Biologists on the Verge of Creating New Form of Life

Fin D · Sep 9, 2008

Thought this might be interesting: article here

A team of biologists and chemists is closing in on bringing non-living matter to life.
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Dol-Fan Dupree · Sep 9, 2008

amazing!

gafinfan · Sep 9, 2008

Finascious D said:

Thought this might be interesting: article here
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Thanks but after reading the whole article this is what jumped out to me.

That opens the possibility that one day, in the distant past, an RNA-like molecule wandered into a fatty acid and started replicating. That random event, through billions of evolutionary iterations, researchers believe, created life as we know it.
But UCSD's Bada pointed out that it as unlikely we will ever know how life actually began.

"[Szostak's] point, and how we all view it, is that it's a nice model, but it doesn't necessarily mean that it happened that way," he said
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Dol-Fan Dupree · Sep 9, 2008

gafinfan said:

Thanks but after reading the whole article this is what jumped out to me.
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If you really think about how many things we use on a daily basis that we have no idea why they work, it is amazing

gafinfan · Sep 9, 2008

Dol-Fan Dupree said:

If you really think about how many things we use on a daily basis that we have no idea why they work, it is amazing
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So very true!!:up:

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