Articles written by Bernard Betts
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How Life Began – The Origin of Cells
A controversial theory for the origin of cells on Earth is panspermia, which suggests they might have arrived from outer space.
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How Life Began – Origin of Biochemicals
Possible origins and sources of organic chemicals on the early Earth providing the organic soup that gave rise to life.
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How Life Began – Formation of the Earth
Conditions in the early Solar System and on the pre-biotic Earth determined the availability of the chemicals to create life.
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Acinetobacter – Emerging Bacterial Pathogen
The bacterium Acinetobacter baumannii was often ignored by doctors but now is considered a potentially lethal pathogen in hospitals, due to antibiotic resistant strains.
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Sputnik - Now a Virus Satellite
Newly discovered cell-sized viruses have an infecting satellite virus, with implications for viruses as life forms, cell origins, the cause of disease and its treatment.
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