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Adapting to Arsenic
Andean communities may have evolved the ability to metabolize arsenic, a trait that could be the first documented example of a toxic substance acting as an agent of natural selection in humans.
http://www.the-scientist.com//?articles.view/articleNo/43019/title/Adapting-to-Arsenic/
Really interesting article showing …
Chemical bond shields extreme microbes from poison
Molecular structure explains how ‘arsenic life’ bacteria rely on phosphate instead
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/345502/title/Chemical_bond_shields_extreme_microbes_from_poison
I mention this research before here, if you are interested in a tiny bit of background. The interesting thing to …
at least when there isn’t fraud involved…
Arsenic-based life finding fails follow-up
Tests see no evidence that microbe uses element in cellular machinery
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338090/title/Arsenic-based_life_finding_fails_follow-up
It was really interesting when it was first reported that an organism could thrive in an …