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To: Solon who wrote (28884)	7/23/2012 4:59:35 PM
From: 2MAR$	1 Recommendation Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 69300

Consider here the example of the tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) to illustrate the hazy, perhaps nonexistent, line between life and nonlife. Any virus (including TMV) typically has an RNA core and a protein coating. It is possible to separate these two components, and purify and store them in the laboratory. At any later time the components can be mixed and incubated, and the TMV gets reconstituted by self-assembly. The reconstituted TMV thus not only comes back to ‘life’, it can even reproduce itself if placed on a tobacco leaf! Isn't that something , see previous post .. Message 28286741