普里斯顿大学的分子生物学家迈克尔赫奇特先生,在线公共科学图书馆文献的共同作者,指出:“基因和蛋白质使生命成为可能,基因和蛋白质是建造生命的材料和机器。 基因和蛋白质在一个相当漫长的时间里不断的进化,但是我们也需要问这样的问题:‘它们真的很独特吗?
“To enable life you need genes and proteins, which are information and machines,” said molecular biologist Michael Hecht of Princeton University, co-author of the study published online in PLoS ONE.
它是迭代生命周期与使收集和应用成为可能的适当测试过程的交汇点。
It is the intersection of an iterative lifecycle with an appropriate testing process that makes collection and application possible.
对那些刚进入这个领域的年轻的天文学家来说,这个预见使他们在有生之年发现外星生命成为可能,即使还需要较长时间。
This insight has opened up the possibility of detecting life elsewhere in the universe within the lifetimes of young astronomers entering the field, if not sooner.
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