Scripps research team creates simple chemical system that mimics DNA
Friday, June 12, 2009 - 13:22
in Biology & Nature
A team of Scripps Research scientists has created a new analogue 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...