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  1. Xref: sparky sci.bio:2711 sci.med:14195 sci.cryonics:420
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!decwrl!csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!nagle
  3. From: nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle)
  4. Newsgroups: sci.bio,sci.med,sci.cryonics
  5. Subject: Re: Better Living through DNA Encryption
  6. Keywords: Public Key Encryption, DNA Transcription
  7. Message-ID: <g5dmd0h.nagle@netcom.com>
  8. Date: 21 Jul 92 19:35:24 GMT
  9. References: <1992Jul19.142233.14640@cssc-syd.tansu.com.au>
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  14.        Similar ideas have been suggested at least twice in science fiction.
  15. (Short story "Checksum", Analog, circa 1989, and a book which suggested
  16. rad-hard humans.)  
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  18.        There are actually bacteria with quadruple-strand DNA that have
  19. evolved to live in nuclear reactors.
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  21.                     John Nagle
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