Unsolved Problems in Science - Biology

List of The Greatest Unsolved Problems in Biology.

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Viruses / Immune system

science science - 2 years ago
         * What are the signs of current or past infection to discover where Ebola hides between human outbreaks?
        * What is the origin of antibody diversity?

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Bioelectromagnetism

science science - 2 years ago
        * How do animals possess long-range navigation and migration abilities?
        * How was the homing ability developed?
        * How can some animals detect earthquake precursors?
        * What are the effects of natural electric fields?

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Consciousness / Self

science science - 2 years ago
         * What is it?
        * Why is it necessary for many animals (especially mammals) to dream?
        * What are the inheritable characteristics of intelligence?

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DNA / Protein / Genome

science science - 2 years ago
         * What is the three-dimensional shape of a protein given its sequence (the Protein folding problem)?
        * What is the evolutionary origin of every gene and every base pair?
        * What is the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA)?
        * What is the complete structure and function of the proteins expressed by a cell or organ at a particular time and under specific conditions?
        * What is the complete function of the regulator genes?
        * The C-value enigma: what are the functions of noncoding DNA, and why do different organisms have very variable amounts of it?

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Life

science science - 2 years ago

         * How and where did it start?
        * How widely distributed is it?
        * What are the conditions necessary for the origin of life?
        * Is it possible for humans to stop the aging process?

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