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fromArs Technica
13 hours ago

We keep finding the raw material of DNA in asteroids-what's it telling us?

All four DNA bases were found on an asteroid, confirming previous studies and providing insights into the origins of life's raw materials.
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fromFuturism
6 months ago

Scientists Say They May Have Just Figured Out the Origin of Life

Random, spontaneous chemistry can link amino acids to RNA in neutral water, enabling protein formation before ribosomes and guiding early protein synthesis.
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fromwww.nature.com
9 months ago

Protein-primed homopolymer synthesis by an antiviral reverse transcriptase

The DRT9 system uses RNA templates to synthesize poly-deoxyadenylate as a novel bacterial immunity mechanism against viral infections.
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