Let me see if I can remember some biology. Acids are made out of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. There is another element also sometimes found in amino acids. I think glycine is the only amino acid that your body can reproduce on its own. I'm not sure what glycine does in the body, but I do know proteins are need for your cells to function and lots of other stuff I can't remember. I think the discovery was important because it could be evidence of life out there or maybe that life on earth come form out there.

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