A glimpse into the evolution of proteins
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 09:01
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —ETH-Zurich researchers look several billion years back in time, when life on Earth was just beginning. In a laboratory experiment, they examined how a primitive protein was able to evolve. However, the journey into the past also afforded the scientists a glimpse into the future of synthetic biology.