The really cool thing about this announcement is that the they seem to be using arsenic instead of phosphorous in their version of ATP. ATP (and what it breaks down to that cells actually use, ADP) is just totally fundamental to cellular mechanisms. It's food/energy at it's fundamental level. If I understand the articles correctly, that would mean that it is doing something like ADA (arsenic instead of phosphorous) and therefore is really a whole different cellular biology. Neat.
Judah On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Jerry Johnson <jmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > that and even the carbon-based extremophiles they have found like in and > around hydrothermal vents goes to show life is a lot tougher than we often > think it is. > > On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 3:53 PM, Eric Roberts < > ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > >> >> Here's another article from cnn: >> >> http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/12/02/nasa.extraterrestrial.life/index.html?hpt=T >> 1 >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
