Sentences with phrase «limited by our biology»

Therefore, as we are extremely limited by our biology to understand the physical universe, we must be very arrogant if we, in fact, wish to make conjectures concerning knowledge beyond the physical universe.

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As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

Ultimately, synthetic biology could free us from obsolete limits set by evolution.

Church: To some extent analytic biology — that's to say analyzing what's out there as finite but synthetic — is infinite, I mean it's only limited by imagination and a few physical laws.

In Entamoeba invadens, stage conversion can be induced, but its utility as a model system to study developmental biology has been limited by a lack of genomic resources.

Cellular biology: Isolation and culture of various cell types; cryopreservation; Mixed Lymphocyte Reaction (MLR); cloning by limiting dilution; cytotoxicity assays using Chromium - 51 release; proliferation assay (CFSE and 3H - thymidine); ELISA; Elispot; magnetic beads separation.

A «pacing sheet,» a sort of minimum speed limit set by the state education department, suggested that teachers should expect to devote three weeks to a unit on biochemical processes, part of the biology curriculum.

But if the limits are solid, as is the case with our economic system hitting the limits of the planet — defined by unchangeable physical capacity and the laws of physics, chemistry and biology — then it can't find its way through.

So I think the answer to your question is that the rate of methane degradation that biology can mediate is ultimately limited by the availability of the reaction partners, sulfate or oxygen.