You’ve heard about some of these pet projects they really don’t make a whole lot of sense and sometimes these dollars go to projects that have little or nothing to do with the public good. Things like fruit fly research in Paris, France. I kid you not.

The Drosophila fruit fly is probably the stickiest subject in any level of science education and most students first introduction to genetics. So in a bizarre way it makes sense that a creationist would discount such research. However this statement was made while she was giving a speech on Americans with disabilities and early identification of such disorders, primarily autism. How does this twit think early identification of genetic disorders such as autism is possible without studying the very nature of genetics? Is she suggesting that we perform autism research on autistic kids? I’m sure their parents wont mind.

Well I still haven’t resolved my problems with Obama/Biden on a number of policy issues, but this seals the deal for me on McCain/Palin. This idiot can not be allowed any where near a position of power, send her back to her welfare state before she’s given the opportunity to do any real damage.

Now scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have shown that a protein called neurexin is required for these nerve cell connections to form and function correctly.

The discovery, made in Drosophila fruit flies may lead to advances in understanding autism spectrum disorders, as recently, human neurexins have been identified as a genetic risk factor for autism.

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