Scientists Take Big Step Toward Recreating Primordial ‘RNA World’ of Four Billion Years Ago
Tuesday, August 16, 2016 - 17:31
in Biology & Nature
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have taken a big step toward the laboratory re-creation of the “RNA world,” which is generally believed to have preceded modern life forms based on DNA and proteins. “This is probably the first time some of these complex RNA molecules have been synthesized with a ribozyme [a special […]