European team unexpectedly finds clues to origin of life
Scientists studying RNA interference (RNAi), a recently discovered
phenomenon with wide-ranging implications for biology and
health, have stumbled upon what they believe may be an important
clue to the origins of life itself. Researchers from Oxford
and Helsinki University were studying the mechanism behind
RNAi when they noticed that the core of the enzyme responsible
for the process was strikingly similar to enzymes responsible
for gene expression. Their find sheds light on the function
of RNA and helps answers some puzzling questions biologists
have faced for years.
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