Then things went surprisingly further.'Immortalized'
Specifically, the researchers synthesized RNA enzymes that can replicate themselves without the help of any proteins or other cellular components, and the process proceeds indefinitely. "Immortalized" RNA, they call it, at least within the limited conditions of a laboratory.
More significantly, the scientists then mixed different RNA enzymes that had replicated, along with some of the raw material they were working with, and let them compete in what's sure to be the next big hit: "Survivor: Test Tube."
Remarkably, they bred.
And now and then, one of these survivors would screw up, binding with some other bit of raw material it hadn't been using. Hmm. That's exactly what life forms do ...
This is just plain cool, imagine if the scientists continued this in a large scale environment, would it be possible to create a "little Earth"? or something resembeling it? With all of the doom and gloom going around I hope some find this article entertaining at the least, and for me it was very imaginaton provoking, I hope you enjoy it. The point I hope to convey with this post is the possibilites they really are endless here if you think about it, whats next?
The religious rammifications here are in question as well, in respect to the creation of life, so how do these apply here? do they apply here? are these scientists playing a "god" role or are they simply creations, creating?
news.yahoo.com]Sou rce
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[edit on 12-1-2009 by alyosha1981]
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