
A Matter of Life, Death, or Maybe Somewhere in Between with John and Lois Crowe
Inquiring Minds
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The Secret of Life
i decided, aredy on, that i had find out how they did this. And sure enough, it turned out that they set thesize large quantities of a peculiar sugar called trilos. A very simple looking molecule, but it has some remarkable properties. It replaces the water around those molecules around, membranes and proteins and deana, et cetera, by hydrogen bonding,. And they confer on the dry molecules a physical state that makes them look like they're fully hydrated. That's how it works. I didn't know what to make of it. It itwas a, downright a religious experience to have seen that happen.
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