DNA is DNA is DNA, Right?

At one point in time in my graduate studies, I stopped being surprised at weird biological discoveries because, as one of my college professors said, when it comes to science, "there's an exception to every rule, including this one" (think about it for a minute).

But this discovery by Morris Schweitzer and colleagues at McGill University and Montreal's Jewish General Hospital revealed something that is mind boggling: your DNA may not be the same in different cells in your body:

Research by a group of Montreal scientists calls into question one of the most basic assumptions of human genetics: that when it comes to DNA, every cell in the body is essentially identical to every other cell.

Except for cancer, samples of diseased tissue are difficult or even impossible to take from living patients. Thus, the vast majority of genetic samples used in large-scale studies come in the form of blood. However, if it turns out that blood and tissue cells do not match genetically, these ambitious and expensive genome-wide association studies may prove to have been essentially flawed from the outset.

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Oh no worries. Some A-hole evolutionist will arrive at a pat b.s.
theory to explain the discrepancy. Then society will eagerly swallow it
just as they do all the cum that dribbles out of the collective
neo-darwinist cock.
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So what does this imply? Are our traits the sum of a genetic majority vote? Was our skin a different symbiotic creature than our bones in the primordial ooze? Is it because a virus can't be sophisticated enough to attack our entire body due to slight genetic differences between the individual parts? Does natural selection occur in separate parts of our bodies and not just one creature at a time?
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@mother hubbard,

The filthy mouths and downright meanness of the godly is amazing, I thought your faith was supposed to make you a better person.

That said, your implied "god did it" explanation is childish, foolish, and not even an explanation of anything.
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A fantastic step forward to many potential cures! Although I do hope the differences in the DNA are not on such a grand scale that they prevent DNA identification of individuals for legal purposes. Imagine the chaos were that the case.

[And to Mother Hubbard, with all sincerity and respect -- Please do be more careful when you post; You are revealing much more about your inner self than you realize.]
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@mother hubbard,

Seriously, I am incredibly impressed by the leaps of logic you make. Because DNA does not conform across all cells in your body it means that God exists, because God loves complicated biology. I mean i make a lot of leaps of logic in the course of day but they usually don't end with "cum that dribbles out of the collective neo-darwinist cock."

Can I get that on a shirt?
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@Mother Hubbard

Wow, I mean, just wow, that is one heck of a leap of faith to get you from point A to point B. i mean, just because all DNA doesn't match up in the human body means that all science is thus fallible and God loves complicated biology, like, dang. Let me also say that I make lots of leaps in logic in a day, but...they never end with the statement "cum that dribbles out of the collective neo-darwinist cock."

You my friend are 'Nic' Cage worthy National Treasure.
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God does love complicated DNA. I earned three degrees to study it so yes, I know. But God's sense of humor is very well developed unlike that of those who troll this site. Am implying that some evolutionist fool will screw up the logic behind the beauty and complexity of DNA to FIT their own machinations and theory. Get it now geniuses? Thought so...

BTW, the Lord has used some rather "dirty" language to describe those who drink from the god of this world's fountain. Might want to brush up on scripture but I suspect you all are too good for that.
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And a note to everyone else: I'm a Christian and I am appalled at the nasty tone and language that Mother Hubbard posted here. Please don't believe this troll's drival...most of the Christians I know are kind, thoughtful, and open to scientific research and new ideas.
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