Life As We Know It…well, almost

La Jolla, California…one of my favorite places on the planet…and now in the science headlines.

Researchers at the Scripps Institute have synthesized RNA enzymes that can replicate themselves. But that’s not all. The RNA enzymes also appeared to “breed” and even “evolve”.

Interesting stuff! Read more about it in the news here.

This entry was posted on January 14, 2009 at 1:12 am and is filed under science with tags abiogenesis, DNA, Evolution, la jolla, origins, RNA, scripps. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

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