Researchers show how early RNA-based life may have repaired its genome, providing insight into the origins of life
In a study published in Nature Communications, Saurja DasGupta, a biochemist at the University of Notre Dame, and colleagues present a key mechanism for sustaining RNA-based life: an engineered…
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