Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Researcher offers clues on the origins of life

Tallahassee FL (SPX) Apr 09, 2013



A structural biologist at the Florida State University College of Medicine has made discoveries that could lead scientists a step closer to understanding how life first emerged on Earth billions of years ago.

Professor Michael Blaber and his team produced data supporting the idea that 10 amino acids believed to exist on Earth around 4 billion years ago were capable of forming foldable prot