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Name: Saad
Status: Student
Grade:  9-12
Location: N/A
Country: United States
Date: March 2006
Question:
In the 90's there was a news spread or may be a rumour that scientists have discovered the life gene in a human. Is this true?


Replies:
There is no such thing as *a* life gene. Life is the result of a cell's genes (DNA) coding for proteins and enzymes and some of these enzymes replicate the DNA. The result is a self-perpetuating system we call life.

R. Baker Ph.D.


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