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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Uracil Made in the Lab

NASA scientists studying theorigin 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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