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Article #2112Re: Of Strange Flesh - re 666 & chemistry (fwd)
From: Triple Quadrophenic
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 02 Jan 1997 00:00
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In article <Pine.SOL.3.95.961231002111.15808A-100000@jersey.uoregon.edu>, kld@jersey.uoregon.edu (Kerry Delf ) dusted off the quill, prised open the inkwell and wrote... [Snip] >The basic claim made here by Adam Willson (based on the theories of a >well-known [in certain circles] kook, Tani Jantsang) is that there are two >separate species we label "human": one is based on Carbon-12 (6 protons, >6 neutrons), while the other is based on some other Carbon isotope. > >Anyone care to take a stab at this one? As a mass spectroscopist involved in metabolism I can tell you that if I examined samples from a person based on Carbon-X (where X is not 12) then alarm bells would flash immediately. -- -- BEGIN NVGP SIGNATURE Version 0.000001 Frank J Hollis, Mass Spectroscopy, SmithKline Beecham, Welwyn, UK Frank_Hollis-1@sbphrd.com or fjh4@tutor.open.ac.uk These opinions have not been passed by seven committes, eleven sub-committees, six STP working parties and a continuous improvement team. So there's no way they could be the opinions of my employer.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4886,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4886,public X-Google-Thread: 104764,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid104764,public X-Google-Thread: f6a65,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6a65,public X-Google-Thread: 1119a6,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid1119a6,public X-Google-Thread: 10065c,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gid10065c,public X-Google-Thread: f8e22,1063e2128454daa7 X-Google-Attributes: gidf8e22,public From: Frank_Hollis-1@sbphrd.com.see-sig (Triple Quadrophenic) Subject: Re: Of Strange Flesh - re 666 & chemistry (fwd) Date: 1997/01/02 Message-ID: <5ag2q6$3ql@hbu005.ha.uk.sbphrd.com> X-Deja-AN: 207389705 references: <Pine.SOL.3.95.961231002111.15808A-100000@jersey.uoregon.edu> content-type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII organization: SB mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: sci.chem,sci.bio.misc,sci.bio.microbiology,bionet.microbiology,bionet.general,bionet.cellbiol