Microscopic views of bones can't explain why the fossil tissues reacted to the immune cells of chickens, for example, and the mammoth ones reacted with elephant cells....-Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University
However, Kaye acknowledges his study does not refute the immune responses reported by Schweitzer's team. "They have single handedly pioneered the use of sophisticated chemical analysis and have created a critical bridge between biology and paleontology," he says.
More analyses of the suspect tissues are underway, Schweitzer says. "I guess the best I can say is: Stay tuned!"
I'll admit it, I am pretty fired up about the whole idea and want it to be true, that they are dino proteins. But naturally, that is not science and I prefer Science. So I will withhold my bias and wait for more studies.
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And to be completely clear...I Am Not A Young Earther! I am deeply committed to evolution and science.
I have been following this closely and there is several stories about this study out there.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2008-07-29-fossils_N.htm
Microscopic views of bones can't explain why the fossil tissues reacted to the immune cells of chickens, for example, and the mammoth ones reacted with elephant cells....-Mary Schweitzer of North Carolina State University
However, Kaye acknowledges his study does not refute the immune responses reported by Schweitzer's team. "They have single handedly pioneered the use of sophisticated chemical analysis and have created a critical bridge between biology and paleontology," he says.
More analyses of the suspect tissues are underway, Schweitzer says. "I guess the best I can say is: Stay tuned!"
I'll admit it, I am pretty fired up about the whole idea and want it to be true, that they are dino proteins. But naturally, that is not science and I prefer Science. So I will withhold my bias and wait for more studies.