Comments on: ‘Ribozyme’ Work Showcases Chemical Evolution

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:26 +0000

* You’re welcome ;) haha

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:36:03 +0000

Your welcome ;)

By: Source

Source — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:49:39 +0000

Nice post.

By: James

James — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 17:31:06 +0000

Oh wow, good point.

One thing I’ve learned about biology is that huge leaps have been made, even since I was in high school. Cytoskeletons weren’t discovered when I took Earth Systems or Life Science or whatever it was called in 8th grade, for example.

By: Hunt

Hunt — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:16:17 +0000

The RNA world hypothesis makes infinitely more sense than what I was taught in High School, that lipids spontaneously make bilayer vesicles. That was somehow supposed to be significant, but it’s hard to see where a dumb vesicle gets you, or more importantly, itself.

On the other hand, if an already active RNA “soup” made use of spontaneously formed lipid vesicles to isolate, concentrate, or store chemical products, that actually DOES seem to have a future.