NASA Reproduces A Building Block Of Life In Laboratory
Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 7:06 pm
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 070320.htm
ScienceDaily (Nov. 11, 2009) — NASA scientists studying the origin 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.