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Space microbiology

Latest comment: 1 year ago1 comment1 person in discussion

There is a subheading for space microbiology. However this should be corrected to be Space Cell Biology or Space Biology. Microbiology is specifically the study of microbes, cancer lines are human cells and therefore not within this category. 129.94.128.24 (talk) 01:02, 27 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Lead image

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Is it a good idea to have the cell going through apoptosis as the lead image? Feel like it's not representative of its average behavior, which is not going through apoptosis grapesurgeon (seefooddiet) (talk) 22:35, 4 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

DNA

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The article mentions the Lack family was contacted about DNA samples in 1973 but dna samples were not used till at least 1986 if not later pls correct ~2026-42930-37 (talk) 18:06, 3 August 2026 (UTC)Reply