November 7th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Scientists Reproduce a Building Block of Life For First Time
Posted in: le Chat Marchet
“NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, a key component of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidine exposed to ultraviolet radiation under space-like conditions produces this essential ingredient of life.“
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