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Re: Secrets of a Salty Survivor
It totally escapes me how studing the DNA of
Halobacterium will help humans. Their DNA is not
organized at all like those of higher life forms. If
I remember correctly, there are five copies of the DNA
stands for redundancy.
But, heh, if you get research money, go for it.
--- Joel Baumbaugh <baumbaug@NOSC.MIL> wrote:
> I thought that the story below might be of interest
> to those of us who
> "expose ourselves" for a living (and I don't mean
> the "flashers" out there
> w/raincoats)... LOL...
>
> Joel Baumbaugh (baumbaug@nosc.mil)
> SSC-SD
>
> Std. disclaimers about my employer and my lack of
> taste...
>
>
>
> >NASA Science News for September 10, 2004
> >
> >A microbe from the Dead Sea may hold the key to
> protecting astronauts from
> >one of the greatest threats they would face during
> a mission to Mars:
> >space radiation.
> >
> >FULL STORY at
> >
>
>http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/10sep_radmicrobe.htm?list533617
> >
> >
> >Science@NASA stories are available in Spanish at
> our sister site,
> >Ciencia@NASA <http://ciencia.nasa.gov/>.
> >
> >---
>
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Monhandas K. Gandhi, in "Autobiography"
-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
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