X-Message-Number: 15486 Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 18:33:36 +0000 From: "Joseph Kehoe" <> Subject: life in space... Life may have started in space not on planets http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62932-2001Jan29.html Scientists have for the first time shown that when simple chemicals are exposed to the harsh conditions of deep space, the molecules spontaneously arrange themselves into the hollow structures that look like the cell membranes found in all living things. http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1142000/1142840.stm Scientists have managed to create "primitive cells" in an experiment which may indicate that life began in space and was delivered to Earth. clones by 2003 http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_1144000/1144694.stm A private consortium of scientists plans to clone a human being within the next two years. The group says it will use the technique only for helping infertile couples with no other opportunity to become parents. Joseph. ---------------------------------------------- Joseph Kehoe, MSc Raven Internet Technologies Ltd. ph: +353 503 52450 www.raven.ie Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=15486