Immortality within our reach?
“Deinococcus radiodurans is a so-called extremophile bacterium that can survive intense bouts of heat and UV radiation that shatters its genome into hundreds of DNA fragments.
Without a genome, the microbe is effectively dead because it can’t synthesize the proteins necessary for life. In only a few hours, though, Deinococcus can reassemble its genome and return to life.” - LiveScience
Very cool, an in depth article that doesn’t go over your head.
I’m thinking The Terminator kind of application, that or some twisted Groundhog day!
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This article was written on 2006-10-01 at 14:25:56+0000, filed under Uncategorized and tagged Science.
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