TSRI Scientists Take Big Step Toward Recreating Primordial 'RNA World' of 4 Billion Years Ago
Monday, August 15, 2016 - 14:41
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have created a ribozyme that can basically serve both to amplify genetic information and generate functional molecules, a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the "RNA world," generally believed to have preceded modern life forms based on DNA and proteins.