

I found this impressive educational video showing how research that improved scientist's understanding of molecular motors lead to, among other things, a drug to significantly improve cardiac function in patients that have had a heart attack;

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A fine example of how science can benefit humanity.

@humy said
I found this impressive educational video showing how research that improved scientist's understanding of molecular motors lead to, among other things, a drug to significantly improve cardiac function in patients that have had a heart attack;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUHJhskW00

A fine example of how science can benefit humanity.

Yea, copy the design in nature because it is that good is a good idea.

@kellyjay said
Yea, copy the design in nature because it is that good is a good idea.

They didn't copy something from nature. Did you watch the video?

@KellyJay
We copy from nature all the time, nature has had a few billion years to experiment and come up with processes useful in cells so of course we will be behind the curve when it comes to such developments. Remember what I have always said about science, that we are still in kindergarten, science is only a few hundred years old, lets say 400 years of development, what, a mere 20 generations of humans.
Life itself has had BILLIONS of years literally, to come up with useful traits.
In spite of that you LOVE to point out how stupid humans are, we can NEVER be like your god.

@humy said
They didn't copy something from nature. Did you watch the video?

I believe Kelly is referencing molecular machines already in existence.
Man made molecular motors are cool, but hardly a new idea. Nature came up with and implemented the 'idea' of molecular machines long before your ancestors discovered personal hygiene and how to make cutting tools from rocks.


Not arguing or disagreeing with you, I'm just saying...

@sonhouse said
@KellyJay
We copy from nature all the time, nature has had a few billion years to experiment and come up with processes useful in cells so of course we will be behind the curve when it comes to such developments. Remember what I have always said about science, that we are still in kindergarten, science is only a few hundred years old, lets say 400 years of development, what ...[text shortened]... aits.
In spite of that you LOVE to point out how stupid humans are, we can NEVER be like your god.

"we can NEVER be like your god."

So true. And often times people who do believe will forget God is not a man.
But why bring this up in the science forum? 😮

@lemon-lime
Because he alludes to it with every post. Kelly is an avowed young Earth creationist and every link he posts here is to bring home that point.
Yet when pushed on the issue, he backtracks and says he doesn't care what the age of Earth is but you can see clearly he is just mouthing BS, he firmly believes Earth is 6000 odd years old in spite of massive evidence otherwise.
Evidence makes ZERO difference to such folks.

@humy
https://phys.org/news/2019-09-molecular.html

Another new bit of work on how proteins communicate. like a string phone.

@humy said
I found this impressive educational video showing how research that improved scientist's understanding of molecular motors lead to, among other things, a drug to significantly improve cardiac function in patients that have had a heart attack;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RUHJhskW00

A fine example of how science can benefit humanity.

These motors are like tiny robots that run on ATP. The synthetic biologists among us are working on systems in which robotics can be built that run organically.

https://thenextweb.com/robots/2019/04/19/cornell-scientists-create-living-machines-that-eat-grow-and-evolve/