Dr. Georgia Purdom Articles

• Public Schools and Parenting

  Nov. 6, 2007

  I have been appalled and outraged when reading recent news reports regarding what is happening in public schools. Let’s take a look at two of these that have occurred in the last couple months.

• In-Depth Article

  Ancient Protein “Resurrected”?

  Oct. 24, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  As Science Daily reports, “state-of-the-art computational and molecular techniques [were used] to re-create the ancient progenitors of an important human protein.”

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  “Junk” DNA—Past, Present, and Future, Part 2

  Oct. 17, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  The ENCODE Project findings have made it clear that junk DNA is not junk and that most of it is functional in the form of RNA or protein.

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• Have Scientists Created a New Life-form in the Lab?

  Oct. 8, 2007

  Over the weekend several news outlets were declaring somewhat definitively that scientists at the J. Craig Venter Institute have created “artificial life.”

• Magazine Article

  Antibiotic Resistance of Bacteria: An Example of Evolution in Action?

  

  Sept. 19, 2007 from Answers Magazine

  Antibiotic resistance of bacteria is not an example of evolution in action but rather variation within a bacterial kind. It is also a testimony to the wonderful design God gave bacteria.

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  Semi-Homemade Life

  Sept. 5, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  Synthetic biologists are convinced their methods will eventually allow them to create life from non-life, but Darwinian evolution cannot bridge the gap.

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• Feedback Article

  Did T. rex taste like chicken?

  Aug. 31, 2007 from Feedback

  A scientist scoffs at the idea of dinosaurs and humans coexisting. Dr. Purdom responds.

• Feedback Article

  Does the Bible Teach Female Inferiority?

  Aug. 24, 2007 from Feedback

  An atheist asks how we can take Darwin to task for his sexism when the Bible supposedly does the same thing? Dr. Purdom and Bodie Hodge respond.

• In-Depth Article

  “Junk” DNA—Past, Present, and Future, Part 1

  Aug. 22, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  For many years this notion that non-coding DNA was not functional (“junk”) actually inhibited science.

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• Microbe Forum at AiG—the first ever meeting of creation microbiologists

  Aug. 14, 2007

  It became apparent through our discussions that we needed to have a meeting of creation microbiologists.

• A meeting of the minds

  Aug. 2, 2007

  Dr. Georgiai Purdom reports on her experieces at the BSG conferences.

• Bacteria: More Good than Bad and Ugly

  June 16, 2007

  Only 10% of bacteria are “bad” or pathogenic (disease-causing) while the other 90% are “good,” non-pathogenic, and necessary components for human life.

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  Origin of Photosynthesis

  May 16, 2007 from Answers in Depth

  Certainly evolutionsts do not believe that bacteria consciously invented photosynthesis. So, what evolutionary mechanisms might be responsible for bacteria being able to “invent” photosynthesis?

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• Observation of Evolution in Bacteria

  Jan. 31, 2007

  Scientists have reported observing the evolution of Escherichia coli bacteria in a matter of days. What did they really see?

• Human Endogenous Retroviruses (HERVs)—Evolutionary “Junk” or God’s Tools?

  Dec. 19, 2006

  Contrary to being “junk” DNA, HERVs are thought to play at least three major roles.

• The Trouble with Sequencing

  Nov. 22, 2006

  The news has been buzzing lately about two recent papers that are reporting the sequencing of up to one million bases of the Neanderthal genome.

• Magazine Article

  The Intelligent Design Movement

  

  Nov. 21, 2006 from Answers Magazine

  The Intelligent Design (ID) movement has gained increasing recognition and publicity over the last several years at both local and national levels.

• How Low Can You Go—Again?

  Nov. 8, 2006

  Two articles make claims of having sequenced even smaller bacterial genomes.

• From Ferrari to Model T: Is Reverse Evolution Possible?

  Oct. 18, 2006

  Question: If your brand new car breaks down and you take parts from an older car to fix it, is your new car closer to becoming a Model-T?

• “Non-Evolution” of the Appearance of Mitochondria and Plastids in Eukaryotes: Challenges to Endosymbiotic Theory

  Oct. 11, 2006

  Organelles such as mitochondria and plastids have extremely integrated and complex relationships with other parts of the cell where they reside.

• “Non-evolution” of the Appearance of Mitochondria and Plastids in Eukaryotes

  Oct. 11, 2006

  Mitochondria are sometimes called the “workhorse” of the cell, as they are responsible for producing the majority of the energy molecule ATP.

• Round and Round We Go—Proposed Evolutionary Relationships Among Archaea, Eubacteria, and Eukarya

  Oct. 4, 2006

  Many scientists are desperate to find evidence to support their theory or to make the current evidence fit their theory rather than admitting their theory is wrong.

• How Manatees Lost Their Legs?

  Sept. 27, 2006

  A ScienceDaily article reported that research published in a recent PNAS article gives new evidence as to how manatees may have lost their hindlimbs.

• Brain Size and Evolution: Is There a Valid Correlation?

  Sept. 6, 2006

  For many years a dogma within evolutionary biology has been that as organisms evolved from mouse to chimp to human their brain size increased (even relative to body weight). Is this valid?

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