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Discoverer Asks for Time, Patience Over Arsenic Bacteria Controversy

2010; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 330; Issue: 6012 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/science.330.6012.1734

1095-9203

Elizabeth Pennisi,

Science, Research, and Medicine

Three weeks ago, NASA astrobiology fellow Felisa Wolfe-Simon published a paper in Science about bacteria that can use arsenic instead of phosphorus in DNA and other biomolecules. Then came a torrent of criticism that she and her co-authors declined to respond to. Last week, Wolfe-Simon agreed to share some of her thoughts in an interview with Science 's news department.