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Re: (meteorobs) SARS Virus - Reply
----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Linnolt <mlinnolt@alum.mitdot edu>
To: <meteorobs@atmob.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 9:10 AM
Subject: Re: (meteorobs) SARS Virus
> --- Patrice Scattolin <scattol@videotrondot ca> wrote:
> > Marco Valois wrote:
> >
> > >Hi All,
> > >
> > >This story of the epidemics coming from a meteor is
> > really on topic.
>
> This is utter nonsense. Viruses are species-specific agents which, due to
their highly optimized protein/lipid coats and nucleic acid sequences, are
able to attach to cell surface molecules and infect cells. Their DNA or RNA
contains transcriptional controlling elements and coding sequences for
enzymes that take over the normal host cellular machinery and allow
replication of the virus at high copy numbers.
>
> The odds that some random organic molecules from space would possess all
these precise properties is nil.
>
> Mike Linnolt
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Hi Mike,
"This is story of..." Sure, you're right. When I posted this affirmative it
was because somewere already have discussed about it here. I do agree with
you. Please, read my entire answer again and you will see that.
Marco Valois
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