01721oam 2200445 a 450 991069872090332120100121134158.0(CKB)5470000002396650(OCoLC)319171578(EXLCZ)99547000000239665020090424d2009 ua 0engurbn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGenetic non-discrimination[electronic resource] hearing before the Subcommittee on Health of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 14, 2007Washington :U.S. G.P.O.,2009.iii, 86 pages digital, PDF fileTitle from title screen (viewed on Apr. 24, 2009)."Serial no. 110-22."Includes bibliographical references.Genetic non-discrimination Medical geneticsGovernment policyUnited StatesDiscrimination in employmentGovernment policyUnited StatesDiscrimination in insuranceGovernment policyUnited StatesGenetic screeningGovernment policyUnited StatesPrivacy, Right ofUnited StatesMedical geneticsGovernment policyDiscrimination in employmentGovernment policyDiscrimination in insuranceGovernment policyGenetic screeningGovernment policyPrivacy, Right ofGPOGPOGPOBOOK9910698720903321Genetic non-discrimination3220501UNINA05343nam 2200649Ia 450 991077793660332120230721021953.01-84816-255-3(CKB)1000000000767654(EBL)1193722(SSID)ssj0000519602(PQKBManifestationID)12185051(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000519602(PQKBWorkID)10508615(PQKB)11258377(MiAaPQ)EBC1193722(WSP)00002031 (Au-PeEL)EBL1193722(CaPaEBR)ebr10688173(CaONFJC)MIL498384(OCoLC)696629755(EXLCZ)99100000000076765420080703d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrQuantum aspects of life[electronic resource] /editors, Derek Abbott, Paul C.W. Davies, Arun K. Pati ; foreword by Roger PenroseLondon Imperial College Press ;Hackensack, NJ ;London Distributed by World Scientificc20081 online resource (468 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-84816-267-7 1-84816-253-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preface; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Part 1: Emergence and Complexity; 1. A Quantum Origin of Life? Paul C. W. Davies; 1.1. Chemistry and Information; 1.2. Q-life; 1.3. The Problemof Decoherence; 1.4. Life as the "Solution" of a Quantum Search Algorithm; 1.5. Quantum Choreography; Acknowledgements; References; 2. Quantum Mechanics and Emergence Seth Lloyd; 2.1. Bits; 2.2. Coin Flips; 2.3. The Computational Universe; 2.4. Generating Complexity; 2.5. A Human Perspective; 2.6. A QuantumPerspective; References; Part 2: Quantum Mechanisms in Biology3. Quantum Coherence and the Search for the First Replicator Jim Al-Khalili and Johnjoe McFadden3.1. When did Life Start?; 3.2. Where did Life Start?; 3.3. Where did the Precursors Come From?; 3.4. What was the Nature of the First Self-replicator?; 3.5. The RNAWorld Hypothesis; 3.6. A Quantum Mechanical Origin of Life; 3.6.1. The dynamic combinatorial library; 3.6.2. The two-potential model; 3.6.3. Decoherence; 3.6.4. Replication as measurement; 3.6.5. Avoiding decoherence; 3.7. Summary; References4. Ultrafast Quantum Dynamics in Photosynthesis Alexandra Olaya Castro, Francesca Fassioli Olsen, Chiu Fan Lee, and Neil F. Johnson4.1. Introduction; 4.2. A Coherent Photosynthetic Unit (CPSU); 4.3. Toy Model: Interacting Qubits with a Spin-star Configuration; 4.4. A More Detailed Model: Photosynthetic Unit of Purple Bacteria; 4.5. Experimental Considerations; 4.6. Outlook; References; 5. Modelling Quantum Decoherence in Biomolecules Jacques Bothma, Joel Gilmore, and Ross H. McKenzie; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Time and Energy Scales; 5.3. Models for Quantum Baths and Decoherence5.3.1. The spin-bosonmodel5.3.1.1. Independent boson model; 5.3.2. Caldeira-Leggett Hamiltonian; 5.3.3. The spectral density; 5.4. The Spectral Density for the Different Continuum Models of the Environment; 5.5. Obtaining the Spectral Density from Experimental Data; 5.6. Analytical Solution for the Time Evolution of the Density Matrix; 5.7. Nuclear Quantum Tunnelling in Enzymes and the Crossover Temperature; 5.8. Summary; References; Part 3: The Biological Evidence; 6. Molecular Evolution: A Role for Quantum Mechanics in the Dynamics of Molecular Machines that Read and Write DNA Anita Goel6.1. Introduction6.2. Background; 6.3. Approach; 6.3.1. The information processing power of a molecularmotor; 6.3.2. Estimation of decoherence times of the motor-DNA complex; 6.3.3. Implications and discussion; References; 7. Memory Depends on the Cytoskeleton, but is it Quantum? Andreas Mershin and Dimitri V. Nanopoulos; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Motivation behind Connecting Quantum Physics to the Brain; 7.3. Three Scales of Testing for Quantum Phenomena in Consciousness; 7.4. Testing the QCI at the 10 nm-10 μm Scale7.5. Testing for Quantum Effects in Biological Matter Amplified from the 0.1 nm to the 10 nm Scale and BeyondThis book presents the hotly debated question of whether quantum mechanics plays a non-trivial role in biology. In a timely way, it sets out a distinct quantum biology agenda. The burgeoning fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, quantum technology, and quantum information processing are now strongly converging. The acronym BINS, for Bio-Info-Nano-Systems, has been coined to describe the synergetic interface of these several disciplines. The living cell is an information replicating and processing system that is replete with naturally-evolved nanomachines, which at some level require a quantQuantum biochemistryLifeOriginQuantum biochemistry.Life576.8/3Abbott Derek1960-1506959Davies P. C. 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