Simple Chemical System Created That Mimics DNA
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 17:28
in Biology & Nature
Scientists have created a new analog to DNA that assembles and disassembles itself without the need for enzymes. Because the new system comprises components that might reasonably be expected in a primordial world, the new chemical system could answer questions about how life could emerge.
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