SENSE vs. ANTI-SENSE DNA VOTING RESULTS

[THORN at LAN.TJHSST.EDU]

Dear Dr Hengen and colleagues,
As a scientist who became a high school teacher, I have been following 
this thread with great interest.  Any number of high school texts 
describes sense in a variety of ways.  I did not vote, but I agree that 
transcribed (T) vs non-transcribed (N) when considering a specific gene 
is much more clear than prior descriptions.  

This is an excellent illustration of how science evolves.  As our 
comprehension progresses we sometimes find that re-naming clarifies the 
situation.  I see the sense-antisense terminology change as similar to 
how the terms transformation and transfection are being used as 
researchers becan to bridge the fields of molecular genetics and cancer 
research.

I am grateful that such immediate access to discussion world-wide is 
available via the internet.
Regards!
Toby Mogollon Horn, Ph.D.			*THE DNAHAND*   
Life Science and Biotechnology Laboratory			<thorn at lan.tjhsst.edu>
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