Are you aware that the bulk of current scientific knowledge has been discovered in the past ten years? And that many of the most original results have appeared in the last year? Can you imagine where we will be ten years from now? This blog is intended to be an exploration of a paradigm shift I expect to see in the scientific understanding of the connection between mind and the material world. Posts will look at scientific discoveries, as they appear, in the fields of neuroscience, animal behavior, microbiology, molecular biology, evolution and biophysics, and explore their relevance to the emerging view of mind as an integral aspect of nature.


Human Cells and Viruses SUMO Wrestling

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Russell Knightly The two previous posts discussed the highly intelligent innovations of the individual cell to avoid microbe attacks; and the equally intelligent innovations of microbe invaders. The ubiquitin and SUMO systems, which tag and modulate proteins is a major target of both cell defenses and microbe attacks….


Intelligent Cells Battle Intelligent Invaders New YouTube Video

Adenovirus PUBLIC DOMAIN

New Youtube Video  Click here to see video This video is an introduction to three posts on the battle between human cells and microbes. The focus is on the unique intrinsic immune systems of individual cells, with innovations for each different cell type and each different microbe. The posts are:  Non Immune…


Microbe Innovations in the Battle with Human Cells

Influenza virus replication or life cycle in a host cell (W).

Russell Knightley The microbe attempts to avoid being killed by the elaborate defensive mechanisms of not only the innate and adaptive immune systems, but also, the elaborate defensive mechanisms of individual cells. In the previous post, it was shown that the autophagy process was an important part of the individual…


Non Immune Cells Also Combat Microbes

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The first line of cellular defense is not the specialized immune cells, but is the individual cell itself. The surprising abilities of individual cells, called cell autonomous immunity, are now becoming clearer when non immune cells also combat microbes. In fact, individual cells in the brain have developed completely…


Q and A on Austin Radio

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Q and A on Austin Radio  First Program  Peoples Rx with Bill Swail, RPh, and Julia Strickler, ND, on the Good News Health Show Question and answer with Dr. Lieff for thirty minutes discussing extraordinary mental experiences; PTSD and depression; neuroplasticity with music, exercise, food and more.  You can…