(May 2, 2016 at 1:08 pm)TheRocketSurgeon Wrote:(May 2, 2016 at 1:04 pm)Godschild Wrote: I meant what I said, they have no real answers so they "made up stories," what else could they do to try and save face with their peers. They didn't use science or they would simply have said these things are not possible with the sciences we use. Hint: red blood cells that are not refrigerated will deteriorate within a week, this is a fact.
GC
Unless the cells are protected by some other mechanism, such as refrigeration. But it turns out that scientists have a perfectly valid explanation of how those bone marrow fragments managed to be preserved:
Iron is an element present in abundance in the body, particularly in the blood, where it is part of the protein that carries oxygen from the lungs to the tissues. Iron is also highly reactive with other molecules, so the body keeps it locked up tight, bound to molecules that prevent it from wreaking havoc on the tissues.
After death, though, iron is let free from its cage. It forms minuscule iron nanoparticles and also generates free radicals, which are highly reactive molecules thought to be involved in aging.
"The free radicals cause proteins and cell membranes to tie in knots," Schweitzer said. "They basically act like formaldehyde."
Formaldehyde, of course, preserves tissue. It works by linking up, or cross-linking, the amino acids that make up proteins, which makes those proteins more resistant to decay.
Schweitzer and her colleagues found that dinosaur soft tissue is closely associated with iron nanoparticles in both the T. rex and another soft-tissue specimen from Brachylophosaurus canadensis, a type of duck-billed dinosaur. They then tested the iron-as-preservative idea using modern ostrich blood vessels. They soaked one group of blood vessels in iron-rich liquid made of red blood cells and another group in water. The blood vessels left in water turned into a disgusting mess within days. The blood vessels soaked in red blood cells remain recognizable after sitting at room temperature for two years.
http://www.livescience.com/41537-t-rex-soft-tissue.html
So now we're up to two years in a controlled lab, no outside influences in nature that has proven itself to be destructive to all things organic. Now all we have to do is wait another 99, 999, 998 years to see if the blood will last the required 100,000,000 years.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.