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Re:Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues ... by jandrese on Monday September 28, 2020 @05:33PM (#24621449)
Something like a bacterial infection might pose a problem as it is just eating simple sugars and multiplying, but is completely novel to our immune system. A prion seems unlikely.

A virus wound be absolutely shocking.

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Re:Water on Mars: discovery of three buried lakes intrigues ... by tejtm on Monday September 28, 2020 @07:34PM (#24622441)
> A virus wound be absolutely shocking.

Indeed, it would imply coming from an origin with reproducing DNA.

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