NASA-Funded Research Discovers Life Built With Toxic Chemical



Source:  NASA RELEASE: 10-320  


Excerpt: WASHINGTON -- NASA-funded astrobiology research has changed the fundamental knowledge about what comprises all known life on Earth. Researchers conducting tests in the harsh environment of Mono Lake in California have discovered the first known microorganism on Earth able to thrive and reproduce using the toxic chemical arsenic. ..."The definition of life has just expanded," said Ed Weiler, NASA's associate administrator for the Science Mission Directorate at the agency's Headquarters in Washington. Visit: http://astrobiology.nasa.gov  ...See also Science article -http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6009/1302.full

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